Australia's favourite cars revealed

Australian new-car sales had another bumper month, with about 106,000 vehicles landing in driveways in September.

Diesel power is still a popular choice with buyers despite the Federal Government’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) that is designed to penalise heavy polluting vehicles.

The usual suspects dominated the top sellers with the Toyota HiLux taking top spot with 5047 sales, followed by the Ford Ranger (4867) and the Tesla Model Y (3927).

Toyota’s soon to be replaced RAV4 slid down the sales charts to fifth spot with 2554, and was outsold by the diesel-powered Ford Everest (2558).

Isuzu’s D-Max was the only other ute in the top 10 with 1989 sales with the plug-in hybrid BYD Shark 6 missing out and maintaining its run rate of about 1200 units a month.

The budget-friendly Chery Tiggo 4 (2048) and GWM Haval Jolion (1881) SUVs made their mark in September.

BYD’s fully electric Sealion 7 was the second best-selling EV in the country after moving 1887 units.

The rise of new Chinese brands has seen usual top 10 stalwarts from Kia, Mazda and Hyundai drop out of the top 10.

Despite this, all three makers sold well finishing in third, fourth and fifth respectively in total sales by brand in the past month.

It was a strong month for electric vehicle sales, with the battery-powered machines accounting for 11.3 per cent of total sales.  This boosted the yearly percentage to 8.1.

This sales surge was driven mostly by BYD and Tesla, with Hyundai, Kia, MG and Geely chipping in with solid performances.

Luxury brands had a strong month with Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all delivering positive growth.

Despite the influx of new Chinese brands, most have failed to set the sales charts alight.

Deepal (95 sales), Geely (461), JAC (110), Leapmotor (71) and Zeekr (121) all delivered modest sales.

Top 10 selling vehicles September, 2025
 

Model	Sales	Change YoY
Toyota HiLux	5047	+14.6%
Ford Ranger	4867	+7.8%
Tesla Model Y	3927	+162.1%
Ford Everest	2558	-11.9%
Toyota RAV4	2554	-50.7%
Chery Tiggo 4	2048	NA
Isuzu D-Max	1989	-31.3%
BYD Sealion 7	1887	NA
Toyota Prado	1885	188,500%
Haval Jolion	1881	+67.2%

Top 10 selling brands September, 2025
 

Brand	Sales	Change YoY
Toyota	18,318	+1.1%
Ford	8300	0.0%
Kia	7330	-4.2%
Mazda	7034	-14.2%
Hyundai	6501	+15.4%
BYD	5084	+178.4%
GWM	4945	+30.1%
Mitsubishi	4737	-22.7%
Tesla	4663	+76.0%
MG	4011	+4.4%