Ford Falcon * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * Excellent year for new car sales in Australia in 1995, up 4% to 642,557 registrations, second only to the 1985 score of 695,856. Both Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore grow faster…
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…
Ford EB Falcon * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to David * The Australian new car market continues to improve in 1993, up 2% year-on-year to 555,306 registrations, but still far from its 1990 level. Having reclaimed the top spot in 1992…
1992 Ford EB Falcon. Picture by The Scooter Guy, all rights reserved. * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to David+Paul * The Australian car market is back in shape in 1992, up 5% year-on-year to 542,077 registrations. 1992 will stay in history as…
Toyota is #1 in Australia for the first time in 1991 * See the Top 15 brands and Top 50 models by clicking on the title * Very tough year for new car sales in Australia, down 17% year-on-year to 514.566 registrations, the worst annual result since the disastrous 1987 and…
Holden Commodore * See the Top 20 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * New car sales in Australia are up 2% year-on-year in 1990 to 617,298 registrations. Below Ford, #1 manufacturer for the 9th year in a row but with its lowest share since 1982 at…
1988 Holden Commodore VN * See the Top 20 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * The Australian new car market continues its recovery in 1989: up 16% year-on-year to return above 600.000 annual registrations for the first time since 1985 at 607.499. Ford (+10%) remains the…
Ford Falcon * See the Top 10 best-selling models and Top 7 brands by clicking on the title * The Australian new passenger car market is on the mend: up 16% year-on-year in 1988 to 521,961 registrations, yet remaining at 15 year-lows: excepting 1987, car sales in Australia haven't been…
1987 Ford Falcon * See the Top 15 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * Annus horribilus for the Australian new car market in 1987: after falling 24% in 1986 it is down a further 15% to just 451,829 registrations, the lowest annual total in 18 years, since…
The very first press advertisement for Hyundai in Australia - Car Australia April 1986. Notice the phonetic pronunciation displayed below the brand name (Hi-Un-Di). * See the Top 15 brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * The Australian new car market hits a brick wall in 1986,…
Ford Falcon * See the Top 15 best-selling brands and Top 20 models by clicking on the title * 1985 sales of new cars in Australia are up a further 9% to 695.856 units, a new record that would hold until 1997. Ford (24.5%), Toyota (19.3%) and Holden (18.5%) hold…
The Holden Commodore is 12.000 sales off the #1 spot in 1984. * See the Top 15 best-selling models and brands by clicking on the title * In 1984 the Australian new car market is up a splendid 12% year-on-year to 638.745 registrations, a new all-time record. Ford tops the…
1983 Ford Falcon The Australian new car market drops 7.8% year-on-year in 1983 to 568.100 registrations, but its two best-sellers take a hit: the Ford Falcon dives 27% to 10.8% share while the Holden Commodore freefalls 55% to just 6.2% share vs. 12.7% a year ago in 1982. The Holden…
1982 Ford Falcon * See the Top 10 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Doug * Check out 65 years of Australian Historical Data here Have a look at the best choice of auto accessories here. A couple of days ago, Australian newspaper/website The Sydney Morning Herald…
1978 Holden Commodore VB * See the Commodore and Falcon production figures by clicking on the title! * Holden launches the Commodore in November 1978 and installs the new nameplate at the #1 spot in the Australian market as soon as 1979. The Commodore will end up being Holden's most…