Hybrids and plug-in hybrids continue to grow in new car sales but the big ute is still king of the Australian car parc.
The latest FCAI figures for June also show that China has notched up more than 100,000 vehicle sales in 2025, a record, and is closing in on Thailand as the second largest country of import.
In other trends the number of new EV’s continued to slip with only 31,826 sold in 2025, less than half the number of hybrids and 36 per cent down on 2024. The FCAI figures do not include Tesla or Polestar models.
The Electric Vehicle Council reports 4589 Teslas were sold in June. Drive reports this is a slight rebound but that overall sales of Teslas for 2025 were down 39 per cent on the previous year.
This combined total ( with Tesla) shows pure EVs are still down 17.5 per cent on 2024
Hybrids were up 14.9 per cent on 2024while plug-ins have more than doubled since 2024 and have now sold 25,613 vehicles in 2025
The continuing big story in the Australian car parc however, is the dominance of light commercial vehicles at 25.3 per cent of the total market. The top top four utes in June again were strong: Ford Ranger (6,293), Toyota HiLux (6,195), Isuzu Ute D-Max (3,119) and BYD Shark 6 (2,993).
The BYD Shark is the conspicuous standout as a PHEV making up part of the 210 per cent increase in their sales since 2024.
New vehicle sales across Australia totalled 122,509 units in June 2025, marking a 2.4 per cent increase over the same month in 2024.
Continued popularity
Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber says the result highlighted the continued popularity of dual-cab utes
“In a market of more than 400 models, the top four utes made up 15.2 per cent of all sales during June. The rest of the top 10 was made up of SUVs and, when combined, models in the top 10 made up 27.2 per cent of all sales,” Weber says.
Passenger cars, such as sedans and hatchbacks, continued their decline, with sales down 27.9 per cent year-on-year to 15,190 units in June, now representing just 12.4 per cent of the total market.
EVs flat
The proportion of electric vehicle sales, while stronger in June, year to date made up 7.7 per of total sales from all sources, compared with 8.0 per cent in 2024 and 7.4 per cent in 2023.
This is despite there being more than 100 EV models on the market, the FCAI says.
Toyota was the market leader with sales of 20,225 during June, followed by Ford (10,103), Mazda (9,405), Hyundai (8,407) and BYD (8,156).