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[KraftyPg]

It's been a long time coming but with new car sales figures rising I guess Nissan had to start fairing a little better. Figures for March 2010 show Nissan in 6th

Top Ten New Vehicle Sales by Marque
# Toyota - 20,306 sales
# Holden - 11,795 sales
# Ford - 8,092 sales
# Hyundai - 7,797 sales
# Mazda - 7,453 sales
# Nissan - 6,558 sales
# Mitsubishi - 5,556 sales
# Honda - 4,153 sales
# Subaru - 3,679 sales
# Volkswagen - 3,034 sales

While it's a bit of a suprise to see given that it hasn't happened for a while it's good to see the Nav's are slowly making their way up the top ten models list too.

Top selling cars for March 2010

1. Holden Commodore 4209
2. Toyota HiLux 3935
3. Hyundai i30 3678
4. Mazda3 3562
5. Toyota Corolla 3555
6. Ford Falcon 2496
7. Mitsubishi Lancer 2245
8. Nissan Navara 2154
9. Holden Cruze 2125
10. Toyota Yaris 2114

Still got a long way to go to beat the Hilux despite the huge price difference but atleast they are in the top 10, and atleast Nav's sold more than Hummer did with a huge sales figure of 14 nation wilde.

 

[Nick_T]

The Hilux will always do well in this reguard with local government and mining companies leaning towards toyota when thye purchase there 4x4's. Untill they move towads Nissan in this reguard the Toyota's will always end up on top.

 

[Leprechaun]

I wonder what the split for D22 and D40 is. I'm guessing 80/20 in favour of the D40???

 

[Matt - VNET Pro]

Ha, reversed maybe....

 

[Leprechaun]

Ha, reversed maybe....

I seem to notice more D40's on the road, than D22 2.5's but maybe because I'm looking for them.

 

[KraftyPg]

I notice more D40's in the newer models but D22's definitely have more numbers in the several year old stakes.

I'd actually be interested to see the break down of Hilux models sold too because most of the farmers round here keep buying the povo pack lux's every 2 or 3 years, they don't give a shit about bells and whistles, their accountant says buy a new car and the farm will pay for it so they go and trade the old lux in on a new one.

 

[Jason]

Flagship Navara undergoes refit ? Car Reviews, News & Advice - carsales.com.au

Nissan plans to hit Toyota's HiLux hard when the 'Series 4' facelift of the D40 Navara, goes on sale around May/June of this year.

The importer has air-freighted two examples (manual and automatic) of the upgraded Navara ST-X diesel dual-cab 4x4 into the country, presenting them to the local media for evaluation. While the Series 4 facelift will be introduced for all Navara variants -- and the Pathfinder SUV -- it's the range-topping ST-X diesel dual-cab 4x4 that has been subject to the most thorough going-over.

No surprise there either; this variant represents 46 per cent of the combined 4x2 and 4x4 pick-up market in Australia, according to VFACTS. No other variant accounts for more than 10 per cent. Of that 46 per cent market share for 4x4 diesel dual cabs, the Navara took 27 per cent last year, even outselling the industry champ, Toyota's HiLux (with 24 per cent).

Introducing the upgraded models to the local press, Nissan's Brand Manager for Commercial Vehicles, Matt Baily, stressed that the Navara will build on its strong performance in the market last year with changes this year to make it more "SUV-like" than ever, and the focus of those changes will be principally the diesel ST-X range-topping variant.

"In terms of Navara, Navara ST-X has been our number-one-selling Ute... and that accounts for about sixty per cent of all Navara sales," he said. They're profitable sales for Nissan too, being pitched at 'tradies' who want a vehicle to double as family hack and recreational transport at weekends.

By comparison, Toyota is "strong in large fleet, so they've got a whole department -- with about 40 people or whatever employed -- going after large fleet businesses," says Baily. "We don't really have a strength in that area... [but] In terms of commercial vehicle sales, the dual-cab diesel's a very competitive market -- it's 50 per cent of all commercial vehicle sales -- and that's where we're dominant."