Australia 1994: Holden Commodore reclaims top spot
Holden Commodore
* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David *
Excellent year for new car sales in Australia, up 10% to 616,256 registrations, or nearly back to its 1990 level (617,298). After two years of Ford Falcon domination, the Holden Commodore reclaims the top spot in 1994 with sales up a massive 20% to 75,330 units and 12.2% market share thanks to a new model now available. The Falcon also progresses faster than the market, up 12% to improve its market share to 11.8% thanks to 72,924 sales.
Hyundai Excel (UK version)
Faithful to the third position for the 4th consecutive year, the Mitsubishi Magna/Verada breaks the 40,000 annual units barrier for the first time in Australia at 40,473 units and 6.6% share, up 7% year-on-year. In fact the rest of the Top 6 is unchanged with the Toyota Camry/Vienta at #4 (+10%), the Corolla at #5 (-8%) and the Hilux at #6 (+11%). The Hyundai Excel continues to break records, up a further 3 spots and a huge 48% on 1993 to #7 with 17,107 sales and 2.8% share.
Outside the Top 10, the Holden Barina (+3 to #11) and Rodeo (+4 to #12) impress, the Mazda 121 catches on its twin the Ford Festiva, up 46% and 8 ranks to #16 vs. #14. the Mazda 323 is up 60% to #19, the Honda Accord up 92% to #21, the BMW 3 Series up 42% to a record #23 and the Holden Statesman/Caprice up 216% to #32 thanks to the new model.
The ute (Aussie for pick-up) versions of the two best-sellers also do extremely well: the Ford Ute is up 40% to #20 and the Holden Ute is up 47% to #25. Finally, among the newcomers in the Top 50 this year, notice the Hyundai Sonata up to #44 making it 3 Hyundais in the Top 50 with the Lantra at #46 and the Daewoo 1.5i up to #48, making it 4 Koreans in the Top 50…
Previous year: Australia 1993: Ford Falcon leads at 11.7%, Mitsubishi Magna #3 at 6.8%
Next year: Australia 1995: Last year of reign for Ford Falcon – hits 12.7%
Full Year 1994 Top 50 Ranking Table below.
Australia 1994:
| Pos | Model | 1994 | % | /93 | 1993 | % | Pos |
| 1 | Holden Commodore | 75,330 | 12.2% | 20% | 62,663 | 11.3% | 2 |
| 2 | Ford Falcon | 72,924 | 11.8% | 12% | 64,941 | 11.7% | 1 |
| 3 | Mitsubishi Magna /Verada | 40,473 | 6.6% | 7% | 37,671 | 6.8% | 3 |
| 4 | Toyota Camry/Vienta | 35,859 | 5.8% | 10% | 32,551 | 5.9% | 4 |
| 5 | Toyota Corolla | 21,915 | 3.6% | -8% | 23,777 | 4.3% | 5 |
| 6 | Toyota Hilux | 19,285 | 3.1% | 11% | 17,433 | 3.1% | 6 |
| 7 | Hyundai Excel | 17,107 | 2.8% | 48% | 11,582 | 2.1% | 10 |
| 8 | Ford Laser | 15,498 | 2.5% | -5% | 16,375 | 2.9% | 7 |
| 9 | Toyota Land Cruiser | 13,733 | 2.2% | 6% | 12,949 | 2.3% | 8 |
| 10 | Mitsubishi Lancer | 12,098 | 2.0% | -3% | 12,499 | 2.3% | 9 |
| 11 | Holden Barina | 9,998 | 1.6% | 10% | 9,104 | 1.6% | 14 |
| 12 | Holden Rodeo | 9,186 | 1.5% | 11% | 8,265 | 1.5% | 16 |
| 13 | Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up | 8,582 | 1.4% | 0% | 8,540 | 1.5% | 15 |
| 14 | Ford Festiva | 8,572 | 1.4% | 11% | 7,713 | 1.4% | 17 |
| 15 | Daihatsu Charade | 8,131 | 1.3% | -15% | 9,615 | 1.7% | 12 |
| 16 | Mazda 121 | 7,960 | 1.3% | 46% | 5,444 | 1.0% | 24 |
| 17 | Mitsubishi Pajero | 7,874 | 1.3% | -15% | 9,285 | 1.7% | 13 |
| 18 | Nissan Pulsar | 7,771 | 1.3% | -24% | 10,193 | 1.8% | 11 |
| 19 | Mazda 323 | 6,820 | 1.1% | 60% | 4,272 | 0.8% | 32 |
| 20 | Ford Ute | 6,746 | 1.1% | 40% | 4,831 | 0.9% | 27 |
| 21 | Honda Accord | 6,446 | 1.0% | 92% | 3,356 | 0.6% | 38 |
| 22 | Honda Civic | 6,336 | 1.0% | 6% | 5,953 | 1.1% | 22 |
| 23 | BMW 3 Series | 6,128 | 1.0% | 42% | 4,327 | 0.8% | 31 |
| 24 | Toyota Lexcen | 6,091 | 1.0% | 1% | 6,028 | 1.1% | 21 |
| 25 | Holden Ute | 5,931 | 1.0% | 47% | 4,045 | 0.7% | 33 |
| 26 | Mitsubishi Triton | 5,621 | 0.9% | -9% | 6,198 | 1.1% | 19 |
| 27 | Toyota Hiace | 5,591 | 0.9% | -2% | 5,731 | 1.0% | 23 |
| 28 | Suzuki Swift | 5,435 | 0.9% | 39% | 3,920 | 0.7% | 35 |
| 29 | Holden Apollo | 5,314 | 0.9% | 5% | 5,053 | 0.9% | 25 |
| 30 | Subaru Liberty | 5,039 | 0.8% | 7% | 4,712 | 0.8% | 29 |
| 31 | Mazda 626 | 4,930 | 0.8% | -31% | 7,187 | 1.3% | 18 |
| 32 | Holden Statesman/Caprice | 4,870 | 0.8% | 216% | 1,543 | 0.3% | n/a |
| 33 | Ford Courier | 4,520 | 0.7% | 83% | 2,464 | 0.4% | 45 |
| 34 | Nissan Navara | 4,365 | 0.7% | 10% | 3,952 | 0.7% | 34 |
| 35 | Mitsubishi Express | 4,233 | 0.7% | -9% | 4,664 | 0.8% | 30 |
| 36 | Nissan Patrol | 4,231 | 0.7% | -13% | 4,881 | 0.9% | 26 |
| 37 | Mazda B-Series | 3,945 | 0.6% | 49% | 2,654 | 0.5% | 43 |
| 38 | Ford Telstar | 3,859 | 0.6% | -37% | 6,078 | 1.1% | 20 |
| 39 | Ford Econovan | 3,752 | 0.6% | 59% | 2,363 | 0.4% | 46 |
| 40 | Ford Fairlane/LTD | 3,595 | 0.6% | -24% | 4,750 | 0.9% | 28 |
| 41 | Nissan Bluebird | 3,577 | 0.6% | 198% | 1,200 | 0.2% | n/a |
| 42 | Land Rover Discovery | 3,526 | 0.6% | 25% | 2,814 | 0.5% | 41 |
| 43 | Holden Nova | 3,358 | 0.5% | -1% | 3,380 | 0.6% | 37 |
| 44 | Hyundai Sonata | 3,285 | 0.5% | 542% | 512 | 0.1% | n/a |
| 45 | Toyota Tarago | 3,011 | 0.5% | -12% | 3,408 | 0.6% | 36 |
| 46 | Hyundai Lantra | 2,999 | 0.5% | -8% | 3,261 | 0.6% | 39 |
| 47 | Suzuki Vitara | 2,894 | 0.5% | 1% | 2,873 | 0.5% | 40 |
| 48 | Daewoo 1.5i | 2,482 | 0.4% | new | 0 | 0.0% | - |
| 49 | Subaru Impreza | 2,388 | 0.4% | 75% | 1,366 | 0.2% | n/a |
| 50 | Mazda E-Series | 2,211 | 0.4% | 38% | 1,603 | 0.3% | n/a |
Source: VFACTS, many thanks to David for sharing the data!
