VFacts Feb 05

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Highlights:

The February 2005 industry volume of 81,009, sets a new record for a February month, and is up, 5,132 vehicles or 6.8% on February 2004 (75,877 vehicles). February 2005 had the same number of selling days as February (24.0) 2004, resulting in an increase of 213.8 vehicles per day.
The February 2005 market is up 11,444 (16.5%) on January (69,565 vehicles). February (24.0) had same number of selling days as January (24.0), resulting in an increase of 476.8 vehicles per day.
The Passenger Vehicle Market increased by 2,769 vehicles (5.8%) over the same month last year, the Sports Utility Vehicle Market, increased by 2,613 (20.3%), and whilst the Light Truck Market, fell by 398 vehicles (-3.0%) the Heavy Commercial Vehicle Market increased by 148 vehicles (7.3%) over February 2004.
Holden was market leader in February, followed by Toyota and Ford. Year To Date Toyota lead Holden with a margin of 1,260 vehicle sales, or 0.8 market share points.


Ford
Ford Courier 4X2 258
Ford Courier 4X4 347
Ford Escape 366
Ford Explorer 40
Ford F250 4X4 238
Ford Transit 137
Ford Falcon 4650
Ford Falcon Ute 1598
Ford Fiesta 395
Ford Focus 892
Ford Fairlane 124
Ford LTD 8
Ford Territory 2072
TOTAL Ford 11182

Holden
Holden Adventra 138
Holden Astra 3136
Holden Barina 880
Holden Caprice 75
Holden Commodore 5890
Holden Jackaroo 1
Holden Monaro 216
Holden Rodeo 4X2 1121
Holden Rodeo 4X4 982
Holden Statesman 253
Holden Utility 4X2 1558
Holden Utility 4X4 59
TOTAL Holden 15193

Mazda
Mazda2 473
Mazda3 3027
Mazda6 1376
TOTAL Mazda 6111

Mitsubishi
Mistsubishi Colt 378
Mitsubishi Lancer 941
Mitsubishi Magna 1518
Mitsubish Pajero 579
TOTAL Mitsubish 5334

Toyota
Toyotoa Avalon 370
Toyota Camry 4cyl 2247
Toyota Camry V6 938
Toyota Corolla 2691
Toyota Echo 1697
Toyota Kluger 603
Toyota Landcruiser Wagon 1218
Toyota Prado 1422
Toyota RAV4 1069
TOTAL Toyota 15130


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