Hobbes

Top 10 brands for the first three months of 2003:

Toyota -- 42,453
Holden -- 39,958
Ford -- 28,879
Mitsubishi -- 16,648
Mazda -- 12,042
Nissan -- 11,544
Subaru -- 6922
Honda -- 6843
Hyundai -- 6182
Mercedes -- 4319


Market segment leaders for March -- passenger cars
Light cars

1. Toyota Echo -- 1490
2. Honda Jazz -- 847
3. Hyundai Getz -- 769

Small

1. Toyota Corolla -- 3236
2. Holden Astra -- 2174
3. Mazda 323 -- 1441

Medium

1. Toyota Camry -- 2404
2. Mazda 6 -- 974
3. Subaru Liberty -- 417
Large

1. Holden Commodore -- 8365
2. Ford Falcon -- 6393
3. Mitsubishi Magna V6 -- 1806

People movers

1. Toyota Tarago -- 197
2. Kia Carnival --150
3. Toyota Avensis -- 123

Sports

1. Holden Monaro -- 320
2. Holden Astra Convertible -- 220
3. Honda Integra -- 111

Prestige

1. Holden Statesman -- 319
2. Mini Cooper -- 136
3. Lexus IS200 -- 100



From www.drive.com.au

Night_Lurker

Hmmm seems holden sold a few of their $29990 commodores. Good month really for all companies. Mazda 6 is doing good :)

Thanks for the figures Hobbes

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MintEAFalcon

Such a shame they have to give the things away to be able to rack up sales. Where does that leave the re-sale value BTW?

JR

Same place it was for AU's - in the toilet.


Short term, discounting helps, mid-term it hurts, and long term (on the condition that Holden don't make a habit of it) it makes little difference.


Look at AU prices - they're still not great, but with the success of the BA, they've stabilized and even started to creep back up slightly.


Cheers
Jason


PS - perhaps this thread should be merged with the other one on March sales.

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