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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay and Josh Nicholas

Utes and SUVs make up entire top 10 in record year of new car sales in Australia

Aerial view of cars stuck in traffic at an intersection
SUVs and light commercial vehicles – a category that includes utes – accounted for 78.4% of all new car sales in Australia in 2023. Photograph: 3dan3/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Not a single sedan or hatchback ranked in the top 10 most bought cars in Australia in 2023 – a year that set an all-time record for new car sales – as the nation’s love affair with fuel-thirsty SUVs and utes reached new heights.

The top three most sold cars in Australia last year were utes, with the next seven most popular new cars all SUVs, according to new data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), which said 2023 set an all-time record for new vehicle sales with more than 1.2m vehicles delivered.

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