Toyota continues to be the market leader by far when it comes to hybrids in Australia.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) has published its quarterly Zero & Low Emission Vehicles Report, showing the state of the hybrid market at the end of September 2024.
You need only look at the table below to see just how dominant Toyota is, with its 88,919 sales in the first nine months of this year, accounting for 68.4 per cent of all hybrid sales during this period.
GWM was a distant second, with Hyundai close behind in third.
| Brand | Hybrid sales (Jan-Sep) |
|---|---|
| Toyota | 88,919 |
| GWM | 9187 |
| Hyundai | 9062 |
| Lexus | 6895 |
| Honda | 5054 |
| Nissan | 4204 |
| Kia | 4048 |
| Subaru | 2257 |
| MG | 265 |
| Chevrolet | 3 |
| Maserati | 1 |
Hybrids not only outsold EVs (88,919 vs 70,094 sales) during this nine-month period, but they also saw more significant growth (87 per cent vs 6.6 per cent).
Only PHEVs saw more significant growth, up 120.5 per cent if only to 15,546 sales.
Unsurprisingly, the list of the top 10 best-selling hybrid vehicles is dominated by Toyotas.
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The RAV4, which could be Australia’s best-selling vehicle overall this year, sits in the top spot.
The Corolla was a distant second, with the Camry, Kluger, Corolla Cross and Yaris Cross taking the next several spots.
The top 10 year-to-date was rounded out by two GWMs (the Haval H6 and Haval Jolion), one Nissan (the X-Trail) and one Hyundai (the Kona).
Below, we’ve detailed total sales of each hybrid vehicle. We’ve also included what percentage of sales hybrids account for within each model line.
| Model | Hybrid sales | Total model sales | % hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota RAV4 | 40,754 | 43,232 | 94.3 |
| Toyota Corolla | 15,086 | 19,176 | 78.7 |
| Toyota Camry | 13,131 | 13,953 | 94.1 |
| Toyota Kluger | 6459 | 7850 | 82.3 |
| Toyota Corolla Cross | 6274 | 7088 | 88.5 |
| Toyota Yaris Cross | 3907 | 5994 | 65.2 |
| GWM Haval H6 | 3586 | 6833 | 52.5 |
| Nissan X-Trail | 3515 | 12,873 | 27.3 |
| GWM Haval Jolion | 3319 | 10,306 | 32.2 |
| Hyundai Kona | 3312 | 13,352 | 24.8 |
| Lexus NX | 3156 | 4539 | 69.5 |
| Hyundai Santa Fe | 2579 | 3986 | 64.7 |
| Kia Sportage | 2469 | 16095 | 15.3 |
| Toyota C-HR | 2233 | 2237 | 99.8 |
| Honda CR-V | 1661 | 4758 | 34.9 |
| Hyundai Tucson | 1637 | 14,398 | 11.4 |
| Hyundai i30 | 1534 | 9243 | 16.6 |
| Honda HR-V | 1510 | 2401 | 62.9 |
| Honda ZR-V | 1448 | 3498 | 41.4 |
| Subaru Forester | 1403 | 10,320 | 13.6 |
| Lexus RX | 1237 | 1550 | 79.8 |
| GWM Tank 500 | 1235 | 1235 | 100.0 |
| Lexus LBX | 1086 | 1086 | 100.0 |
| Subaru Crosstrek | 854 | 8765 | 9.7 |
| GWM Tank 300 | 839 | 3032 | 27.7 |
| Toyota Yaris | 832 | 1877 | 44.3 |
| Lexus ES | 731 | 816 | 89.6 |
| Nissan Qashqai | 689 | 5485 | 12.6 |
| Kia Niro | 645 | 1218 | 53.0 |
| Kia Sorento | 526 | 7748 | 6.8 |
| Lexus UX | 470 | 642 | 73.2 |
| Kia Carnival | 408 | 7633 | 5.3 |
| Honda Civic | 324 | 830 | 39.0 |
| MG 3 | 265 | 9501 | 2.8 |
| Toyota Tundra | 243 | 243 | 100.0 |
| GWM Cannon Alpha | 208 | 594 | 35.0 |
| Lexus LM | 206 | 206 | 100.0 |
| Honda Accord | 111 | 119 | 93.3 |
| Lexus LS | 8 | 10 | 80.0 |
| Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray | 3 | 240 | 1.3 |
| Maserati Ghibli | 1 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Lexus LC | 1 | 44 | 2.3 |
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