Australia's best-selling hybrids halfway through 2024

We’re halfway through 2024, and there are no signs the Toyota RAV4 will lose its title as Australia’s favourite hybrid.

A total of 23,935 RAV4 Hybrids were sold during the first half of this year, accounting for 94.2 per cent of total RAV4 sales.

It comes as no surprise, then, that Toyota recently decided to axe petrol-only RAV4 models in Australia.

It’s done the same for all vehicles that have a hybrid available in their lineup locally, and with some of the take rates for hybrid powertrains within its lineup it’s not hard to see why.

Australia's best-selling hybrids halfway through 2024 — ***Toyota RAV4***

Just over 95 per cent of Camrys sold in Australia in the first half of this year were hybrids, along with 72.5 per cent of Corollas and 85.8 per cent of Corolla Cross SUVs.

Australia’s six best-selling hybrids are all Toyotas, with the top 10 rounded out by the Nissan X-Trail, GWM Haval H6, GWM Haval Jolion and Hyundai Kona.

Hybrids accounted for 81,613 of total new car sales in the first half of this year, outpacing electric vehicles (EVs) of which 50,219 examples were sold.

Toyota’s hybrids alone accounted for 56,024 sales in total – more than the whole lineup of Ford and Mazda.

In the table below, we’ve listed the total sales figures of every hybrid vehicle on sale in Australia, excluding plug-in hybrids, which we’ll cover in a separate article.

We’ve also included the total sales figures for each respective model line, and calculated the percentage hybrids account for of total sales.

You’ll note some vehicles have extremely low take rates for hybrids, like the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Carnival and MG 3. However, these models only recently received hybrid options, so we expect these take rates to be much higher in six months’ time.

	Hybrid sales	Total sales	% hybrid
Toyota RAV4	23,935	25,405	94.2
Toyota Camry	10,266	10,788	95.2
Toyota Corolla	9561	13,179	72.5
Toyota Corolla Cross	4414	5145	85.8
Toyota Kluger	3195	4156	76.9
Toyota Yaris Cross	2628	3699	71.0
Nissan X-Trail	2554	9449	27.0
GWM Haval H6	2553	4724	54.0
GWM Haval Jolion	2185	7131	30.6
Hyundai Kona	2057	8948	23.0
Lexus NX	1829	2906	62.9
Kia Sportage	1636	10,474	15.6
Toyota C-HR	1351	1355	99.7
Honda CR-V	1294	3576	36.2
Hyundai Santa Fe	1216	2436	49.9
Honda ZR-V	1157	2687	43.1
Hyundai i30	1150	6515	17.7
Subaru Forester	1027	6850	15.0
Honda HR-V	896	1729	51.8
Lexus RX	806	1030	78.3
Lexus LBX	670	670	100.0
GWM Tank 500	622	622	100.0
Subaru Crosstrek	599	6008	10.0
GWM Tank 300	586	2153	27.2
Lexus ES	546	610	89.5
Toyota Yaris	475	1353	35.1
Kia Niro	406	828	49.0
Nissan Qashqai	387	3924	9.9
Lexus UX	330	493	66.9
Kia Sorento	317	5566	5.7
Honda Civic	243	628	38.7
Toyota Tundra	199	199	100.0
Lexus LM	169	169	100.0
MG 3	120	6143	2.0
Honda Accord	81	85	95.3
Hyundai Tucson	73	9462	0.8
GWM Cannon Alpha	42	81	51.9
Kia Carnival	30	4572	0.7
Lexus LS	6	8	75.0
Lexus LC	1	35	2.9
Maserati Ghibli	1	8	12.5