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NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

• Sales of new motor vehicles in seasonally adjusted terms increased slightly (0.6%) for the month of August 2009. However, new motor vehicles sales in August 2009 (7,995) were 17% lower than in August 2008 (9,681).
• The decline in motor vehicle sales from the peak figure (9,826) in July 2008 was driven by falls in the sales of passenger vehicles. Between August 2008 and August 2009, sales of passenger vehicles fell by almost 15%.
• The sales of sports utility vehicles, including four wheel drive vehicles in the higher price ranges, fell by 6% over the same 12 month period.

2 New motor vehicle sales, by type of vehicle: seasonally adjusted
		Passenger vehicles	Sports utility vehicles	Other vehicles	Total vehicles
Month		no.	no.	no.	no.
Seasonally Adjusted
2008
	June	5 443	2 013	2 221	9 677
	July	5 370	1 947	2 509	9 826
	August	5 199	1 958	2 525	9 681
	September	4 882	2 112	2 425	9 419
	October	4 910	1 941	2 576	9 426
	November	4 543	1 666	2 374	8 583
	December	4 538	1 754	2 251	8 543
2009
	January	4 649	1 710	2 137	8 497
	February	4 552	1 808	1 922	8 283
	March	4 178	1 751	2 010	7 939
	April	4 329	1 774	1 916	8 019
	May	4 370	1 842	2 119	8 331
	June	4 595	1 860	2 382	8 837
	July	4 292	1 829	1 828	7 949
	August	4 431	1 837	1 726	7 995
Source: Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, cat. no. 9314.0.