Toyota regained the overall market leader with
18% market share (1,744 units), followed by Mitsubishi with
17% (1,623 units) and Suzuki in third spot with 8% market
share (797 units).
Market share year to date,
Mitsubishi (17%) is ahead of Toyota (13%) and Ford
(9%).
BEVs, PHEVs and Hybrids
There were 570
light vehicle and 2 heavy vehicle full battery electric
vehicles registered in April. The top selling models were
the Polestar 2 (81 units) followed by the Nissan Leaf (71
units) and the Hyundai Kona (70 units).
Registrations
of plug-in hybrids were strong with 1,113 units registered
for the month. The top selling models were the Mitsubishi
Eclipse Cross (497 units) followed by the Mitsubishi
Outlander (479 units) and then the MG HS (28
units).
As anticipated sales of petrol hybrid vehicles
recovered in April with some purchasers delaying their
purchase to take advantage of the rebate these vehicles now
attract under the Clean Car Discount.
There were 2,145
hybrids registered in the month of April, with the top
selling models being the Toyota RAV4 (525 units) followed by
the Honda Jazz (461 units) and the Toyota Corolla (198
units).
SUV and passenger vehicle sales April /
2022
Toyota regained the market lead for passenger
and SUV registrations with 19% market share (1,598 units)
followed by Mitsubishi with 18% (1,570 units) and then
Suzuki with 9% market share (794 units).
The top
selling passenger and SUV models for the month were the
Mitsubishi Outlander (837 units) followed by the Toyota RAV4
(716 units) and the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross (544
units).
Commercial vehicle sales April /
2022
In a weak market for light commercial vehicles,
Ford regained the market lead with 25% market share (305
units) followed by Toyota with 12% (146 units) and Fuso in
third with 9% market share (105 units).
The Ford
Ranger took top spot for the month of April as the
bestselling commercial model with 24% share (287 units)
followed by the Toyota Hilux with 8% share (103 units) and
the Nissan Navara in third place with 7% market share (85
units).
Market share year to date, the Ford Ranger
(21% share and 4,282 units) leads followed by the Mitsubishi
Triton (21% share and 4,248 units) and then the Toyota Hilux
(15% share and 3,073 units).
Segmentation – Growth
in the Smaller SUVs
With the weak sales of utes for
the month, not surprisingly the top spots for April 2022
went to passenger and SUV segments, with the small to medium
segments accounting for 78% of April
registrations.
The tops spots were the SUV medium
segment with 27% share followed by SUV compact vehicles with
23% then the light passenger with 16% market
share.
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