Commercial vehicle sales are continuing to soar, with May the highest ever month on record.
There were 4745 commercial vehicle registrations for the month of May, up by a massive 29% (1067 units) on May 2016.
Toyota was again the market leader with 24% (1125 units) followed by Ford with 20% (971 units) and Mitsubishi a distant third with 11% market share (501 units).
The Ford Ranger remains at the top of the bestselling vehicle model table with 889 units, closely followed by the Toyota Hilux in second with 819 units, and the Mitsubishi Triton third with 501 units. Year to date the top three selling models are Ford Ranger with 3800 units followed by the Toyota Hilux with 3105 units and the Toyota Corolla with 1827 units.
For the month of May, four of the top five vehicle segments were dominated by SUV’s and Utes (Pick Up/Chassis Cab), the SUV medium segment being the most dominant with 18% share (2305 units) followed by Pick Up/Chassis Cab 4×4 with 16% (2112 units), then SUV large with 12% (1568 units), then Pick Up/Chassis Cab 4×2 on 10% (1347 units), and the 5th being passenger small with 9% and 1244 units.
