Australia June 2026: BYD at 13.5% share, only 243 sales below Toyota in all-time record market

BYD sold almost 19,000 units in Australia in June.

27/07 update: Now with Top 350 All models ranking, sales by segment, state, buyer type and country of origin

6/07 update: Now with Top 60 All brands and Top 20 models rankings

It’s a very eventful month in Australia, with June volumes up 9.9% year-on-year to 140,058 units. This is the highest ever monthly tally in the country, eclipsing the previous best of 134,171 reached 9 years ago in June 2017. The year-to-date result halfway through the year is up 1.2% to 631,581, the second highest mark at this stage of the year just below 2024 (632,412). Once again BEV sales are the big story of the month, up a whopping 147.3% year-on-year to 32,570 and a record 23.3% share. This is the fifth straight month BEVs reach an all time best share after hitting 11.8% in February, 14.6% in March, 16.4% in April and 19.9% in May. H1 BEV sales advance 120% to 103,716 and 16.4% share vs. 7.5% over H1 2025. Meanwhile petrol is down -29% to 34,717 and 26.5% share, diesel falls -18.4% to 31,789 and 24.2% share, Hybrids are up 35% to 20,741 and 15.8% share and PHEVs soar 158% to 16,068 and 12.3% share.

The Tesla Model Y sells over 8,000 units in Australia in June.

The other story of the month is the record showing from China-made vehicles, up 85.5% to 55,516 and 39.6% share vs. 23.5% in June 2025, and double any other country of origin. Japan is down -12.7% to 27,098, Thailand off -16.2% to 23,297, South Korea down -1.5% to 14,863 and Germany up 8.1% to 5,731. SUVs hold a mammoth 65.9% of the market vs. 58.9% in June 2025 and 54.5% two years ago. Meanwhile light commercials are at 19.9% vs. 24.3% in 2025 and 23.2% in 2024 and passenger cars at just 11.2% vs. 12.9% last year and 17.6% two years ago. Heavy commercials are at 3%. All states and territories are up this month. New South Wales is up 8.3% to 39,932, Victoria up 5.9% to 34,689, Queensland up 6.4% to 29,347, Western Australia up 7.7% to 13,884, South Australia up 5.7% to 8,314, Tasmania up 14.3% to 2,082, Australian Capital Territory up 8.5% to 1,830 and Northern Territory up 3.8% to 1,056. Private sales are up 11.4% to 70,166, business fleets up 5.6% to 48,461, rentals down -2.7% to 5,723 and government sales off -9.8% to 2,612.

Chery breaks its monthly volume record for the 17th straight time.

Big surprise in the brands ranking: BYD (+131.5%), helped by a shipment of 5,000 new cars early in the month from a ship it owns, ends May only 243 sales below long term leader Toyota (-5.4%). The Chinese carmaker sees its record volume jump from 8,211 last month to a huge 18,881 in June and its record share fly off from 8.2% last April to 13.5% this month. BYD admitted the potentially freak event is unlikely to be repeated for some time. The Chinese carmaker was the best-selling brand in Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory last month. For context, looking at the best performance of other strong selling brands in recent years, we have Toyota at a record 24,546 in June 2017, Holden at 17,120 in June 2003, Mazda at 12,501 in June 2017, Hyundai at 12,300 in June 2016 and Ford at 10,103 in June 2025.

Xpeng finally appears in the Australian charts.

But BYD isn’t the only record-breaker in June. Just below Ford (-9.1%), Tesla surges 88.9% year-on-year to reach an all time high 4th place with 8,670 sales and 6.2% share, all records. Its previous best was #6 in June 2023, March 2024 and May 2026, 7,018 sales in June 2023 and 6% share just last month. Kia (+2.5%) stays at #5 but Hyundai (-11%) drops two spots on May to #6. Mazda (-22.7%) implodes and repeats at #7, its lowest ranking in at least 15 years. Chinese fares GWM (+11.7%), MG (+28.4%) and Chery (+49%) all fit within the Top 10 again, with the latter breaking its volume record for staggering 17th month in a row at 4,505. We welcome Xpeng at #50 and Forthing at #57.

Forthing is yet another Chinese carmaker making its entrance in Australia.

Model-wise, the Tesla Model Y (+133.5%) spectacularly repeats at #1 and soars to above 8,000 sales and 5.8% share for the month. To put this into context, the record volumes for the Ford Ranger (7,767 in December 2023), Toyota Hilux (7,582 in June 2022) and Toyota RAV4 (6,712 in August 2024) are all below what the Model Y achieved this month… The aforementioned three models however managed higher share records, with the Ranger at 7.9%, Hilux at 7.6% and the RAV4 at 6.7%, all on the same months as their volume bests. BYD places three nameplates inside the Top 10 for the first time: the Sealion 7 (+163.5%) is up 10 spots on May to #4, the Shark 6 (+13.5%) up 13 to #6 and the new Atto 2 up 31 to #9 for its first ever Top 10 finish in Australia. The new BYD Sealion 8 (#19) and Zeekr 7X (#20) both break into the Top 20 for the first time.

Previous month: Australia May 2026: BEVs at record 19.9% share, Tesla Model Y #1, Jaecoo J5 #7

One year ago: Australia June 2025: BYD up to #5, China-built at 23% share

Full June 2026 Top 60 All brands and Top 349 All models below.