VFACTS April 05

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Ford
Ford Courier 4X2 303
Ford Courier 4X4 377
Ford Econovan Van 34
Ford Escape 219
Ford Explorer 42
Ford F250 4X2 11
Ford F250 4X4 177
Ford F350 4X2 2
Ford F350 4X4 3
Ford Fairlane 169
Ford Falcon 4174
Ford Falcon Ute 1382
Ford Fiesta 395
Ford Focus 559
Ford LTD 35
Ford Territory 2093
Ford Transit 232
Ford Transit Bus 49
Ford Transit C/C 37
TOTAL Ford 10293


Holden
Holden Adventra 56
Holden Astra 2846
Holden Astra Convertible 93
Holden Barina 736
Holden Caprice 49
Holden Combo 111
Holden Commodore 5773
Holden Cruze 199
Holden Jackaroo 5
Holden Monaro 198
Holden Rodeo 4X2 1367
Holden Rodeo 4X4 911
Holden Statesman 235
Holden Utility 4X2 1240
Holden Utility 4X4 79
Holden Vectra (4 cyl) 159
Holden Vectra CDX 99
Holden Zafira 62
TOTAL Holden 14218


The April 2005 industry volume of 76,330, sets a new record for an April month, the previous record of 71,305 was set last year, and is up, 5,025 vehicles or 7.0% on April 2004. April 2005 (25.0) had 3.0 more selling days than April (22.0) 2004, resulting in a decrease of 187.9 vehicles per day or 5.8%.

The April 2005 market is down 10,096 (-11.7%) on March (86,426 vehicles). April (25.0) had 0.4 of a selling day more than March (24.6), resulting in a decrease of 460.1 vehicles per day or 13.1%.

The Passenger Vehicle Market increased by 2,566 vehicles (5.8%) versus the same month last year, whilst the Sports Utility Vehicle Market, increased by 1,398 (11.3%), the Light Truck Market, increased by 929 vehicles (7.4%) and the Heavy Commercial Vehicle Market increased by132 vehicles (5.9%) over April 2004.

Toyota was market leader in April, followed by Holden and Ford. Year to Date Toyota lead Holden with a margin of 1,935 vehicle sales, or 0.6 market share points.