VFACTS September 2025: Toyota HiLux on top as Tesla makes top three with record EV share

VFACTS September 2025: Toyota HiLux on top as Tesla makes top three with record EV share

EVs from Tesla and BYD and other Chinese-made models have helped put Australia's new-car market back in the black for the first time in 2025.

BYD, Tesla sales grow as HiLux tops Australian new-car sales charts in September

New-vehicle sales year-to-date are back in the black for the first time in 2025, led by a surge in deliveries of electric cars – both Tesla and BYD – and Chinese-made vehicles. Deliveries of new cars in Australia are now in positive territory for 2025 after a 7 per cent surge for September, the highest increase so far this year. The Toyota HiLux returned to the top of the charts – on 5047 sales – months before it is expected to be replaced by a…