Medium SUV gross sales progress tracked, prime sellers over a decade

Medium SUV gross sales and share in Australia nearly doubled over the previous decade, as patrons deserted conventional passenger-car segments at a fee of knots.

Australians took supply of round 1.74 million new medium SUVs over the previous 10 years, throughout the mainstream and luxurious segments.

Annualised mid-sized SUV gross sales spiked from 119,464 models in 2013 to a file 216,151 models in 2022, with every improve coming steadily regardless of two years of COVID-related inventory shortages.

This equates to progress in medium SUV market share from 10.5 per cent to twenty.0 per cent – ample to make this the preferred of all automobile segments final 12 months, forward of 4×4 utes.

This near-doubling is defined by the very fact the brand new automotive market has truly did not develop over the previous decade.

Market-wide gross sales tallied in 2013 (1,136,227) have been truly 4.8 per cent better than what we noticed moved throughout 2022 (1,081,429), the 12 months through which medium SUVs set their high-water mark.

As you’d count on, the dramatic improve in medium SUV uptake has attracted a raft of recent nameplates over the previous decade, including competitiveness. Nonetheless nearly all of these new merchandise sit inside the high-margin luxurious finish of the market.

Between 2013 and 2022, the variety of particular person medium SUV nameplates categorized as mainstream (VFACTS calls them Medium SUV < $60,000) on sale solely oscillated between 17 nameplates and 24 nameplates.

Core autos on this section embrace top-sellers such because the Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage, Mitsubishi Outlander, Nissan X-Path, and Volkswagen Tiguan – amongst myriad others.

However over the identical interval, the variety of luxurious medium SUV nameplates (dubbed Medium SUV > $60,000 in VFACTS) over the identical 10-year interval spiked from simply 5 choices in 2013, to twenty choices in 2022.

Core autos on this section embrace the Mercedes-Benz GLC, BMW X3, Audi Q5, Volvo XC60, and Lexus NX.

We’ve additionally collated annual gross sales since 2013 to seek out out what the top-selling medium SUVs are. The outcomes are, to be sincere, not that shocking.

Prime 20 Medium SUVs 2013-22 – mainstream

1. Toyota RAV4: 249,739
2. Mazda CX-5: 242,952
3. Nissan X-Path: 156,106
4. Mitsubishi Outlander: 138,185
5. Hyundai Tucson: 134,715
6. Subaru Forester: 127,504
7. Kia Sportage: 108,691
8. Honda CR-V: 102,742
9. Volkswagen Tiguan: 82,857
10. Renault Koleos: 21,833
11. MG HS: 20,485
12. Ford Escape: 18,978
13. Ford Kuga: 18,747
14. Holden Captiva 5: 17,896
15. Jeep Cherokee: 15,722
16. Haval H6: 14,609
17. Holden Equinox: 12,032
18. Suzuki Grand Vitara: 11,174
19. Peugeot 3008: 6181
20. Skoda Karoq: 5531

Prime 20 Medium SUVs 2013-22 – luxurious

1. BMW X3/X4: 49,494
2. Mercedes-Benz GLC/GLC Coupe: 40,213
3. Audi Q5: 35,605
4. Lexus NX: 27,759
5. Volvo XC60: 25,246
6. Vary Rover Evoque: 19,470
7. Land Rover Discovery Sport: 18,774
8. Porsche Macan: 18,560
9. Tesla Mannequin Y: 8717
10. Mercedes-Benz GLB: 6317

Medium SUV gross sales and share 2013-22

Medium SUV variety of nameplates 2013-22