The sale of the cars used rose last month in Australia, after several months of decline, but experts have warned that there may be a change on the horizon.
Data collected by Autograb and published by the Australian Automotive Dealer Association (AADA) shows that 174,762 used vehicles were sold in February, an increase of 2.2 percent compared to the month before.
This is only the third month since July last year, where the turnover of the month in the month has increased, but it is a decrease of nearly 5000 vehicles on the 179,448 turnover included in February 2024.
It is also the 10th month in which the vehicle sales used has been less than 200,000 since the Aada’s Automotive Insights Report (AIR) debuted at the end of 2023.
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“Although the increase in turnover is a positive shift compared to January, the wider market remains in a state of adjustment,” said Aada CEO James Vertman.
“With offer and supply still under historical levels, it remains a competitive market for sellers.
“Average days to sell a used vehicle remained stable after 48.5 days, which suggests that vehicles are still moving at a steady pace, albeit with some regional fluctuations.
The average time to sell a used car rose to 49 days in October and has since remained comfortably under the record high of 50.9 days in December 2023.
The AADA and Autograb offer the following definitions for the monthly Automotive Insights report:
- For sale: level of available used and demo cars that are stated online by dealers and private sellers online at the time of reporting. Car traits and de duplicates entries to identify and eliminate repetitions, so that vehicles on multiple platforms are only counted once.
- Sales: Total vehicles removed from online market places, which serve as a narrow proxy for actual sale and registered monthly. The cancellation count also reflects unique vehicles, because autograb processes and offers to identify and eliminate repetitions, so that vehicles on multiple platforms are only counted once.
Best -selling used cars (maximum 10 years old)
As has been the case last year, the Ford Ranger was the best -selling used car, which reflects its popularity in the new car market.
The Toyota Hilux was the best of the five cars of the brand in the top 10, which consisted of one Ford, one Hyundai, One Mitsubishi and two Mazdas.
Used car purchases per state and territory
The sale of used vehicles had risen in every jurisdiction bar West -Australia, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, with considerable growth in New South Wales and Victoria that helped the downward trend.
| State/territory | Vehicles sold (February 2025) |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 56,561 (+3.8%) |
| Victoria | 43,552 (+7.0%) |
| Queensland | 39.738 (+0.1%) |
| West -Australia | 22,699 (-3.0%) |
| South Australia | 12,069 (-0.4%) |
| Tasmania | 3665 (-8.2%) |
| Australian Capital Territory | 1886 (+1.5%) |
| Northern Territory | 601 (+14.3%) |
| Total | 174,762 (+2.2%) |
Sale per vehicle type
After surpassing traditional passenger cars in October, SUVs remained the best -selling vehicle type, which leads the total growth in the market.
| Vehicle type | Total turnover (February 2025) |
|---|---|
| SUVs | 73,059 (+2.8%) |
| Passenger cars | 65,308 (+1.6%) |
| Utes | 30,996 (+1.9%) |
| Vans and buses | 5399 (+2.4%) |
Sales per fuel type
The sale of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) continue to increase, but they are little more than 2500 sales per month.
| Vehicle type | Total turnover (February 2025) |
|---|---|
| Petrol | 109,384 (+1.9%) |
| Diesel | 54,069 (+1.9%) |
| Hybrid | 8523 (+4.5%) |
| Electric vehicles (EV) | 2137 (+11.4%) |
| Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) | 388 (+35.7%) |
| LPG | 261 (+14.5%) |
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