VFACTS: Australia's best-selling brands and models in the first half of 2025

We now have sales figures for the first half of 2025, following the release of June sales reports by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) and the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC).

While several auto brands including Cadillac, Deepal, GMC, Ineos, Mahindra, Smart and Xpeng are yet to publicise their sales figures, the FCAI and EVC reports give us a greater insight into how brands and models are performing this year, given the fluctuations that can occur from month to month.

They also gives us a better idea about what we can expect for the full 2025 calendar year results, which will be published early next January.

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Below, we’ve detailed the delivery totals for all brands that report to the FCAI and EVC, as well as the top 20 best-selling models overall and the top three best-selling models in each segment year-to-date.

Brands

Of course, Toyota remains Australia’s top-selling brand.

However, there’s a close contest between second- and third-place finishers Mazda and Ford respectively. Last year, these brands finished in the opposite order.

Behind them, sister brands Kia and Hyundai are also locked in a close contest for fourth, with the former experiencing a modest sales decline and the latter on the rise.

Will Hyundai finally beat Kia again for total calendar year sales? This is something that has eluded Hyundai since 2021.

Kia finished in fourth last year, ahead of Mitsubishi in fifth and Hyundai in sixth. But the order of these brands has changed in 2025, and the rest of the top 10 is looking somewhat different so far this year.

The top 10 is rounded out by GWM, BYD, Isuzu Ute and MG. Last year, it was MG, Isuzu Ute, Nissan and GWM.

Models

Last year, the Ford Ranger was Australia’s best-selling vehicle. It’s holding onto that title this year in terms of year-to-date sales, even though it has posted one of the more substantial sales declines among utes, so it may just beat out the Toyota HiLux for a third year in a row.

The Toyota RAV4 appears unlikely to take the top spot overall, something that appeared possible during 2024. In June, Toyota delivered fewer RAV4s than Mazda did of its CX-5.

All the utes in the top 10 have posted sales declines, apart from the BYD Shark 6 which wasn’t on sale last year.

There are some fairly significant declines among the top 20, including the Mitsubishi Outlander (an updated model is being rolled out), Tesla Model Y (an updated model was recently launched) and the MG ZS (a new model has arrived, but it’s more expensive).

The largest increase was posted by the Toyota Prado, but the current-generation model was only launched late in 2024 and stock had dried up of the previous model earlier in the year.

Segments

• Micro cars: Kia Picanto (3679), Fiat/Abarth 500 (207)
• Light cars under $30,000: MG 3 (5286), Mazda 2 (2456), Suzuki Swift (1953)
• Light cars over $30,000: Mini Cooper (1181), Hyundai i20 (723), Volkswagen Polo (401)
• Small cars under $45,000: Toyota Corolla (9359), Mazda 3 (5599), Hyundai i30 (5579)
• Small cars over $45,000: MG 4 (2268), Volkswagen Golf (1656), Subaru WRX (1145)
• Medium cars under $60,000: Toyota Camry (4259), BYD Seal (1609), Mazda 6 (757)
• Medium cars over $60,000: Tesla Model 3 (3715), BMW 3 Series (841), Mercedes-Benz C-Class (816)
• Large cars under $70,000: Skoda Superb (79), Citroen C5 X (1)
• Large cars over $70,000: Mercedes-Benz E-Class (297), BMW i5 (257), BMW 5 Series (173)
• Upper large cars: Porsche Panamera (59), Mercedes-Benz S-Class (50), BMW 7 Series (23)
• People movers under $70,000: Kia Carnival (5173), Hyundai Staria (565), Ford Tourneo (376)
• People movers over $70,000: Lexus LM (163), Volkswagen ID. Buzz (154), Mercedes-Benz V-Class (141)
• Sports cars under $90,000: Ford Mustang (2859), Subaru BRZ (437), Mazda MX-5 (421)
• Sports cars over $90,000: BMW 2 Series Coupe (577), Mercedes-Benz CLE (475), BMW 4 Series two-door range (278)
• Sports cars over $200,000: Porsche 911 (289), Ferrari two-door range (85), Aston Martin two-door range (71)

• Light SUVs: Mazda CX-3 (8221), Toyota Yaris Cross (5887), Suzuki Jimny (4365)
• Small SUVs under $45,000: Hyundai Kona (11,241), MG ZS (10,177), GWM Haval Jolion (9029)
• Small SUVs over $45,000: Volkswagen T-Roc (2895), BMW X1 (2691), Mercedes-Benz GLA (1667)
• Medium SUVs under $60,000: Toyota RAV4 (24,034), Mazda CX-5 (11,991), Mitsubishi Outlander (11,399)
• Medium SUVs over $60,000: Tesla Model Y (10,431), Lexus NX (3080), Mazda CX-60 (2821)
• Large SUVs under $80,000: Toyota Prado (15,583), Ford Everest (12,294), Isuzu MU-X (7818)
• Large SUVs over $80,000: BMW X5 (1998), Land Rover Defender (1968), Range Rover Sport (1230)
• Upper large SUVs under $120,000: Toyota LandCruiser (5108), Nissan Patrol (3779), Land Rover Discovery (238)
• Upper large SUVs over $120,000: BMW X7 (544), Lexus GX (541), Mercedes-Benz GLS (325)

• Small vans: Volkswagen Caddy (430), Peugeot Partner (210), Renault Kangoo (117)
• Medium vans: Toyota HiAce (5794), Ford Transit Custom (1629), Hyundai Staria Load (1470)
• 4×2 utes: Toyota HiLux (4022), Isuzu D-Max (3109), Ford Ranger (1640)
• 4×4 utes: Ford Ranger (26,671), Toyota HiLux (22,245), Isuzu D-Max (10,956)

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