Top 100 most popular cars in Australia in 2024: best-selling vehicles

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It was a record year for Australian new-car deliveries in 2024, if only just sneaking past 2023 by less than half a per cent with 1,220,607 units.

The result was boosted by a strong first half of 2024, where long-standing customer orders from 2023 were finally fulfilled.

This also helped Toyota to its best annual figure for new-car deliveries – 241,296 beating its previous best of 238,983, set back in 2008.

Midsized SUVs were again Australia’s favourite vehicle type, with 278,717 deliveries keeping utes (229,219 deliveries) in the bridesmaid position.

For the rundown on the country’s favourite individual models (commercial vans not included), here’s Chasing Cars‘ full guide to the Top 100 best-selling vehicles in Australia last year.

Number one most popular vehicle: Ford Ranger (62,593 deliveries)

Ford’s locally developed ute has held onto the No.1 crown it stole of the Hilux in 2023, with its 2024 deliveries only fractionally down on the previous year.

The hard yards were done by 4×4 variants, which accounted for nearly 58,000 of the Ranger’s total, where the Ford ute was third in 4×2 sales (4633 units) – behind the Hilux (7660) and Isuzu D-Max (6163).

Second most popular vehicle: Toyota RAV4 (58,718 deliveries)

In a remarkable 12 months for Toyota’s medium-sized SUV, the RAV4 almost doubled its 2023 sales to move from fourth place on the charts to the runner-up spot last year. With 55,902 sales applying to petrol-electric variants, the RAV4 also established itself as the best-selling hybrid of 2024.

However, with new direct competitors continuing to roll in for the RAV4 Hybrid, so an expected major update for the model may be helpful sooner rather than later to aid its 2025 fortunes.

Third most popular vehicle: Toyota Hilux (53,499 deliveries)

Hilux’s run as Australia’s most popular model was ended in 2023 by its nemesis, the Ranger, and a 12 per cent drop in sales last year saw the ute overtaken for second place in 2024 by its SUV stablemate, the RAV4.

The Hilux is a pensioner in vehicle-lifecycle terms – now a decade old in current form – so another podium is still impressive. It’s also the fourth consecutive year Toyota’s ute has exceeded 50,000 deliveries.

Fourth most popular vehicle: Isuzu D-Max (30,194 deliveries)

Isuzu Australia’s ute dropped off the podium for 2024 but deliveries remained above 30,000 with just a three per cent decline year on year.

Another round of updates last year (with only small increases in sticker prices) helped to keep it fresh. The D-Max-based MU-X SUV placed 15th in the sales charts with 17,978 units to complete another stellar year for Isuzu.

Fifth most popular vehicle: Mitsubishi Outlander (27,613 deliveries)

The Outlander midsized SUV has replaced the Triton ute as Mitsubishi’s regular resident in the Top 10, moving up from 2023’s seventh place thanks to a 14 per cent sales increase. It outperformed its Nissan platform twin, the X-Trail, by more than 10,000 units. With solid results across its showroom, Mitsubishi will also be satisfied with nearly 75,000 sales overall.

Sixth most popular vehicle: Ford Everest (26,494 deliveries)

Ranger may take the No.1 headlines, but in a way the related Everest SUV is a bigger story – storming into the annual Top 10 for the first time with a huge 76 per cent increase in deliveries.

The combined results allowed Ford to leapfrog Mazda for second place in the battle of the car brands. It also gave the Everest bragging rights over the Toyota Prado, which fell out of the Top 10 for 2024 after a 52 per cent plummet – though easily explained by a run-out phase ahead of the new-generation model launching towards the end of last year.

December’s figures – Prado 2687 v Everest 2476 – points to a huge battle in 2025.

Seventh most popular vehicle: Toyota Corolla (24,027 deliveries)

Corolla represents a fightback from small cars after hatchbacks and compact sedans were completely purged from last year’s Top 10.

A 20 per cent year-on-year jump brought the Toyota – which went exclusively hybrid in 2024 – back into the big league. The Kia Cerato, up a massive 156 per cent, was the only other small car to feature in the top 20.

Eighth most popular vehicle: Mazda CX-5 (22,835 deliveries)

Mazda’s midsize SUV is essentially a permanent fixture in the top 10, even if it has been usurped as the nation’s favourite sports utility vehicle by the RAV4. In 2024 the CX-5 matches the same position as 2023, with sales barely changed.

Ninth most popular vehicle: MG ZS (22,629 deliveries)

MG’s compact SUV thrashed all competition in 2023 but things were closer in 2024 with ZS deliveries decreasing 23 per cent.

The result was no doubt complicated by the crossover of outgoing and new generations mid year, while the ZS was also missing cheaper, petrol-only variants that arrive in early 2025. We’d be surprised if the ZS wasn’t in the top 10 again for 2025.

10th most popular vehicle: Kia Sportage (22,210 deliveries)

Sportage, while always relatively popular, is another model finding itself in unfamiliar territory in the top 10, propelled by a 41 per cent increase over 2023.

It added a petrol-electric hybrid variant in 2024, though so too did its Hyundai relative, the Tucson, which was a couple of places back in 12th with 19,061 deliveries (down 10 per cent). A facelifted model due in the second quarter shouldn’t harm its chances of repeating the top 10 feat in 2025.

Sales Position	Vehicle	Vehicle Type	2024 Sales	Change v 2023
1	Ford Ranger	Ute	62,593	Down 1%
2	Toyota RAV4	Midsize SUV	58,718	Up 98%
3	Toyota Hilux	Ute	53,499	Down 12%
4	Isuzu D-Max	Ute	30,194	Down 3%
5	Mitsubishi Outlander	Midsize SUV	27,613	Up 14%
6	Ford Everest	Large SUV	26,494	Up 76%
7	Toyota Corolla	Small car	24,027	Up 20%
8	Mazda CX-5	Midsize SUV	22,835	Down 1%
9	MG ZS	Small SUV	22,629	Down 23%
10	Kia Sportage	Midsize SUV	22,210	Up 41%
11	Tesla Model Y	Midsize SUV	21,253	Down 26%
12	Hyundai Tucson	Midsize SUV	19,061	Down 10%
13	Mazda CX-3	Small SUV	18,461	Up 17%
14	Mitsubishi Triton	Ute	18,077	Up 8%
15	Isuzu MU-X	Large SUV	17,978	Up 27%
16	Nissan X-Trail	Midsize SUV	17,494	Up 36%
17	Hyundai Kona	Small SUV	17,374	Up 55%
18	Tesla Model 3	Midsize car	17,094	Down 2%
19	Kia Cerato	Small car	15,502	Up 168%
20	Toyota Camry	Midsize car	15,401	Up 46%
21	Toyota LandCruiser	Large SUV	15,257	Up 2%
22	Mazda BT50	Ute	15,164	Down 13%
23	GWM Haval Jolion	Small SUV	14,238	Up 27%
24	Subaru Forester	Midsize SUV	13,445	Down 18%
25	Hyundai i30	Small car	12,682	Down 39%
26	Mazda CX-30	Small SUV	12,672	Down 3%
27	MG3	City car	12,563	Down 19%
28	Mitsubishi ASX	Small SUV	12,330	Up 34%
29	Toyota LC70	Ute	11,929	Up 5%
30	Subaru Crosstrek	Small SUV	11,545	Up 28%
31	Mazda 3	Small car	10,528	Up 16%
32	Subaru Outback	Large SUV	10,227	Down 21%
33	Kia Carnival	People-mover	10,080	Down 11%
34	Nissan Navara	Ute	10,063	Up 18%
35	Toyota Kluger	Large SUV	9868	Down 5%
36	Toyota Prado	Large SUV	9802	Down 52%
37	Kia Sorento	Large SUV	9791	Up 17%
38	Suzuki Jimny	Small SUV	9697	Up 94%
39	Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross	Small SUV	9221	Up 18%
40	GWM Haval H6	Midsize SUV	8973	No change
41	Toyota Corolla Cross	Small SUV	8902	Up 12%
42	VW Amarok	Ute	8400	Up 27%
43	Nissan Patrol	Large SUV	8293	Up 6%
44	Toyota Yaris Cross	Small SUV	8206	Up 26%
45	GWM Ute	Ute	8161	Down 15%
46	VW T-Roc	Small SUV	7777	Down 13%
47	Mitsubishi Pajero Sport	Large SUV	7306	Up 32%
48	Hyundai Venue	Small SUV	6949	Up 13%
49	MG4	Small car	6934	Up 121%
50	Nissan Qashqai	Small SUV	6560	Down 1%
51	BYD Seal	Midsize car	6393	First full year
52	LDV T60	Ute	6330	Down 31%
53	BYD Sealion 6	Midsize SUV	6198	NEW
54	Kia Stonic	Small SUV	6189	Down 11%
55	Chery Omoda 5	Small SUV	6162	Up 15%
56	Suzuki Swift	City car	6126	Down 11%
57	Lexus NX	Midsize SUV	6123	Down 11%
58	Kia Picanto	Micro car	5822	Down 24%
59	BYD Atto 3	Midsize SUV	5751	Down 48%
60	Honda CR-V	Midsize SUV	5547	Down 29.%
61	Audi Q3	Small SUV	5497	Up 23%
62	Hyundai Santa Fe	Large SUV	5392	Down 11%
63	Mazda 2	City car	5365	Up 4%
64	VW Tiguan	Midsize SUV	4582	Down 37%
65	MG HS	Midsize SUV	4552	Down 44%
66	BMW X1	Small SUV	4536	Down 2%
67	Mercedes-Benz GLC	Midsize SUV	4438	Down 18%
68	VW Tiguan Allspace	Large SUV	4211	Down 7%
69	Honda ZR-V	Midsize SUV	4092	Up 79%
70	Mazda CX-60	Midsize SUV	4058	Up 46%
71	GWM Tank 300	Large SUV	3968	Up 105%
72	GWM Haval H6 GT	Midsize SUV	3443	Down 16%
73	BMW X3	Midsize SUV	3374	Down 16%
74	Honda HR-V	Small SUV	3350	Up 54%
75	Porsche Macan	Midsize SUV	3323	Up 14%
76	Ram 1500	Ute	3239	Down 45%
77	Land Rover Defender	Large SUV	3209	Down 17%
78	Ssangyong Musso	Ute	3197	Down 8%
79	BMW X5	Large SUV	3157	Down 14.%
80	Volvo XC40	Small SUV	3142	Down 46%
81	Mercedes-Benz GLA	Small SUV	3103	Up 65%
82	Hyundai Palisade	Large SUV	3062	Down 19%
83	Toyota Fortuner	Large SUV	3042	Down 16%
84	Suzuki Vitara	Small SUV	2934	Up 46%
85	VW Golf	Small car	2929	Down 19%
86	Toyota C-HR	Small SUV	2828	Down 41%
87	Audi Q5	Midsize SUV	2737	Down 35%
88	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro	Midsize SUV	2734	First full year
89	Mazda CX-8	Large SUV	2647	Down 51%
90	BMW 3 Series	Midsize car	2472	Down 21%
91	Ford F150	Ute	2428	First full year
92	Chevrolet Silverado	Ute	2389	Up 6%
93	Audi A3	Small car	2375	Down 28%
94	LDV D90	Large SUV	2358	Down 29%
95	Toyota Yaris	City car	2263	Up 8%
96	Range Rover Sport	Large SUV	2206	Down 1%
97	Subaru WRX	Small car	2188	Down 20%
98	VW Polo	City car	2154	Up 132%
99	Volvo EX30	Small SUV	2129	NEW
100	BYD Dolphin	City car	2116	Up 129%