Official V-Facts new vehicle sales data for the month of July show a record month with 103,097 vehicle deliveries due in part to the growing popularity of Chinese models with sales up 50 percent on the same month last year. Three Chinese brands GWM, BYD and MG are now represented in the top ten best-selling list, however only one of the top ten best-selling models was Chinese – the small Chery Tiggo 4 Pro SUV. SUV’s continue to be the vehicle of choice, 61 percent of all vehicles sold – petrol remains the most popular fuel source, the big surprise an 8 per cent lift in diesel sales despite July being the first month of the Federal Government’s National Fuel Efficiency Standard designed to lower CO2 emissions. Plug-in hybrids were the big winner last month, sales up 183 percent year to date.

IMAGE CREDIT / Chery and BYD

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