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SEPTEMBER 2007 KEY POINTS

Trend

The September 2007 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (87 309) increased 0.2% when compared with the August 2007 estimate. The trend estimate has now been increasing for over 15 consecutive months. When compared to August 2006, the trend estimate increased by 8.0%.

Sports utility vehicles increased 1.4% and other vehicles increased by 0.7% when comparing September 2007 to August 2007. Trend estimates for sports utility vehicles have increased each month for the last 15 months, and other vehicles for the last 12 months. Passenger vehicles, however, have been decreasing for six consecutive months and fell by 0.4% when comparing September 2007 to August 2007.

All vehicle types have recorded increases when compared to the same period 12 months ago. Sports utility vehicles, other vehicles and passenger vehicles rose 18.4%, 12.5% and 3.7%, respectively.

When comparing September 2007 to August 2007, four states and territories showed increases in the trend estimate of total sales of new motor vehicles. Trend estimates in Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania each increased by 0.9%, and the ACT increased by 0.3%. The largest decreases were in South Australia and Queensland, both of which fell by 0.4%.

Seasonally adjusted

The September 2007 seasonally adjusted estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (87 750) increased by 1.8% compared with August 2007. All vehicle types showed increases, with other vehicles, sports utility vehicles and passenger vehicles increasing by 3.6%, 2.2% and 1.0% respectively.

When comparing September 2007 to August 2007, five states and territories showed increases in total sales. The largest increase was in Tasmania with an increase of 13.3%, followed by Queensland (4.9%). Total sales decreased in the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales, falling 1.6%, 0.9% and 0.2%, respectively.

	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
Vehicle sales
Seasonally adjusted	26 302	22 765	19 335	4 992	10 444	1 673	814	1 425	87 750
Trend	26 448	22 555	19 027	5 017	10 425	1 624	813	1 400	87 309
Percentage change from previous month
Seasonally adjusted	-0.2	1.9	4.9	-0.9	0.9	13.3	-1.6	3.0	1.8
Trend	-0.1	0.9	-0.4	-0.4	0.9	0.9	-0.2	0.3	0.2
Percentage change from previous year
Seasonally adjusted	5.8	10.2	9.9	-0.8	8.6	0.0	6.1	15.4	7.8
Trend	7.6	11.2	6.7	1.1	8.8	3.0	3.4	15.4	8.0

ISSUE	RELEASE DATE
October 2007	21 November 2007
November 2007	21 December 2007
December 2007	22 January 2008
January 2008	21 February 2008
February 2008	20 March 2008
March 2008	21 April 2008

SUMMARY - TREND AND SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES.

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	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
	April	45 109	14 274	16 231	75 614	-21.9	-18.8	-14.8	-19.9
	May	52 727	16 912	18 958	88 597	16.9	18.5	16.8	17.2
	June	63 768	18 966	22 363	105 097	20.9	12.1	18.0	18.6
	July	53 589	15 396	17 306	86 291	-16.0	-18.8	-22.6	-17.9
	August	52 748	17 440	18 018	88 206	-1.6	13.3	4.1	2.2
	September	50 197	15 874	17 418	83 489	-4.8	-9.0	-3.3	-5.3
Seasonally adjusted
2006	July	50 594	14 227	16 061	80 882	5.2	-1.6	1.8	3.3
	August	50 780	12 944	16 025	79 749	0.4	-9.0	-0.2	-1.4
	September	51 202	14 377	15 852	81 431	0.8	11.1	-1.1	2.1
	October	50 513	15 046	16 295	81 854	-1.3	4.7	2.8	0.5
	November	50 727	14 855	16 107	81 689	0.4	-1.3	-1.2	-0.2
	December	51 634	14 802	15 596	82 032	1.8	-0.4	-3.2	0.4
2007	January	54 287	15 385	16 963	86 635	5.1	3.9	8.8	5.6
	February	53 654	15 483	17 259	86 396	-1.2	0.6	1.7	-0.3
	March	53 773	15 612	17 563	86 948	0.2	0.8	1.8	0.6
	April	51 880	16 455	17 470	85 805	-3.5	5.4	-0.5	-1.3
	May	52 497	15 697	17 375	85 569	1.2	-4.6	-0.5	-0.3
	June	54 068	15 975	17 255	87 298	3.0	1.8	-0.7	2.0
	July	53 935	16 038	17 795	87 768	-0.2	0.4	3.1	0.5
	August	51 596	16 933	17 661	86 190	-4.3	5.6	-0.8	-1.8
	September	52 136	17 309	18 305	87 750	1.0	2.2	3.6	1.8
Trend
2006	July	49 919	13 999	16 016	79 934	0.7	0.3	-0.4	0.4
	August	50 258	14 096	15 963	80 317	0.7	0.7	-0.3	0.5
	September	50 608	14 263	15 940	80 811	0.7	1.2	-0.1	0.6
	October	51 085	14 489	15 985	81 559	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.9
	November	51 693	14 771	16 136	82 600	1.2	1.9	0.9	1.3
	December	52 279	15 075	16 393	83 747	1.1	2.1	1.6	1.4
2007	January	52 760	15 345	16 704	84 809	0.9	1.8	1.9	1.3
	February	53 143	15 544	17 018	85 705	0.7	1.3	1.9	1.1
	March	53 341	15 685	17 265	86 291	0.4	0.9	1.5	0.7
	April	53 318	15 839	17 416	86 573	-0.0	1.0	0.9	0.3
	May	53 151	15 998	17 497	86 646	-0.3	1.0	0.5	0.1
	June	52 985	16 180	17 559	86 724	-0.3	1.1	0.4	0.1
	July	52 841	16 407	17 665	86 913	-0.3	1.4	0.6	0.2
	August	52 672	16 658	17 802	87 132	-0.3	1.5	0.8	0.3
	September	52 485	16 893	17 931	87 309	-0.4	1.4	0.7	0.2

		NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.(a)	NT(a)	ACT(a)	Aust.
		(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)	(No.)
Original
2006	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
	April	23 245	18 833	16 907	4 616	8 701	1 214	883	1 215	75 614
	May	26 649	22 151	20 428	5 237	10 172	1 587	973	1 400	88 597
	June	31 965	25 491	24 997	6 152	11 995	1 750	1 107	1 640	105 097
	July	26 851	21 655	19 600	4 871	9 645	1 561	739	1 369	86 291
	August	26 549	22 958	19 145	5 128	10 730	1 481	791	1 424	88 206
	September	24 946	21 788	18 025	4 738	10 244	1 684	724	1 340	83 489
Seasonally adjusted
2006	July	24 135	20 524	18 234	5 114	9 450	1 509	750	1 166	80 882
	August	24 037	20 315	17 391	4 967	9 596	1 435	804	1 204	79 749
	September	24 855	20 659	17 597	5 031	9 614	1 673	767	1 235	81 431
	October	25 242	20 498	17 936	4 886	9 618	1 633	839	1 202	81 854
	November	24 988	19 999	18 424	4 975	9 595	1 667	765	1 276	81 689
	December	25 028	20 313	18 611	4 814	9 800	1 414	798	1 254	82 032
2007	January	26 718	21 764	19 071	5 391	9 950	1 570	836	1 335	86 635
	February	25 945	22 191	19 092	5 192	10 036	1 714	828	1 398	86 396
	March	26 594	21 938	19 561	5 256	9 786	1 595	830	1 388	86 948
	April	26 280	21 295	19 225	5 229	9 974	1 548	841	1 413	85 805
	May	25 937	21 629	19 343	4 979	9 950	1 534	816	1 381	85 569
	June	26 799	22 240	19 276	5 077	10 102	1 600	822	1 382	87 298
	July	26 714	22 174	19 466	5 147	10 337	1 741	800	1 389	87 768
	August	26 350	22 339	18 432	5 035	10 348	1 476	827	1 383	86 190
	September	26 302	22 765	19 335	4 992	10 444	1 673	814	1 425	87 750
Trend
2006	July	24 101	20 183	17 641	5 080	9 400	1 572	764	1 193	79 934
	August	24 305	20 227	17 714	5 016	9 504	1 575	776	1 200	80 317
	September	24 583	20 278	17 827	4 963	9 584	1 577	786	1 213	80 811
	October	24 914	20 405	18 027	4 948	9 659	1 580	795	1 231	81 559
	November	25 283	20 640	18 310	4 989	9 731	1 586	803	1 258	82 600
	December	25 628	20 928	18 637	5 059	9 797	1 593	811	1 294	83 747
2007	January	25 915	21 239	18 939	5 131	9 848	1 589	818	1 330	84 809
	February	26 140	21 532	19 186	5 182	9 891	1 584	826	1 364	85 705
	March	26 304	21 734	19 322	5 200	9 930	1 586	830	1 385	86 291
	April	26 403	21 845	19 355	5 181	9 975	1 591	829	1 394	86 573
	May	26 435	21 905	19 315	5 136	10 040	1 595	825	1 395	86 646
	June	26 446	22 005	19 240	5 091	10 132	1 596	821	1 393	86 724
	July	26 466	22 176	19 164	5 060	10 234	1 603	817	1 393	86 913
	August	26 482	22 361	19 096	5 039	10 333	1 610	815	1 396	87 132
	September	26 448	22 555	19 027	5 017	10 425	1 624	813	1 400	87 309
(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.