Australia’s new-vehicle market had a gentle begin for the 12 months with a complete of 87,753 automobiles delivered in January, a rise of simply 0.1 per cent.
Personal gross sales have been basically flat and enterprise and authorities gross sales have been down, leaving rental firms to save lots of the day – gross sales to those organisations have been up by 47 per cent.
Registrations of petrol-powered automobiles slumped by 14.7 per cent in contrast with January 2025, whereas plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have been up 170.5 per cent.
Collating knowledge from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ VFACTS report and the Electrical Car Council’s month-to-month gross sales report, electrical automobiles (EVs) have been up by 93.3 per cent. This improve would have been increased have been it not for EV market-leader Tesla, which fell by 32.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY).
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Hybrids have been up by solely 2.0 per cent, harm by a big decline in Toyota RAV4 deliveries.
The highest-selling car, due to this fact, wasn’t the RAV4 because it was in December 2025. As an alternative, the Ford Ranger ute took the highest spot, with the Toyota HiLux in second place and the Mazda CX-5 in third.
“We’re seeing fewer petrol automobiles bought and speedy progress in plug-in hybrids, whereas uptake of hybrid and battery electrical automobiles is extra secure,” mentioned FCAI chief govt Tony Weber.
Manufacturers
Toyota gross sales slumped by 22.3 per cent, harm considerably by the transition between HiLux generations (gross sales have been down by 15.2 per cent) however rather more so by the thinning of present RAV4 inventory.
Buyer deliveries of the new-generation RAV4 will start late in March, so subsequent month may see one other drop for the favored SUV.
Prado deliveries have been down by 51.1 per cent, although presently final 12 months deliveries had solely simply commenced just a few months prior for the current-generation mannequin. It due to this fact seems to have come again right down to earth… and positioned beneath the rival Ford Everest as soon as once more, after its Blue Oval rival beat it by simply 55 items within the 2025 calendar 12 months.
Mazda was down by 7.6 per cent YoY in January however held onto the second spot, heading off a surging Kia. Sturdy gross sales for its top-selling CX-5, which was Australia’s best-selling mid-size SUV in January and up 22.3 per cent, weren’t sufficient to offset slumping gross sales for the CX-3 (down 24.3 per cent to 1218 items).
Kia had a powerful month in comparison with final January, up 15.4 per cent YoY, thanks largely to the K4 small automotive having absolutely come on stream. Whereas the Tasman ute isn’t assembly gross sales expectations, it accounted for 467 of Kia’s 6600 deliveries.
The Carnival folks mover was additionally up by 124.3 per cent to 1321 items, making it Kia’s finest vendor. Whereas we don’t but have the breakdown of what number of Carnivals went to every sort of purchaser, we suspect a big share of those went to rental fleets.
After ending in second place in December and third place total for 2025, Ford fell to fourth in January. Its deliveries dropped by 10.5 per cent, hindered by a 20 per cent drop for the Ranger. A 13.9 per cent YoY improve for the Everest, which as soon as once more beat the Toyota Prado for the title of best-selling massive SUV, wasn’t sufficient to offset this.
Hyundai rose as soon as once more, with deliveries up by 6.9 per cent YoY. Its two best-selling automobiles, the Kona and Tucson SUVs, have been up by 41.4 per cent and 20.7 per cent, respectively.
Regardless of this end for the Kona, it was overwhelmed by the rival Chery Tiggo 4 within the small SUV gross sales race; it was triumphant over the Chinese language SUV (and the GWM Haval Jolion) within the 2025 calendar 12 months, in order that’s one race we’ll be keeping track of this 12 months.
BYD continued to storm up the gross sales charts, ending in sixth place – certainly one of its strongest placings but, although it completed in fourth place in December 2025.
The Chinese language automaker completed eighth total final 12 months, marking its first time within the prime 10 yearly. It seems to be set to stay a top-10 fixture and is knocking on the door of the highest 5.
January’s prime 10 was rounded out by GWM (up 31.3 per cent to 4509 items), Mitsubishi (down 23.5 per cent to 4347 items), Chery (up 105.8 per cent to 3780 items), and MG (down 16.5 per cent to 3123 items).
Isuzu Ute fell simply exterior of the highest 10 at 2929 items, up 2.0 per cent.
Elsewhere, Tesla delivered simply 501 automobiles, down 32.2 per cent on January 2025. It was simply 32 items forward of Zeekr, which is powering up the gross sales charts following the launch of its Mannequin Y-rivalling 7X late final 12 months.
Some manufacturers nonetheless don’t report their gross sales figures to the FCAI or the EVC. These embrace Mahindra, Xpeng and Cadillac.
| Model | January 2026 deliveries | Change YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Toyota | 14,310 | -22.3% |
| Mazda | 7692 | -7.6% |
| Come on | 6600 | +15.4% |
| Ford | 6116 | -10.5% |
| Hyundai | 5856 | +6.9% |
| BYD | 5001 | +640.9% |
| Companion | 4509 | +31.3% |
| Mitsubishi | 4347 | -23.5% |
| Chery | 3780 | +105.8% |
| MG | 3123 | -16.5% |
| Isuzu Ute | 2929 | +2.0% |
| Subaru | 2336 | -20.1% |
| BMW | 2154 | +53.7% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 2149 | +22.4% |
| Volkswagen | 1886 | -18.5% |
| Nissan | 1871 | -38.4% |
| Honda | 1222 | -3.0% |
| LDV | 960 | -19.5% |
| Suzuki | 908 | -36.5% |
| Audi | 856 | -15.6% |
| Lexus | 855 | -11.8% |
| Geely | 720 | New |
| Omoda Jaecoo | 691 | New |
| Tesla | 501 | -32.2% |
| Zeekr | 469 | New |
| Volvo | 416 | -25.7% |
| Porsche | 397 | -15.2% |
| Mini | 395 | +13.2% |
| Skoda | 342 | +4.0% |
| Land Rover | 336 | -17.0% |
| Renault | 300 | -28.4% |
| Ram | 277 | +12.6% |
| Chevrolet | 259 | -19.6% |
| KGM | 208 | -33.3% |
| Cupra | 200 | +7.0% |
| Polestar | 160 | +95.1% |
| Images | 120 | – |
| Genesis | 119 | +13.3% |
| JAC | 118 | -42.2% |
| Deepal | 99 | – |
| Fiat | 97 | -47.0% |
| Jeep | 66 | -54.5% |
| Peugeot | 65 | -39.3% |
| Leap motor | 61 | +177.3% |
| GMC | 39 | – |
| Alfa Romeo | 34 | 0.0% |
| Maserati | 20 | -16.7% |
| Ferrari | 18 | +500.0% |
| Bentley | 12 | +140.0% |
| Lamborghini | 12 | -52.0% |
| Aston Martin | 7 | 0.0% |
| Pharisee | 7 | – |
| Rolls-Royce | 6 | +20.0% |
| McLaren | 4 | +100.0% |
| Jaguar | 3 | -92.5% |
| Lotus | 1 | -80.0% |
| Citroen | 0 | -100.0% |
Fashions
As talked about, the Toyota RAV4 suffered from a thinning of inventory forward of the arrival of the new-generation mannequin. Regardless of being Australia’s best-selling car in December 2025, it simply scraped into the highest 10 in January 2026.
It was overwhelmed by the rival Mazda CX-5 and Mitsubishi Outlanderwith the Hyundai Tucson in placing distance.
The Ford Ranger took the highest spot in January, adopted by the Toyota HiLux, with the CX-5 rounding out the rostrum.
The Chery Tiggo 4 stormed up the gross sales charts, sitting in fourth spot – its highest place but in Australia, additionally achieved final November – with a 119.4 per cent YoY improve.
The Ford Everest (sixth place, 1913 items) has entered the 12 months with a powerful lead over the rival Toyota Prado (14th place, 1392 items).
The highest 10 was rounded out by the Hyundai Kona, Isuzu D-MaxGWM Haval Jolion and the aforementioned RAV4.
| Rank | Mannequin | January 2026 deliveries | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford Ranger | 3403 | -20.0% |
| 2 | Toyota HiLux | 2800 | -15.2% |
| 3 | Mazda CX-5 | 2289 | +22.3% |
| 4 | Chery Tiggo 4 | 2234 | +119.4% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 1975 | -5.5% |
| 6 | Ford Everest | 1913 | +13.9% |
| 7 | Hyundai Kona | 1839 | +41.4% |
| 8 | Isuzu D-Max | 1798 | -13.8% |
| 9 | GWM Haval Jolion | 1789 | +39.1% |
| 10 | Toyota RAV4 | 1757 | -65.4% |
| 11 | Toyota Corolla | 1735 | +9.6% |
| 12 | Hyundai Tucson | 1729 | +20.7% |
| 13 | Mitsubishi Triton | 1665 | +36.1% |
| 14 | Toyota Prado | 1392 | -51.1% |
| 15 | Kia Carnival | 1321 | +124.3% |
| 16 | MG ZS | 1267 | +4.5% |
| 17 | Kia Sportage | 1265 | -30.7% |
| 18 | Mazda CX-3 | 1218 | -24.3% |
| 19 | World Sealion 7 | 1171 | – |
| 20 | Isuzu MU-X | 1131 | +43.9% |
Segments
- Micro automobiles: Kia Picanto (506), Fiat/Abarth 500 (20)
- Gentle automobiles: MG 3 (707), Mazda 2 (467), Suzuki Swift (248)
- Small automobiles underneath $45,000: Toyota Corolla (1735), Kia K4 (1027), Mazda 3 (865)
- Small automobiles over $45,000: Mercedes-Benz A-Class (251), Volkswagen Golf (211), Audi A3 (181)
- Medium automobiles underneath $60,000: Toyota Camry (875), BYD Seal (295), Kia EV4 (55)
- Medium automobiles over $60,000: Tesla Mannequin 3 (213), BMW 3 Sequence (140), Lexus ES (97)
- Giant automobiles underneath $70,000: Skoda Excellent (10)
- Giant automobiles over $70,000: Mercedes-Benz E-Class (41), MG IM5 (30), BMW 5 Sequence (16)
- Higher massive automobiles: Mercedes-Benz S-Class (8), BMW i7 (6), Bentley Flying Spur (3)
- Individuals movers underneath $70,000: Kia Carnival (1321), Hyundai Staria (66), Ford Tourneo (63)
- Individuals movers over $70,000: Volkswagen ID. Buzz (64), Mercedes-Benz V-Class (38), Zeekr 009 (29)
- Sports activities automobiles underneath $90,000: Ford Mustang (355), Subaru BRZ (70), Toyota GR86 (56)
- Sports activities automobiles over $90,000: BMW 2 Sequence Coupe (92), Mercedes-Benz CLE (69), BMW 4 Sequence two-door vary (37)
- Sports activities automobiles over $200,000: Porsche 911 (140), Ferrari two-door vary (14), Mercedes-AMG GT (11)
- Gentle SUVs: Mazda CX-3 (1218), Toyota Yaris Cross (909), Suzuki Jimny (570)
- Small SUVs underneath $45,000: Chery Tiggo 4 (2234), Hyundai Kona (1839), GWM Haval Jolion (1789)
- Small SUVs over $45,000: BMW X1 (407), Mercedes-Benz GLA (373), Volkswagen T-Roc (282)
- Medium SUVs underneath $65,000: Mazda CX-5 (2289), Mitsubishi Outlander (1975), Toyota RAV4 (1757)
- Medium SUVs over $65,000: BMW X3 (546), Mazda CX-60 (455), Lexus NX (370)
- Giant SUVs underneath $80,000: Ford Everest (1913), Toyota Prado (1392), Isuzu MU-X (1131)
- Giant SUVs over $80,000: BMW X5 (364), Mercedes-Benz GLE wagon (216), Lexus RX (163)
- Higher massive SUVs underneath $120,000: Toyota LandCruiser (907), Nissan Patrol (410), Hyundai Ioniq 9 (13)
- Higher massive SUVs over $120,000: Lexus GX (72), BMW X7 (54), Mercedes-Benz GLS (47)
- Small vans: Volkswagen Caddy (69), Peugeot Accomplice (23), Renault Kangoo (11)
- Medium vans: Toyota HiAce (998), Hyundai Staria Load (194), Ford Transit Customized (180)
- 4×2 utes: Toyota HiLux (525), Isuzu D-Max (405), Mitsubishi Triton (258)
- 4×4 utes: Ford Ranger (3241), Toyota HiLux (2275), Mitsubishi Triton (1407)
Gross sales by class
Consists of Tesla and Polestar gross sales.
| Class | Gross sales | Market share |
|---|---|---|
| SUV | 53,666 | 61.2% |
| Gentle industrial | 17,995 | 20.5% |
| Passenger automotive | 13,623 | 15.5% |
| Heavy industrial | 2469 | 2.8% |
High segments by market share
Consists of Tesla and Polestar gross sales.
| Phase | Gross sales | Change YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Medium SUVs | 21,771 | +3.1% |
| Small SUVs | 15,067 | +4.1% |
| 4×4 utes | 13,650 | -2.9% |
| Giant SUVs | 11,426 | -1.8% |
| Small automobiles | 5946 | -7.8% |
Gross sales by area
Excludes Tesla and Polestar gross sales.
| State/territory | Gross sales | Change YoY |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 26,305 | +2.3% |
| Victoria | 24,222 | +6.3% |
| Queensland | 18,782 | -0.7% |
| Western Australia | 8952 | -12.7% |
| South Australia | 5619 | -3.0% |
| Tasmania | 1424 | -0.8% |
| Australian Capital Territory | 1160 | +2.0% |
| Northern Territory | 628 | -18.1% |
Gross sales by purchaser sort
Excludes Tesla, Polestar and heavy industrial car gross sales.
| Purchaser sort | Gross sales | Change YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Personal | 44,150 | +0.5% |
| Enterprise | 32,851 | -2.9% |
| Rental | 5258 | +47.0% |
| Authorities | 2364 | -11.7% |
Gross sales by gas or propulsion sort
Excludes heavy industrial car gross sales.
| Gasoline sort | Gross sales | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 33,144 | -14.7% |
| Diesel | 24,439 | -3.7% |
| Hybrid | 15,131 | +2.0% |
| Electrical | 7409 | +93.3% |
| PHEV | 5161 | +170.5% |
Gross sales by nation of origin
Consists of Tesla and Polestar gross sales.
| Nation | Gross sales | Change YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 22,943 | -24.6% |
| China | 20,921 | +62.9% |
| Thailand | 17,072 | -7.7% |
| Korea | 11,277 | +3.6% |
| Germany | 4346 | +20.5% |
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