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The Australian new car market continues to be on track for another record year after a booming result in June, 134,171 new vehicles were sold as the financial year came to an end.

 

The June result represents a new monthly record, beating the record set in the corresponding month in 2016 by 4.4 per cent.

 

Across the market, it was generally business as usual. Toyota continues to play from in front, with the HiLux again the Australia’s top-selling nameplate.

 

Sitting high remains the popular choice, SUVs (38.3 per cent) scored another win over passenger cars (37.7 per cent).

 

The Toyota Corolla held on to remain the most popular car without a tray. Hyundai’s Tuscon came close to knocking the Corolla down a rung on the back of aggressive discounting.

 

Honda cracked the top ten, with its updated range now backed the brand’s newly introduced five-year warranty, it’s hard to see Honda going anywhere but up.

 

Isuzu is another brand doing well on the back of an updated range. New D-MAX (review coming soon) and MU-X models achieved 3566 sales, a significant 51 per cent improvement over June 2016.

 

Australian’s continue to buy premium badges in record numbers, Mercedes-Benz did well, with a model lineup longer than a Leonard Cohen song, the German giant sold 4920 cars.

 

Alfa Romeo was able to post improved figures, however, numbers are still low with only 148 units moved. It would be interesting to know what proportion of this figure are dealer registered demos of the new Giulia. Perhaps the new Stelvio SUV will do the trick.

 

Let’s start a Car Conversation, will Alfa Romeo ever get its mojo back in Australia?

 

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