Marque clinches hat-trick

There were 6,497 used-imported passenger vehicles registered in July – down by 21 per cent compared to 8,227 in the same month of last year. 

Much of that decrease was down to the clean car discount being relaunched by the government on July 1 with fewer models now attracting rebates.

Toyota took out the top three spots on last month’s models’ ladder, which was topped by the Aqua on 1,239 units. The Prius came second with 823 and the Corolla was third on 297. 

The Aqua, pictured, had a 19.1 per cent market share despite its number of registrations dropping 6.5 per cent from 1,325 in the July 2022.

In contrast, the Prius and Corolla recorded increases of 28.8 per cent and 6.5 cent respectively over the same timeframe. This gave the Prius a 12.7 share of registrations last month and the Corolla had 4.6 per cent. 

Mazda’s Axela was equal fourth on the ladder with 284 units, down 29.9 per cent from 405 a year ago. It shared that spot with Nissan’s Note, which jumped 40.6 per cent from 202 registrations in July last year.

Year to date, the Aqua is number one with 9,348 units and 14.3 per cent of the market. The Prius is next on 6,301 and 9.7 per cent, followed by the Axela on 3,384 and 5.2 per cent.

Toyota was the top marque in July after recording 3,245 sales, which was only six fewer than in the same month of last year. This gave it a 49.9 per cent slice of the total market.

Nissan was second with 860 units, a drop of 25.7 per cent from 1,158 a year ago, and a 13.2 per cent share.

Mazda, Honda and Subaru completed the top five with 656, 553 and 199 sales, respectively.

Toyota has secured 39.9 per cent of the year-to-date market for used-imported cars, clocking up 26,032 registrations.

Those numbers put it ahead of Nissan on 9,184 and 14.1 per cent, and Mazda with 8,806 and 13.2 per cent.