Australian new-vehicle deliveries continue to slow from the record pace of 2023, with October 2024 sales figures down once again this month. However, year-to-date registrations are still up, and the end-of-year figure may yet eclipse the records set in 2023. Last month, 99,969 new vehicles were delivered to Australian buyers, a decrease of 6.
4 per cent compared to the 106,809 deliveries made in the same month a year ago. That figure includes Tesla and Polestar, which stopped reporting to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) but continue to provide their figures to the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC). 100s of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now.
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Year-to-date, the FCAI reports 1,028,376 new vehicles as delivered, which doesn’t count Polestar’s figures following its VFACTS exit in March, nor does it include Tesla deliveries from July onwards. Despite this, the annual figure is still ahead of the 1,006,095 new vehicles delivered between January and October 2023 – the first time deliveries had passed one million by the end of the 10th month. “While not at the record levels of 2023, the October result is solid,” said FCAI chief executive Tony Weber.
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