Skoda Auto Sales in Australia via vfacts

[K1W1]

Hardly surprising seeing at 12 months ago the Yeti had only just been released and Skoda were struggling to supply them.

[Frufru]

vfacts jul 2011

Manufacturers sales for Jul2011

1 Toyota 12,980
2 Holden 10,819
3 Ford 7,769
4 Hyundai 7,226
5 Mazda 6,984
6 Nissan 5,207
7 Mitsubishi 4,972
8 Volkswagen 3,428
9 Honda 3,257
10 Subaru 3,022
11 Kia 1,865
12 Mercedes-Benz 1,773
13 Suzuki 1,660
14 BMW 1,343
15 Audi 1,050
16 Great Wall 657
17 Jeep 588
18 Land Rover 505
19 Isuzu 490
20 Volvo 462
21 Lexus 461
22 Peugeot 401
23 Renault 303
24 Dodge 234
25 Skoda 230
26 MINI 226
27 Chery 161
28 Citroen 137
29 Porsche 135
30 Fiat 130
31 Alfa Romeo 121
32 Proton 118
33 Ssangyong 116
34 Chrysler 51
35 Jaguar 44
36 Smart 16
37 Saab 14
38 Ferrari 14
39 Maserati 10
40 Aston Martin 10
41 Bentley 9
42 Lamborghini 2
43 Lotus 1

[K1W1]

Backwards by 8 units from June. They are so captive to the arrival schedule of ships.

[Frufru]

250 Skodas in Aug 2011.

www.caradvice.com.au

Skoda has been one of the few manufacturers to defy the downturn in new vehicle sales in 2011. After the first eight months of the year, Skoda Australia has delivered 1418 vehicles, 41.5 per cent ahead of the same time in 2010.
Octavia sales are up 13.2 per cent (783 vs 692), Octavia Scout even more at 140.3 per cent (185 vs 77), while the Superb is the only car in the sub-$70,000 large car segment to improve compared with 2010 (450 vs 20.
With prices for the Fabia 77TSI Hatchback to start at $18,990 before on-road costs, the Volkswagen Polo-sized Fabia is set to become the volume seller for the Czech brand in Australia in 2012.

[GTREA]

August was a strong month for everyone.

NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES RISE SIGNIFICANTLY IN AUGUST

5th September, 2011

New motor vehicle sales rose significantly in August 2011 compared with the same month last year, according to official figures released today by the FCAI.

88,082 new vehicles were sold during August, representing an increase of 7.3% (or 5,960 vehicles) over August 2010.

Among the top 10 best-selling makes Mazda had its best-ever month, ranking third in August with 9,138 new vehicle sales. Passenger vehicles accounted for 6,783 of Mazdas sold, up more than 44% on August 2010.

Sales of Holden’s locally manufactured vehicles were up 55% month-on-month, reflecting strong demand for the company’s Commodore and Cruze models.

Mr Payne said private and business customers are continuing their shift toward compact SUVs and 4x4 utility vehicles, with respective sales growing 4.9% and 6.7% year-to-date.

“The Luxury SUV segment also continues to strengthen, up 18.9% year-to-date.

[VAG newbie]

Notice Matt Wiesner says bluetooth will be added at no extra cost? So where did the $500 price rise come from?

[Jake02]

Notice Matt Wiesner says bluetooth will be added at no extra cost? So where did the $500 price rise come from?

I noticed that too. People running Skoda Australia...

[woofy]

Mazda had their best ever August because they did M-day a month earlier, no brainer there. I like Mazda but did anyone even think why that result happened...it's not hard to see. So they are either going to have a completely crap Sept because they don't have M-day or they figure the usual updates coming in Sept will sell themselves. I'm figuring the former with the way things are going. Its gotta sting that Hyundai have overtaken them now, they have been claiming the top fully imported company for a lot of years now.

Honda is heading into the toilet, no wonder, you can't make cares in Thailand and pretend they are still the same car. They aren't and they still charge like they are. Mazda were smart enough to try it and stop it when it failed and go back to Jap made cars except for the BT 50 who most people never realised was made there.

Ford seem to think making a new Territory in Diesel will help, lets ignore the fact that the Mondeo is our best selling car along with the Focus and we should have stuck with the plan of making them locally instead of the unreliable and poorly built Territory. Why are so many Australian made things built so well, but our cars are so crap, its like the workers don't give a crap about the car, and just want their paycheck....so now half of them don't have that anymore either...

[Frufru]

Honda is heading into the toilet, no wonder, you can't make cares in Thailand and pretend they are still the same car....

Ford seem to think making a new Territory in Diesel will help, lets ignore the fact that the Mondeo is our best selling car along with the Focus and we should have stuck with the plan of making them locally instead of the unreliable and poorly built Territory. Why are so many Australian made things built so well, but our cars are so crap, its like the workers don't give a crap about the car, and just want their paycheck....so now half of them don't have that anymore either...

I think it has a lot to do with mother companies being in the States. US-designed cars are so under-engineered!! It is difficult to built a good car if your parts bin is full of crap.

SO more numbers from caradvice....Good to see VW at 8th but there is such a gap to Mithubishi at 7th!!


New Vehicle Sales Figures August 2011
By Alborz Fallah | September 6th, 2011

August 2011 Australian New Car Industry Sales Figures
1 Toyota 15,885
2 Holden 11,534
3 Mazda 9,138
4 Ford 8,341
5 Hyundai 7,417
6 Nissan 5,587
7 Mitsubishi 4,851
8 Volkswagen 3,813
9 Subaru 2,704
10 Kia 2,102
11 Honda 2,035
12 Suzuki 1,966
13 Mercedes-Benz 1,965
14 BMW 1,370
15 Audi 1,080
16 Jeep 825
17 Great Wall 803
18 Isuzu 613
19 Lexus 567
20 Land Rover 471
21 Peugeot 402
22 Renault 401
23 Volvo 378
24 Dodge 299
25 Skoda 250
26 MINI 241
27 Chery 169
28 Porsche 147
29 Proton 135
30 Citroen 132
31 Fiat 124
32 Ssangyong 121
33 Alfa Romeo 105
34 Jaguar 56
35 Smart 26
36 Chrysler 20
37 Maserati 14
38 Ferrari 12
39 Saab 8
40 Aston Martin 7
41 Bentley 7
42 Lotus 6
43 Morgan 2
44 Lamborghini 1
45 Rolls-Royce 1
46 Hummer 0

Light Car Segment Winners :

1. Mazda2 (1,966 – 18.0%)
2. Toyota Yaris (1,599 -14.6%)
3. Hyundai i20 (1,163 – 10.6%)

Small Car Segment Winners:

1. Mazda3 (4,234 – 21.0%)
2. Holden Cruze (3,234 – 16.0%)
3. Toyota Corolla (3,100 – 15.4%)

Medium Car Segment Winners:

1. Toyota Camry (1,607 – 30.6%)
2. Ford Mondeo (615 – 11.7%)
3. Mercedes-Benz C-Class (559 – 17.6% of medium car above 60k)

Large Car Segment Winners:

1. Holden Commodore (3,682 – 55.6%)
2. Ford Falcon (1,665 – 25.1%)
3. Toyota Aurion (848 – 12.8%)

Upper Large Car Segment Winners:

1. Holden Caprice (180 – 95.2% of upper large under 100k)
2. Porsche Panamera (13 – 22.4% of upper large over 100k)
3. BMW 7 Series (13 – 22.4% of upper large over 100k)

People Mover Segment Winners:

1. Kia Carnival (395 – 43.5%)
2. Hyundai iMAX (151 – 16.6%)
3. Honda Odyssey (107 – 11.8%)

Sports Segment Winners:

1. Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cpe/Conv (221 – 43.6% of Sports cars above 80k)
2. BMW 1 Series Coupe/Conv (153 – 25.9% of Sports cars under 80k)
3. Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe (107 – 18.1% of Sports cars under 80k)k)

Supercars (200k+) Segment Winners:

1. Porsche 911 (23 units – 30.3%)
2. Maserati (14 units – 18.4%)
3. Ferrari (12 units – 15.8%)

SUV Compact Segment Winners:

1. Nissan X-Trail (1,342 – 12.0%)
2. Subaru Forester (1,289 – 11.5%)
3. Toyota RAV4 (1,091 – 9.7%)

SUV Medium Segment Winners:

1. Ford Territory (1,625 – 23.6%)
2. Toyota Prado (937 – 13.6%)
3. Holden Captiva 7 (901 – 13.1%)

Large SUV Segment Winners:

1. Toyota Landcruiser Wagon (1,116 – 81.6%)
2. Nissan Patrol Wagon (252 – 18.4%)

SUV Luxury Segment Winners:

1. Jeep Grand Cherokee (501 – 18.9%)
2. Audi Q5 (210 – 7.9%)
3. BMW X5 (205 – 7.7%)

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Top Ten Sales By Marque (Marque - YTD Sales)
1.Toyota - 113,993
2.Holden - 84,923
3.Ford - 61,334
4.Mazda - 59,918
5.Hyundai - 57,621
6.Nissan - 44,767
7.Mitsubishi - 41,309
8.Volkswagen - 27,746
9.Subaru - 24,371
10.Honda - 21,645
Total Market - 665,309

Top Ten Sales by Model (Marque/Model - YTD Sales)
1.Mazda Mazda3 - 28,736
2.Holden Commodore - 28,265
3.Toyota Hilux - 24,498
4.Holden Cruze - 22,686
5.Toyota Corolla - 21,378
6.Hyundai i30 - 19,562
7.Nissan Navara - 15,136
8.Mitsubishi Lancer - 12,865
9.Ford Falcon - 12,583
10.Mazda Mazda2 - 12,102

[Bezant]

Ok, having some downtime trying to catch up on some zzzz's thanks to my 3 week old daughter! So I thought I'd do a few calculations in my head ( I know it's concerning how some people chose to relax!)

Im predicting that Skoda will outsell Peugeot, Renault & Volvo once the Fabia & Yeti have properly arrived here. That would move Skoda from 25th now to about 20th or 21st on the list.

Here's my logic:

Firstly I calculated the superbs and octavia's share of their segments (large & medium cars respectively) based on the Vfacts figures for year to date sales to August.

Octavia 968/48865 = 2%
Superb 450/53346 = 0.8%

I then applied a conservative marketshare to the Fabia and Yeti's segments (light & compact suv)

Fabia 90209 * 1% = 902
Yeti 78991 * 1% = 790

I then added all these up and divided by 8 to get a monthly figure then by 12 to get a yearly figure

total (968+450+902+790)/8 = 389

Yearly = 4668

Given that I think the Superb is still growing it's marketshare and that any Roomster sales (??) are not included in the above then I think Skoda should be hitting the low 400's per month Over the next 6 months. That means a lot more Skodas on the road!

Should be interesting to see if sales live up to these predictions?!?!

[brad]

Sounds like you have put more thought into it than Skoda

[RSwag]

250 Skodas in Aug 2011.

www.caradvice.com.au

Skoda has been one of the few manufacturers to defy the downturn in new vehicle sales in 2011. After the first eight months of the year, Skoda Australia has delivered 1418 vehicles, 41.5 per cent ahead of the same time in 2010.
Octavia sales are up 13.2 per cent (783 vs 692), Octavia Scout even more at 140.3 per cent (185 vs 77), while the Superb is the only car in the sub-$70,000 large car segment to improve compared with 2010 (450 vs 20.
With prices for the Fabia 77TSI Hatchback to start at $18,990 before on-road costs, the Volkswagen Polo-sized Fabia is set to become the volume seller for the Czech brand in Australia in 2012.

Anyone with even base industry knowledge would know the second half of the year is slower than the first. 1480 units to August puts then on track to do about the sane as last year considering end if last year brought Superb Wagon, 1.4tsi, 1.8tsi and RS option add ons and all with price restructuring.

I can't see Fabia in a manual only variant (statistically removing 70% of your potential audience immediately) will be their volume seller at $22k on road. Not with the Swift coming in a GL for about $5k less than this.

I can't see how your comments stack up?!

[VAG newbie]

Anyone with even base industry knowledge would know the second half of the year is slower than the first. 1480 units to August puts then on track to do about the sane as last year considering end if last year brought Superb Wagon, 1.4tsi, 1.8tsi and RS option add ons and all with price restructuring.

I can't see Fabia in a manual only variant (statistically removing 70% of your potential audience immediately) will be their volume seller at $22k on road. Not with the Swift coming in a GL for about $5k less than this.

I can't see how your comments stack up?!

Don't worry, very soon Skoda Aus will realize how unrealistically high the price is, so they'll drop the price by a few thousands or add more equipment. By then it probably will be the volume seller.

But before the price drop and DSG, I don't see how they can sell the Fabia.

[Frufru]

I do not think that Fabia and Swift are the cars of the same size. The comparison is not valid IMHO. Fabia should be compared with SX4 size-wise.

[Frufru]

Great September results for Skoda

Best month ever!! Leapfrogged Peugeot, Volvo and Renault, awesome. It is probably only temporary high point due to release of new models but trajectory is right on the target there. I do not think that they go over 3000 vehicles sold this year, but they may not be far off it.

September 2011 Australian New Car Industry Sales Figures

1 Toyota 17,378
2 Holden 11,009
3 Ford 8,161
4 Hyundai 7,508
5 Mazda 6,037
6 Nissan 5,892
7 Mitsubishi 4,798
8 Volkswagen 4,407
9 Subaru 2,503
10 Kia 2,222
11 Mercedes-Benz 2,004
12 Honda 1,845
13 Suzuki 1,725
14 BMW 1,635
15 Audi 1,200
16 Jeep 948
17 Great Wall 778
18 Lexus 600
19 Isuzu Ute 498
20 Land Rover 481
21 Dodge 464
22 Skoda 421
23 Peugeot 370
24 Volvo 347
25 Renault 304
26 MINI 214
27 Chery 163
28 Ssangyong 162
29 Citroen 140
30 Fiat 127
31 Proton 124
32 Porsche 88
33 Alfa Romeo 83
34 Jaguar 49
35 Smart 29
36 Chrysler 23
37 Lotus 12
38 Maserati 12
39 Aston Martin 10
40 Saab 10
41 Ferrari 7
42 Rolls-Royce 5
43 Lamborghini 4
44 Bentley 3
45 Hummer 1
46 Morgan 1