Australia May 2025: Tesla Model Y and Chery Tiggo 4 Pro shine in market off -1.6%
The Chery Tiggo 4 Pro is up to #12 in May.
The Australian new vehicle market edges down -1.6% year-on-year in May to 109,425 units, still the 2nd best ever May volume below last year’s 111,099. Were it not for sales to rental companies, up a fantastic +15.1% to 5,810, the market would have fallen much faster. Indeed private sales, traditionally a good indicator of a market’s health, fall -6.4% to 52,728. Meanwhile business fleets are down -2.7% to 39,893 and government fleets off -25.7% to 2,927. SUVs continue to dominate the Australian new car landscape, up 12.9% to 67,440 and 61.6% share vs. 53.8% a year ago and 55.8% in 2023. Light Commercials skid -7.2% to 23,493 and 21.5% share vs. 22.8% last year and 22.5% two years ago and Passenger Cars sink -31.5% to 14,565 and 13.3% share vs. 19.1% in 2024 and 17.1% in 2023. Heavy Commercials amount to 3,927 units for a 3.6% market share.
In terms of sales by power source, petrol is down -9% to 41,147, diesel off -1.1% to 34,115, HEVs up 5.5% to 17,089, BEVs register a very solid 10.4% year-on-year gain to 10,065 and 9.2% share and PHEV sales shoot up 117.6% to 3,081 despite the end of a Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemption for PHEVs from April 1. All states and territories are down this month (this excludes Tesla and Polestar). New South Wales is at -2.9% to 32,177, Victoria at -4.7% to 28,671, Queensland at -2.6% to 22,924, Western Australia at -10.1% to 11,084, South Australia at -12.1% to 6,596, Tasmania at -14.8% to 1,549, Australian Capital Territory at -15.5% to 1,413 and Northern Territory at -12.8% to 871. Looking at country of production, Japan is down -6.1% to 32,110, Thailand is off -9.3% to 22,540, China is lurking just behind, up 27.1% to 21,381, South Korea is down -14.4% to 12,531 and Germany off -1.4% to 5,080.
Its facelift pushes the Tesla Model Y up to #4
In the brands ranking, Toyota goes agains the negative trend with a tiny uptick at +0.8% year-on-year, leading to a strong 21.5% market share vs. 20.3% so far this year. Ford (-3.9%), Mazda (-2%) and Kia (-8%) follow with negative results. Hyundai (+3.3%) is up but stuck in 5th place while Mitsubishi (-25.6%) dives and ensures the Top 6 is unchanged on last month. Isuzu Ute (-2.6%) is back above GWM (+11.8%) still in great shape followed by Tesla (+9.3%) back inside the Top 10 for the first time this year at #9. MG (-21.4%) disappoints at #10. Chery (+283.7%) continues to shoot up, breaking its monthly volume record at 2,755 but down one spot on April to #15. Mini (+126.5%), BYD (+68.5%), Lexus (+34.9%), Land Rover (+18%) and Porsche (+13.3%) also shine below. Recent launch Geely is up to #26 while we welcome Omoda Jaecoo (#31), Deepal (#42) and GMC (#46) in the charts.
Model-wise, the Toyota Hilux (-13.2%) repeats at #1 despite a steep year-on-year fall, however this is still better than the Ford Ranger (-19.5%) and Toyota RAV4 (-27.4%). Note the Ranger overtakes the RAV4 to rank #1 year-to-date, and the Ranger 4×4 outsold the Hilux 4×4 by 4,481 to 4,208. The Tesla Model Y (+122.5%) surges 76 spots on April to #4 overall thanks to the new model and in complete contrast with its results in the rest of the world. This is the nameplate’s highest ranking since March 2024 (#3). The Toyota Prado (+2935.6%) repeats at #5 and ranks #4 year-to-date, it is followed by the Isuzu D-Max (+1.2%) and Ford Everest (+12.3%) both solid. The Mazda CX-5 (+7.4%), Toyota Land Cruiser (+37.7%) and Hyundai Kona (+5.9%) complete the Top 10. This is the Kona’s fourth time at a record #10 after last October, February and March. The other performance of the month is delivered by the new Chery Tiggo 4 Pro. After scoring its first Top 20 finish last month at #20, it improves its record ranking to #12, becoming the best-selling Chinese model in Australia above the MG ZS (#13). Note the BYD Shark 6 slips out of the Top 20 at #22.
Complete models ranking will be uploaded to this article when made available to us.
Previous month: Australia April 2025: GWM and Chery break records, Toyota Hilux #1
One year ago: Australia May 2024: All time high market, Toyota Camry (+185.6%) and Hyundai Kona (+127.4%) stand out
Full May 2025 Top 60 All brands and Top 20 models below.
Australia May 2025 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | May-25 | % | /24 | Apr | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Toyota | 23,576 | 21.5% | + 0.8% | 1 | 100,753 | 20.3% | + 0.4% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ford | 8,464 | 7.7% | – 3.9% | 2 | 37,197 | 7.5% | – 7.3% | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Mazda | 7,845 | 7.2% | – 2.0% | 3 | 39,537 | 8.0% | + 1.2% | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Kia | 6,903 | 6.3% | – 8.0% | 4 | 32,940 | 6.6% | – 0.4% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Hyundai | 6,708 | 6.1% | + 3.3% | 5 | 30,541 | 6.1% | + 3.4% | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Mitsubishi | 4,766 | 4.4% | – 25.6% | 6 | 28,043 | 5.6% | – 12.1% | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Isuzu Ute | 4,286 | 3.9% | – 2.6% | 9 | 16,731 | 3.4% | – 22.0% | 10 | 8 |
| 8 | GWM | 4,272 | 3.9% | + 11.8% | 7 | 19,725 | 4.0% | + 13.7% | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | Tesla | 3,897 | 3.6% | + 9.3% | 23 | 9,557 | 1.9% | – 48.2% | 17 | 12 |
| 10 | MG | 3,270 | 3.0% | – 21.4% | 11 | 17,778 | 3.6% | – 12.7% | 8 | 7 |
| 11 | Subaru | 3,233 | 3.0% | – 4.9% | 13 | 15,300 | 3.1% | – 11.5% | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | BYD | 3,225 | 2.9% | + 68.5% | 10 | 15,199 | 3.1% | + 94.7% | 12 | 17 |
| 13 | BMW | 2,792 | 2.6% | + 8.3% | 12 | 11,071 | 2.2% | + 5.5% | 15 | 14 |
| 14 | Nissan | 2,773 | 2.5% | – 19.0% | 8 | 17,136 | 3.5% | – 16.9% | 9 | 9 |
| 15 | Chery | 2,755 | 2.5% | + 283.7% | 14 | 11,099 | 2.2% | + 245.1% | 14 | 22 |
| 16 | Volkswagen | 2,547 | 2.3% | – 24.2% | 15 | 11,822 | 2.4% | – 21.8% | 13 | 13 |
| 17 | Mercedes | 2,462 | 2.2% | – 4.4% | 16 | 10,686 | 2.2% | + 11.9% | 16 | 15 |
| 18 | Lexus | 1,376 | 1.3% | + 34.9% | 17 | 5,915 | 1.2% | + 16.5% | 20 | 21 |
| 19 | Suzuki | 1,373 | 1.3% | – 23.8% | 18 | 6,989 | 1.4% | – 19.8% | 18 | 16 |
| 20 | Honda | 1,226 | 1.1% | – 8.0% | 19 | 6,557 | 1.3% | – 9.0% | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Audi | 1,157 | 1.1% | – 27.0% | 22 | 5,217 | 1.1% | – 19.9% | 22 | 19 |
| 22 | LDV | 1,153 | 1.1% | – 18.6% | 20 | 5,759 | 1.2% | – 19.3% | 21 | 18 |
| 23 | Land Rover | 811 | 0.7% | + 18.0% | 21 | 3,503 | 0.7% | + 15.9% | 23 | 24 |
| 24 | Volvo | 583 | 0.5% | – 44.0% | 26 | 2,891 | 0.6% | – 21.0% | 24 | 23 |
| 25 | Porsche | 553 | 0.5% | + 13.3% | 24 | 2,451 | 0.5% | – 9.8% | 25 | 25 |
| 26 | Geely | 511 | 0.5% | new | 28 | 1,023 | 0.2% | new | 33 | – |
| 27 | Mini | 487 | 0.4% | + 126.5% | 25 | 2,304 | 0.5% | + 81.1% | 26 | 30 |
| 28 | KGM Ssangyong | 398 | 0.4% | – 36.2% | 31 | 1,775 | 0.4% | – 27.6% | 28 | 27 |
| 29 | Renault | 387 | 0.4% | – 15.5% | 27 | 1,913 | 0.4% | – 17.5% | 27 | 26 |
| 30 | Skoda | 368 | 0.3% | – 22.0% | 29 | 1,748 | 0.4% | – 30.1% | 29 | 28 |
| 31 | Omoda Jaecoo | 310 | 0.3% | new | – | 310 | 0.1% | new | 41 | – |
| 32 | Ram | 284 | 0.3% | + 4.0% | 30 | 1,332 | 0.3% | – 18.6% | 31 | 31 |
| 33 | Chevrolet | 260 | 0.2% | – 31.6% | 32 | 1,516 | 0.3% | – 7.3% | 30 | 29 |
| 34 | Polestar | 243 | 0.2% | + 66.4% | 34 | 834 | 0.2% | + 40.4% | 35 | 36 |
| 35 | Cupra | 233 | 0.2% | – 6.8% | 33 | 1,253 | 0.3% | + 25.4% | 32 | 33 |
| 36 | Jeep | 181 | 0.2% | + 7.7% | 35 | 913 | 0.2% | – 17.6% | 34 | 32 |
| 37 | Fiat | 155 | 0.1% | – 3.1% | 36 | 829 | 0.2% | + 23.0% | 36 | 34 |
| 38 | Genesis | 142 | 0.1% | + 35.2% | 38 | 598 | 0.1% | + 4.0% | 38 | 37 |
| 39 | JAC | 139 | 0.1% | new | 37 | 789 | 0.2% | new | 37 | – |
| 40 | Peugeot | 101 | 0.1% | – 62.0% | 39 | 574 | 0.1% | – 38.6% | 39 | 35 |
| 41 | Zeekr | 70 | 0.1% | new | 40 | 339 | 0.1% | new | 40 | – |
| 42 | Deepal | 67 | 0.1% | new | – | 67 | 0.0% | new | 49 | – |
| 43 | Jaguar | 56 | 0.1% | – 3.4% | 42 | 259 | 0.1% | – 17.0% | 42 | 38 |
| 44 | Leapmotor | 55 | 0.1% | new | 41 | 249 | 0.1% | new | 43 | 48 |
| 45 | Alfa Romeo | 52 | 0.0% | + 23.8% | 43 | 218 | 0.0% | – 29.0% | 44 | 39 |
| 46 | GMC | 29 | 0.0% | new | – | 29 | 0.0% | new | 53 | – |
| 47 | Lamborghini | 21 | 0.0% | – 38.2% | 44 | 124 | 0.0% | + 30.5% | 45 | 41 |
| 48 | Maserati | 17 | 0.0% | – 45.2% | 45 | 121 | 0.0% | – 24.8% | 46 | 40 |
| 49 | Ferrari | 16 | 0.0% | – 27.3% | 47 | 87 | 0.0% | + 2.4% | 47 | 42 |
| 50 | Aston Martin | 13 | 0.0% | + 8.3% | 46 | 84 | 0.0% | + 35.5% | 48 | 45 |
| 51 | Bentley | 8 | 0.0% | – 60.0% | 48 | 51 | 0.0% | – 34.6% | 50 | 43 |
| 52 | Lotus | 7 | 0.0% | – 30.0% | 51 | 29 | 0.0% | – 65.5% | 54 | 44 |
| 53 | McLaren | 6 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 50 | 34 | 0.0% | + 25.9% | 52 | 47 |
| 54 | Rolls-Royce | 5 | 0.0% | – 28.6% | 49 | 35 | 0.0% | + 75.0% | 51 | 49 |
| 55 | Citroen | 1 | 0.0% | – 93.3% | – | 6 | 0.0% | – 88.7% | 55 | 46 |
Australia May 2025 – models:
| Pos | Model | May-25 | % | /24 | Apr | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Toyota Hilux | 4,952 | 4.5% | – 13.2% | 1 | 20,072 | 4.0% | – 12.3% | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Ford Ranger | 4,761 | 4.4% | – 19.5% | 2 | 22,018 | 4.4% | – 19.2% | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Toyota RAV4 | 4,003 | 3.7% | – 27.4% | 3 | 21,613 | 4.4% | + 0.5% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Tesla Model Y | 3,580 | 3.3% | + 122.5% | 80 | 6,974 | 1.4% | – 27.4% | 18 | 11 |
| 5 | Toyota Prado | 2,732 | 2.5% | + 2935.6% | 5 | 13,406 | 2.7% | + 286.1% | 4 | 37 |
| 6 | Isuzu D-Max | 2,643 | 2.4% | + 1.2% | 6 | 10,946 | 2.2% | – 15.4% | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Ford Everest | 2,369 | 2.2% | + 12.3% | 4 | 9,589 | 1.9% | + 6.4% | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Mazda CX-5 | 2,264 | 2.1% | + 7.4% | 10 | 9,409 | 1.9% | + 1.9% | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Toyota Land Cruiser Wagon | 2,040 | 1.9% | + 37.7% | 25 | 3,966 | 0.8% | – 49.5% | 34 | 21 |
| 10 | Hyundai Kona | 1,951 | 1.8% | + 5.9% | 11 | 8,757 | 1.8% | + 22.6% | 9 | 17 |
| 11 | Hyundai Tucson | 1,794 | 1.6% | + 25.1% | 14 | 7,940 | 1.6% | + 3.6% | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Chery Tiggo 4 Pro | 1,725 | 1.6% | new | 20 | 6,228 | 1.3% | new | 21 | 117 |
| 13 | MG ZS | 1,693 | 1.5% | – 8.0% | 12 | 8,232 | 1.7% | – 16.3% | 11 | 9 |
| 14 | Isuzu MU-X | 1,643 | 1.5% | – 8.2% | 18 | 5,785 | 1.2% | – 32.1% | 23 | 15 |
| 15 | Toyota Corolla | 1,576 | 1.4% | – 35.4% | 8 | 7,907 | 1.6% | – 27.8% | 13 | 7 |
| 16 | Mitsubishi Triton | 1,467 | 1.3% | + 4.4% | 22 | 7,194 | 1.4% | – 4.9% | 16 | 14 |
| 17 | GWM Haval Jolion | 1,446 | 1.3% | + 14.3% | 13 | 7,029 | 1.4% | + 20.6% | 17 | 24 |
| 18 | Kia Sportage | 1,422 | 1.3% | – 20.6% | 7 | 8,723 | 1.8% | + 1.2% | 10 | 10 |
| 19 | Mitsubishi Outlander | 1,396 | 1.3% | – 44.2% | 16 | 10,203 | 2.1% | – 10.5% | 6 | 5 |
| 20 | Toyota Kluger | 1,364 | 1.2% | + 243.6% | 77 | 3,489 | 0.7% | + 8.3% | 39 | 36 |
Source: VFACTS
