VFACTS November 2025: Australian new car sales drop as major auto brands slump


A total of 99,906 vehicles were delivered in Australia in November 2025, down 1.8 per cent on last year amid significant drops from major players like Ford, Mitsubishi, MG, Nissan and Volkswagen.

This tally was calculated from sales data obtained by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ (FCAI) monthly VFACTS report and the Electric Vehicle Council’s report, which covers Tesla and Polestar deliveries separately.

Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are enjoying their moment, even after the removal of the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemption, with deliveries up 83.3 per cent on the same month last year to 4768, or 4.8 per cent of the total market – just over half of the total market share for electric vehicles (EVs) at 9.1 per cent.

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Year-to-date, PHEV sales are sitting at 47,565, up 130.6 per cent but still behind EVs (92,886 year-to-date).

Sales of purely petrol-powered vehicles are trending downwards as PHEVs, EVs and hybrids continue to take hold. Petrol vehicle sales dropped 18.1 per cent month on month and are now down 9.5 per cent year-to-date.

New car sales were down across almost every state and territory, with only Tasmania and Western Australia seeing an increase last month. Private, government and business vehicle sales were all down, though sales to rental companies were up.

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Toyota remains the market leader, though it had a slight drop of 3.8 per cent to 19,787 units.