Vehicle sales in Western Australia have suffered an almost 6 per cent fall in September with car companies including Holden, Mitsubishi and Hyundai enduring substantial falls.
Vehicle sales in Western Australia have suffered an almost 6 per cent fall in September with car companies including Holden, Mitsubishi and Hyundai enduring substantial falls.
Vehicle sales in Western Australia have suffered an almost 6 per cent fall in September with car companies including Holden, Mitsubishi and Hyundai enduring substantial falls.
According to figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, 9679 vehicles were sold during the month, a 5.5 per cent drop from September last year which recorded 10,244 units.
Sales for car maker Holden fell 13.7 per cent for the month to 1107 units, Hyundai plunged 26.2 per cent to 742 vehicles sold and Mitsubishi plummeted 30 per cent to 513 units sold.
Conversely, Toyota was up 7.7 per cent to 2639 units sold, Ford saw an increase of 8.3 per cent to 989 vehicles sold, Mazda expanded sales by 20.3 per cent to 687 units while Subaru jumped 21.7 per cent to 331.
Passenger car sales were down 14.1 per cent to 5227 units sold, while light commercial vehicles rose 11.8 per cent to 2050.
For the year to date, vehicles sold were down 0.5 per cent to 90,102 units sold.
Nationally there was a 3.1 per cent fall in vehicles sold during September compared to the corresponding month last year.
Sales in most passenger car and SUV segments were down, except for small and medium cars, according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
"The September figures provide further evidence that car buyers are cautious about the current economic situation and outlook," Chamber chief executive Andrew McKellar said today in a statement.
"The trend in sales over recent months provides justification for further action to cut interest rates as soon as possible.
"The industry is looking to rebuild confidence in the marketplace and decisive action to take further pressure off interest rates will provide some welcome relief to motorists."
National small car sales rose 4.1 per cent last month compared to September last year, while medium car sales increased one per cent.
On a year to date basis, national new vehicle sales were up 0.3 per cent compared to the same period last year with a total of 784,932 vehicles sold this year.
Toyota retained the top sales position in September with a market share of 22.4 per cent, followed by Holden with 13.1 per cent and Ford with 11 per cent.
So far this year, Toyota has sold 183,806 vehicles, Holden 99,600 and Ford 81,416.