Australia October 2010: Commodore strengthens its lead

Stable this month at 74,566 registrations, the Australian car market continues its good run, up 12% year-to-date with 793,704 sales.

Holden launched the Series II version of its Commodore in September, and it shows: this month, the Commodore is at its best share in 15 months (5.1%) and more than one percentage point above the #2, the Toyota Hilux (4%).

Just below, the Toyota Corolla stays in 3rd and the Mazda3 drops back to 4th. Further along in the rankings, the new look Toyota Kluger jumps 17 spots to 16th with 1,263 registrations and 1.7% of the Aussie market. It is the #2 SUV in the country behind the Toyota RAV4.

Full Top 30 ranking table below.