VFACTS June 2025: Chinese cars surge in buoyant market

New-vehicle deliveries increased in June 2025, despite market-leading Toyota stumbling slightly, and Chinese brands were the growth powerhouses.

A total of 127,437 new vehicles were registered in June, up 6.5 per cent on June 2024, according to figures published by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) and the Electric Vehicle Council.

Compared to June 2024, deliveries in Australia’s three most populous states all increased.

The market was also fuelled by an increase in private, business and rental fleet sales.

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Chinese cars continue their rise in Australia, with BYD taking fifth position for the month – the highest spot in the top 10 ever enjoyed by a Chinese auto brand.

Just 1122 more Japanese-built cars were delivered here in June than Chinese-built ones (31,055 versus 29,933).

China is fairly comfortably ensconced as Australia’s second largest source of new vehicles, despite our love of Thai-built utes. A total of 2131 more Chinese-built cars were delivered here than Thai-built models.

Brands

Market leader Toyota was down by 3.2 per cent, with its top-selling HiLux bested by the rival Ford Ranger (after the inverse in May), its RAV4 outsold by the Mazda CX-5, and its Prado outsold by the Ford Everest.

Ford rose in line with the overall market, up 6.4 per cent year-on-year to 10,103 deliveries – almost exactly half Toyota’s figure of 20,225.

Mazda held onto third spot, though it was down slightly by 0.8 per cent to 9405 deliveries.

Hyundai surged by 28.3 per cent compared with last June, reaching 8407 deliveries – almost 600 more than sister brand Kia in sixth place, which for some time has been the thorn in its side by beating it each year.

Kia is still ahead year-to-date, mind you, with 40,750 deliveries, down 1.3 per cent on the same period last year. But Hyundai is closing the gap, up 7.9 per cent year-to-date to 38,949 deliveries.

Hyundai’s significant rise would have been the headline news in June’s top 10, were it not for impressive performances by Chinese brands.

GWM was in seventh place, up a significant 30.9 per cent to 5464 deliveries.

Unusually, GWM deliveries increased by 30.9 per cent… the exact percentage change that eighth-place Mitsubishi experienced, but in reverse.

But the real star of June was BYD, which occupied fifth place with 8156 deliveries – up a staggering 367.9 per cent year over year, thanks to strong performances by its two plug-in hybrid models and the new Sealion 7 electric SUV. More on that later…

The top 10 was rounded out by Isuzu Ute (5152 deliveries, up 15.9 per cent) and Subaru (4610 deliveries, up 3.4 per cent).

Tesla sat in 11th, and posted its best month of deliveries since June 2024 with 4589 in total (down 2.0 per cent, but part of a clear turnaround by the brand).

MG dropped 7.8 per cent to finish in 12th with 3896 deliveries and Nissan stumbled with 3468 deliveries, a decline of 19.2 per cent.

Chery sat in 14th with 3024 deliveries, up a huge 180.3 per cent year over year.

Models

After taking back the top spot in May, the Toyota HiLux fell back to second place in June with 6195 deliveries against 6293 for the market-leading Ford Ranger.

As usual, the HiLux continues to outperform the Ranger in 4×2 sales, but the Ranger bests it in 4×4 sales. Rinse, repeat.

The updated Tesla Model Y had a strong month, up 19 per cent and beating out the Isuzu D-Max for a podium finish in June.

Sitting in fifth position was the BYD Shark 6, with 2993 deliveries – evidently showing the now axed Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemption for plug-in hybrids wasn’t the only reason the ute had sold so well after its launch earlier this year.

Another BYD PHEV, the Sealion 6, took 19th position. It was beaten by BYD’s Model Y rival, the Sealion 7, which took 17th position.

The sixth-place Ford Everest rose 19.3 per cent year over year, beating out the 11th-place Toyota Prado.

The seventh-place Mazda CX-5 also scored an upset, bettering the Toyota RAV4 by 161 units despite being down 3.9 per cent year-on-year. The RAV4 had a larger 38 per cent drop. Both mid-size SUVs are being replaced in 2026.

The Hyundai Kona took eighth spot, once again claiming the title of Australia’s best-selling small SUV by beating out the GWM Haval Jolion and Chery Tiggo 4, both of which finished in the overall top 20.

Kona deliveries increased 37.7 per cent year-onyear, making it one of a few Hyundais to see double-digit increases in June; the others were the i30, Tucson and Venue.

The Tucson came close to beating the RAV4 too, but ended up finishing 10th overall.

Segments

• Micro cars: Kia Picanto (722), Fiat/Abarth 500 (34)
• Light cars under $30,000: MG 3 (914), Suzuki Swift (344), Mazda 2 (240)
• Light cars over $30,000: Mini Cooper (201), Hyundai i20 (164), Volkswagen Polo (94)
• Small cars under $45,000: Toyota Corolla (1452), Hyundai i30 (1256), Mazda 3 (1064)
• Small cars over $45,000: Volkswagen Golf (303), Subaru WRX (258), MG 4 (251)
• Medium cars under $60,000: Toyota Camry (739), BYD Seal (627), Skoda Octavia (81)
• Medium cars over $60,000: Tesla Model 3 (1132), Mercedes-Benz C-Class (190), BMW 3 Series (129)
• Large cars under $70,000: Skoda Superb (18)
• Large cars over $70,000: Mercedes-Benz E-Class (62), BMW 5 Series (37), Mercedes-Benz EQE (32)
• Upper large cars: Porsche Panamera (11), Mercedes-Benz S-Class (9), BMW 7 Series (5), BMW i7 (5)
• People movers under $70,000: Kia Carnival (973), Hyundai Staria (98), Ford Tourneo (78)
• People movers over $70,000: Volkswagen ID. Buzz (58), Lexus LM (29), Mercedes-Benz Vito/eVito Tourer (28)
• Sports cars under $90,000: Ford Mustang (370), Mazda MX-5 (184), Subaru BRZ (72)
• Sports cars over $90,000: BMW 2 Series Coupe (155), Mercedes-Benz CLE (82), BMW 4 Series Coupe and Convertible (46)
• Sports cars over $200,000: Porsche 911 (68), Aston Martin two-door range (14), Mercedes-AMG GT (14)

• Light SUVs: Mazda CX-3 (1577), Toyota Yaris Cross (962), Hyundai Venue (843)
• Small SUVs under $45,000: Hyundai Kona (2484), GWM Haval Jolion (2000), MG ZS (1945)
• Small SUVs over $45,000: Volkswagen T-Roc (596), BMW X1 (520), Audi Q3 (474)
• Medium SUVs under $60,000: Mazda CX-5 (2582), Toyota RAV4 (2421), Hyundai Tucson (2332)
• Medium SUVs over $60,000: Tesla Model Y (3457), Lexus NX (653), Kia EV5 (553)
• Large SUVs under $80,000: Ford Everest (2705), Toyota Prado (2177), Isuzu MU-X (2033)
• Large SUVs over $80,000: BMW X5 (420), Land Rover Defender (326), Range Rover Sport (312)
• Upper large SUVs under $120,000: Toyota LandCruiser (1142), Nissan Patrol (724), Land Rover Discovery (46)
• Upper large SUVs over $120,000: BMW X7 (92), Lexus GX (80), Mercedes-Benz GLS (71)

• Small vans: Volkswagen Caddy (85), Peugeot Partner (54), Renault Kangoo (14)
• Medium vans: Toyota HiAce (961), Ford Transit Custom (371), Hyundai Staria Load (328)
• 4×2 utes: Toyota HiLux (920), Isuzu D-Max (728), Ford Ranger (341)
• 4×4 utes: Ford Ranger (5952), Toyota HiLux (5275), BYD Shark 6 (2993)
• Large pickups: Ram 1500 (279), Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (258), Chevrolet Silverado HD (145)

Sales by category

Includes Tesla and Polestar sales.

Top segments by market share

Includes Tesla and Polestar sales.

Sales by region

Excludes Tesla and Polestar sales.

Sales by buyer type

Excludes Tesla, Polestar and heavy commercial sales.

Sales by fuel or propulsion type

Excludes heavy commercial sales.

Sales by country of origin

Includes Tesla and Polestar sales.

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