VFacts November ’25: sales fall shy of 2024’s record as EVs and plug-in hybrids surge, Toyota extends its dominance

Australia’s 2025 new-autos sales hasten will seemingly be a lunge to the be triumphant in line as extra than 10 manufacturers sit within striking distance of overtaking a rival imprint (or brands) with wonderful one month to head.

While 2025’s total tally has fallen attempting keeping trot with 2024’s all-time sales fable (13,648 objects within the encourage of to the stop of November) and Toyota’s dominance remains undisputed with 20.4 p.c market portion in November, there’s a fierce combat amongst the Prime 20 manufacturers for minor placings.

Staunch 1497 objects separates Ford (85,858) and Mazda (84,361) in 2d and third jam, whereas 2262 objects splits the adaptation between GWM-Haval (47,934) in seventh and BYD (forty five,672) in eighth. However, wonderful 13 autos is the margin between MG (38,848) in ninth and Isuzu Ute (38,835) in 10^th.

If Chery builds on its November sales momentum (3617 objects when put next with 3007 for Subaru and 2351 for Nissan), there’s an opportunity the priced-focused Chinese language imprint could well also leapfrog its mainstream Eastern competition sooner than the curtain closes on 2025.

Currently, Chery is positioned 13^th with 31,195 sales, placing it within most likely striking distance of Nissan (33,401) in 12^th and Subaru (35,794) in 11^th.

While the steady gap between Kia (76,004) and Hyundai (71,568) has narrowed in 2025 – Hyundai comfortably overtaking a struggling Mitsubishi (56,778) to snare fifth jam – the gap between Volkswagen (26,806) and BMW (24,394) is timorous quick as Germany’s top rate-imprint powerhouse closes in on its mainstream compatriot.

Add Mercedes-Benz autos (21,050) and Mercedes-Benz trucks (4330) collectively and it’s a the same fable with Stuttgart’s three-pointed essential person marque, achieving 25,380 total sales to this level in 2025.

Extra down the repeat, there’s a combat raging between Suzuki (14,460), Audi (14,265) and Honda (14,194) to snare 18^th jam, and likewise between Lexus (13,360) and LDV (13,056) for 21^st.

As for Australia’s automotive top dog, Toyota (221,322 objects to the stop of November) seems now not seemingly to compare its all-time sales fable finished in 2024 (241,296 sales). With one month to head, Toyota is 1317 sales within the encourage of the the same level last yr, even though with the pudgy new-know-how Hilux differ now in showrooms, one thing else is most likely.

Sean Hanley, Toyota Australia’s Vice President Sales, Advertising, and Franchise Operations, mentioned the logo’s hybrid portion of total 2025 yr-to-date sales is currently 47 p.c, nevertheless its BEV portion is a comparatively minuscule 0.4 p.c attributable to wonderful 858 sales of its bZ4x medium electrical SUV.

Within the broader market, BEVs accounted for 9.1 p.c of total November sales (when put next with 6.5 p.c within the the same month in 2024), with the yr-to-date portion sitting at 8.2 p.c.

In comparison, streak-in hybrids (PHEVs) accounted for a mighty smaller November sales percentage (4.9 p.c), nevertheless the produce bigger in PHEV recognition in 2025 is stratospheric, up almost 131 p.c yr-to-date to 47,565 objects on the stop of November (4.3 p.c market portion).

Intriguingly, Geely-owned Zeekr outsold Geely-owned Volvo in November – the Chinese language imprint’s 727 sales eclipsing the Swedish imprint’s 629 sales.