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Deliveries of new cars slumped in September in almost every Australian state and territory. While sales data was a sea of red, with private, government, business and rental sales all down year on year, there were some bright spots. Compared to September 2023, sales of hybrids were up 34.4 per cent, while plug-in hybrids were up 89.9 per cent. Electric vehicles , in contrast, were down 27.2 per cent, dragged down by a major slump in Tesla sales.
The top 10 was rounded out by Hyundai , Isuzu , MG , GWM and Subaru . GWM is breathing down MG’s neck, with the former’s percentage increase almost identical to the latter’s percentage decrease. In addition to MG and Subaru, numerous other brands posted double-digit declines. These included Nissan , Tesla and LDV . It wasn’t a great month to be a Volkswagen Group or Stellantis brand. Of the Volkswagen Group stable, the namesake Volkswagen brand recorded 3071 sales, a drop of 26.
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