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Milestones come in many forms. Today’s is the country that provided the most fresh vehicles sold in Australia last month: Thailand.

In my lifetime, it was “always” Australian-made vehicles that were the fattest sellers, then it was “always” the Japanese-made topping the sales charts and very soon there will be no Australian-made cars.

That sales from Thailand pipped Japan in July is yet another lesson that nothing in business and trade stands still.

According to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, we bought 23,803 Thai-made vehicles last month ahead of 23,359 from Japan.

I suspect most Australians are scarcely aware of the rise of the Thai vehicle industry and would have trouble naming which of the many cars and light commercials on our roads that come from there, even if they drive one. Such is globalisation.

The Thai vehicle industry arguably was the thickest single winner of the free trade agreement Australia signed with Thailand in 2005, but it also has gained from the revolution in what of vehicles we choose to buy. Passenger cars’ market share proceeds to slide, down to 41.6 per cent last month and on track to be overtaken by SUVs by the end of this year.

SUVs last month had a thirty seven per cent market share while light commercials sales also continued to rise, now with Eighteen.Five per cent of fresh sales.

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Two of our top three selling vehicles are “light commercials” – big utes and dual cabs – the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hi-Lux. Both come from Thailand, along with Holden Colorados, Nissan Nevaras, Mitsubishi Tritons and the Mazda and Isuzu equivalents. Thailand wields that vehicle segment in Australia.

Among other popular vehicles either fully or partially sourced from Thailand by the global car giants are the Mazda two and CX-3, the Honda Civic and Ford Fiesta and Concentrate.

The international arbitrage of capital, the hyper-competitive nature of global business, ensures no markets stand still. The Toyota Corolla is still our largest selling vehicle (3417 units last month ahead of the Hi-Lux with 3427) but Korea’s Hundai i30 is in fourth place.

By marque, Toyota leads the listing over the very first seven months of this year with 119,809 vehicles, followed by Mazda on Sixty-nine,433 and Hyundai rounding out the podium finishers with 61,953. Holden and Ford, those former superior brands, are running fourth and fifth (55,081 and 47,277).

Nothing in business, markets, trade is “always”.

Thailand tops the list in fresh car sales in Australia

Thailand tops the list in fresh car sales in Australia

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Milestones come in many forms. Today’s is the country that provided the most fresh vehicles sold in Australia last month: Thailand.

In my lifetime, it was “always” Australian-made vehicles that were the thickest sellers, then it was “always” the Japanese-made topping the sales charts and very soon there will be no Australian-made cars.

That sales from Thailand pipped Japan in July is yet another lesson that nothing in business and trade stands still.

According to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, we bought 23,803 Thai-made vehicles last month ahead of 23,359 from Japan.

I suspect most Australians are hardly aware of the rise of the Thai vehicle industry and would have trouble naming which of the many cars and light commercials on our roads that come from there, even if they drive one. Such is globalisation.

The Thai vehicle industry arguably was the largest single winner of the free trade agreement Australia signed with Thailand in 2005, but it also has gained from the revolution in what of vehicles we choose to buy. Passenger cars’ market share proceeds to slide, down to 41.6 per cent last month and on track to be overtaken by SUVs by the end of this year.

SUVs last month had a thirty seven per cent market share while light commercials sales also continued to rise, now with Eighteen.Five per cent of fresh sales.

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Two of our top three selling vehicles are “light commercials” – big utes and dual cabs – the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hi-Lux. Both come from Thailand, along with Holden Colorados, Nissan Nevaras, Mitsubishi Tritons and the Mazda and Isuzu equivalents. Thailand wields that vehicle segment in Australia.

Among other popular vehicles either fully or partially sourced from Thailand by the global car giants are the Mazda two and CX-3, the Honda Civic and Ford Fiesta and Concentrate.

The international arbitrage of capital, the hyper-competitive nature of global business, ensures no markets stand still. The Toyota Corolla is still our fattest selling vehicle (3417 units last month ahead of the Hi-Lux with 3427) but Korea’s Hundai i30 is in fourth place.

By marque, Toyota leads the listing over the very first seven months of this year with 119,809 vehicles, followed by Mazda on Sixty-nine,433 and Hyundai rounding out the podium finishers with 61,953. Holden and Ford, those former superior brands, are running fourth and fifth (55,081 and 47,277).

Nothing in business, markets, trade is “always”.

Thailand tops the list in fresh car sales in Australia

Thailand tops the list in fresh car sales in Australia

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Milestones come in many forms. Today’s is the country that provided the most fresh vehicles sold in Australia last month: Thailand.

In my lifetime, it was “always” Australian-made vehicles that were the thickest sellers, then it was “always” the Japanese-made topping the sales charts and very soon there will be no Australian-made cars.

That sales from Thailand pipped Japan in July is yet another lesson that nothing in business and trade stands still.

According to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, we bought 23,803 Thai-made vehicles last month ahead of 23,359 from Japan.

I suspect most Australians are slightly aware of the rise of the Thai vehicle industry and would have trouble naming which of the many cars and light commercials on our roads that come from there, even if they drive one. Such is globalisation.

The Thai vehicle industry arguably was the thickest single winner of the free trade agreement Australia signed with Thailand in 2005, but it also has gained from the revolution in what of vehicles we choose to buy. Passenger cars’ market share proceeds to slide, down to 41.6 per cent last month and on track to be overtaken by SUVs by the end of this year.

SUVs last month had a thirty seven per cent market share while light commercials sales also continued to rise, now with Eighteen.Five per cent of fresh sales.

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Two of our top three selling vehicles are “light commercials” – big utes and dual cabs – the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hi-Lux. Both come from Thailand, along with Holden Colorados, Nissan Nevaras, Mitsubishi Tritons and the Mazda and Isuzu equivalents. Thailand wields that vehicle segment in Australia.

Among other popular vehicles either fully or partially sourced from Thailand by the global car giants are the Mazda two and CX-3, the Honda Civic and Ford Fiesta and Concentrate.

The international arbitrage of capital, the hyper-competitive nature of global business, ensures no markets stand still. The Toyota Corolla is still our largest selling vehicle (3417 units last month ahead of the Hi-Lux with 3427) but Korea’s Hundai i30 is in fourth place.

By marque, Toyota leads the listing over the very first seven months of this year with 119,809 vehicles, followed by Mazda on Sixty-nine,433 and Hyundai rounding out the podium finishers with 61,953. Holden and Ford, those former superior brands, are running fourth and fifth (55,081 and 47,277).

Nothing in business, markets, trade is “always”.

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