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The Publication

This publication presents monthly information on sales of new motor vehicles in each state/territory in original, seasonally adjusted and trend estimated terms. The original data are sourced from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries. Sales data are available for passenger vehicles, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), other vehicles and total vehicles at the state/territory and national levels.

MARCH 2007 KEY POINTS

Trend

The March 2007 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (87 134) increased by 1.1% when compared with the February 2007 estimate. This was the tenth consecutive positive trend estimate. From March 2006, the trend estimate increased by 9.1%.

All of the vehicle types recorded increases for at least seven consecutive months of trend estimates. From February 2007 to March 2007, other vehicle types increased by 1.6%, passenger vehicles by 1.2% and sports utility vehicles by 0.4%.

In March 2007, all states and territories recorded increases in the trend estimate of total sales of new motor vehicles from the previous month. The Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Queensland recorded the largest increases for the third consecutive month, increasing 2.0%, 1.5% and 1.3% respectively.

Seasonally adjusted

The March 2007 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (87 464) increased 1.0% from February 2007. Over the same period, all vehicle types recorded increases, with other vehicles recording the largest increase (1.7%). Passenger vehicles and sports utility vehicles increased 0.8% and 0.7% respectively.

From February 2007 to March 2007, four states or territories recorded increases while four states or territories recorded decreases. The largest increases were recorded in New South Wales and Queensland (both 2.9%). The largest decrease was recorded in Tasmania, dropping 4.4%.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	26 814	22 062	19 699	5 288	9 757	1 622	833	1 389	87 464
Trend	26 582	22 031	19 493	5 285	9 923	1 601	834	1 385	87 134
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	2.9	-0.6	2.9	1.0	-2.8	-4.4	0.5	-0.6	1.0
Trend	1.0	1.5	1.3	1.2	0.2	0.2	1.1	2.0	1.1
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	10.5	11.4	13.2	8.2	11.3	2.5	7.6	16.1	11.2
Trend	8.6	8.1	11.4	2.3	12.8	1.3	8.7	15.9	9.1

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
April 2007	22 May 2007
May 2007 June 2007 July 2007	20 June 2007 20 July 2007 22 August 2007
August 2007	21 September 2007
September 2007	19 October 2007

Table 1: New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle

		Passenger vehicles (No.)	Sports utility vehicles (No.)	Other vehicles (No.)	Total vehicles (No.)	Change passenger vehicles (%)	Change sports utility vehicles (%)	Change other vehicles (%)	Change total vehicles (%)
Original
2006	January	43 761	13 251	12 991	70 003	-8.7	-11.9	-20.2	-11.7
	February	48 483	13 506	15 457	77 446	10.8	1.9	19.0	10.6
	March	53 188	15 896	18 072	87 156	9.7	17.7	16.9	12.5
	April	42 307	11 901	14 442	68 650	-20.5	-25.1	-20.1	-21.2
	May	50 683	14 816	17 958	83 457	19.8	24.5	24.3	21.6
	June	57 026	18 079	21 343	96 448	12.5	22.0	18.8	15.6
	July	48 798	13 279	15 485	77 562	-14.4	-26.6	-27.4	-19.6
	August	52 030	13 539	16 092	81 661	6.6	2.0	3.9	5.3
	September	51 388	13 208	15 397	79 993	-1.2	-2.4	-4.3	-2.0
	October	50 532	13 921	15 477	79 930	-1.7	5.4	0.5	-0.1
	November	51 850	15 193	16 254	83 297	2.6	9.1	5.0	4.2
	December	48 348	14 258	14 457	77 063	-6.8	-6.2	-11.1	-7.5
2007	January	49 189	14 303	13 444	76 936	1.7	0.3	-7.0	-0.2
	February	52 628	14 912	16 200	83 740	7.0	4.3	20.5	8.8
	March	57 757	17 589	19 046	94 392	9.7	18.0	17.6	12.7
Seasonally adjusted
2006	January	50 597	14 512	16 830	81 939	1.2	-3.4	-0.9	-0.1
	February	49 717	14 033	16 540	80 290	-1.7	-3.3	-1.7	-2.0
	March	48 396	13 868	16 423	78 687	-2.7	-1.2	-0.7	-2.0
	April	49 326	13 904	16 286	79 516	1.9	0.3	-0.8	1.1
	May	49 473	13 931	16 306	79 710	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2
	June	48 852	14 379	15 578	78 809	-1.3	3.2	-4.5	-1.1
	July	50 722	14 170	16 138	81 030	3.8	-1.5	3.6	2.8
	August	50 293	13 123	15 935	79 351	-0.8	-7.4	-1.3	-2.1
	September	51 079	14 560	15 979	81 618	1.6	11.0	0.3	2.9
	October	50 387	15 060	16 347	81 794	-1.4	3.4	2.3	0.2
	November	50 275	14 860	16 102	81 237	-0.2	-1.3	-1.5	-0.7
	December	51 663	14 862	15 694	82 219	2.8	0.0	-2.5	1.2
2007	January	54 366	15 320	17 002	86 688	5.2	3.1	8.3	5.4
	February	53 867	15 449	17 287	86 603	-0.9	0.8	1.7	-0.1
	March	54 324	15 561	17 579	87 464	0.8	0.7	1.7	1.0
Trend
2006	January	49 788	14 294	16 689	80 771	-0.5	-1.2	-0.4	-0.6
	February	49 523	14 182	16 590	80 295	-0.5	-0.8	-0.6	-0.6
	March	49 308	14 095	16 455	79 858	-0.4	-0.6	-0.8	-0.5
	April	49 219	13 999	16 274	79 492	-0.2	-0.7	-1.1	-0.5
	May	49 330	13 916	16 104	79 350	0.2	-0.6	-1.0	-0.2
	June	49 620	13 922	16 013	79 555	0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.3
	July	49 917	14 010	15 970	79 897	0.6	0.6	-0.3	0.4
	August	50 182	14 149	15 950	80 281	0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.5
	September	50 444	14 340	15 960	80 744	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.6
	October	50 832	14 583	16 041	81 456	0.8	1.7	0.5	0.9
	November	51 413	14 842	16 209	82 464	1.1	1.8	1.0	1.2
	December	52 136	15 080	16 439	83 655	1.4	1.6	1.4	1.4
2007	January	52 939	15 268	16 726	84 933	1.5	1.2	1.7	1.5
	February	53 703	15 431	17 031	86 165	1.4	1.1	1.8	1.5
	March	54 332	15 492	17 310	87 134	1.2	0.4	1.6	1.1

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2006	January	21 995	17 876	15 107	4 380	7 604	1 295	616	1 130	70 003
	February	24 495	19 979	16 452	5 085	8 165	1 373	731	1 166	77 446
	March	27 165	21 461	19 833	5 195	9 750	1 540	913	1 299	87 156
	April	21 171	17 636	14 820	4 619	7 507	1 129	764	1 004	68 650
	May	25 124	20 776	18 774	5 601	9 472	1 623	863	1 224	83 457
	June	28 560	23 015	23 091	6 164	11 170	1 936	1 058	1 454	96 448
	July	23 688	19 322	17 910	4 794	8 720	1 334	679	1 115	77 562
	August	24 223	21 043	18 124	5 107	9 736	1 436	768	1 224	81 661
	September	24 267	20 449	17 061	4 903	9 716	1 688	682	1 227	79 993
	October	24 379	20 785	16 625	4 781	9 591	1 797	762	1 210	79 930
	November	25 418	20 739	18 076	5 116	9 972	1 973	733	1 270	83 297
	December	22 927	19 790	16 551	4 700	9 471	1 748	688	1 188	77 063
2007	January	24 429	19 000	16 769	4 620	8 929	1 285	651	1 253	76 936
	February	25 636	21 510	18 221	5 138	9 625	1 463	771	1 376	83 740
	March	29 107	23 408	21 772	5 588	10 530	1 533	978	1 476	94 392
Seasonally adjusted
2006	January	25 246	21 027	17 933	5 293	8 789	1 601	797	1 253	81 939
	February	25 055	20 671	17 295	5 188	8 506	1 596	789	1 190	80 290
	March	24 277	19 798	17 401	4 889	8 769	1 583	774	1 196	78 687
	April	24 061	20 472	17 356	5 299	8 885	1 499	750	1 194	79 516
	May	23 907	20 096	17 756	5 222	9 245	1 595	739	1 150	79 710
	June	24 025	19 433	17 505	5 044	9 089	1 719	759	1 235	78 809
	July	24 241	20 442	18 285	5 124	9 500	1 524	744	1 170	81 030
	August	23 936	20 300	17 278	4 916	9 507	1 420	797	1 197	79 351
	September	24 816	20 843	17 558	5 047	9 663	1 676	766	1 249	81 618
	October	25 130	20 520	17 878	4 908	9 647	1 671	834	1 206	81 794
	November	24 781	19 882	18 380	4 935	9 594	1 636	762	1 267	81 237
	December	25 121	20 412	18 546	4 852	9 817	1 413	800	1 258	82 219
2007	January	26 726	21 837	19 039	5 402	9 955	1 558	836	1 335	86 688
	February	26 064	22 194	19 152	5 236	10 034	1 697	829	1 397	86 603
	March	26 814	22 062	19 699	5 288	9 757	1 622	833	1 389	87 464
Trend
2006	January	24 794	21 026	17 490	5 225	8 701	1 563	770	1 202	80 771
	February	24 674	20 707	17 461	5 193	8 723	1 568	770	1 199	80 295
	March	24 487	20 376	17 492	5 166	8 795	1 580	767	1 195	79 858
	April	24 245	20 110	17 542	5 145	8 916	1 583	761	1 190	79 492
	May	24 050	20 004	17 578	5 125	9 074	1 576	756	1 187	79 350
	June	24 013	20 063	17 610	5 102	9 246	1 576	756	1 189	79 555
	July	24 096	20 167	17 642	5 059	9 393	1 583	762	1 195	79 897
	August	24 282	20 237	17 690	5 004	9 504	1 587	773	1 204	80 281
	September	24 530	20 304	17 779	4 957	9 591	1 585	783	1 215	80 744
	October	24 836	20 429	17 964	4 952	9 668	1 581	792	1 234	81 456
	November	25 192	20 648	18 248	4 996	9 739	1 580	801	1 260	82 464
	December	25 574	20 945	18 587	5 063	9 801	1 584	808	1 293	83 655
2007	January	25 955	21 315	18 930	5 143	9 856	1 589	818	1 327	84 933
	February	26 312	21 701	19 248	5 223	9 900	1 598	825	1 358	86 165
	March	26 582	22 031	19 493	5 285	9 923	1 601	834	1 385	87 134
(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For further information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.