2004 May Australia
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Also see: Poor May 2004 sales for Mitsubishi Motors in America
Mitsubishi Motors fares badly in Japan for 2004 May Sales
Mitsubishi Down 32%
Mitsubishi Motors Australia sold 4232 new cars compared to 6185 during May 2003. This reflects a 32% drop. Locally-built Magna had 49% decline. On the other hand, the Australian new car sales market is on way to a record-setting year. Over 78,000 new cars were sold in Australia during may 2004, up slightly from last year's figure. Toyota sold 15,869 vehicles, Holden 14,921 and Ford 11,004. [VFACTS figures of Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).
Mitsubishi is going to introduce new car models this year - Colt in September, Lancer Evolution 8 and VR-X next month. Grandis was released last week.
Top-selling cars in May were:
Holden Commodore - 6,275
Ford Falcon - 5,204
Toyota Corolla - 3,081
Holden Astra - 2,184
Mazda3 - 2,040
Holden ute - 1,719
Falcon ute - 1,692
Toyota Camry - 1,587
Toyota Prado - 1,470
Toyota Echo - 1,386
[Sydney Morning Herald]