The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) reports total new vehicle deliveries in Australia in its monthly Vaffafts report. But this report does not offer the full picture.
VFafts has been around since 1992 and the most important players have largely been recorded nowadays, while the list of car mountains contains everything from Abarth to Zeekr. Even exotic brands such as Ferrari and Rolls-Royce include their delivery figures.
But not every brand is included, and even if you record it that now reports their sales numbers excluding to the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC), the reported count of 1,237,287 deliveries in new vehicles in Australia in Australia is not accurate. Is it out a lot? Not in the big schedule of things, but it is eliminated.
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So who misses? The largest brand in Australia (EV) in Australia for one, as well as a whole series of brands with a lower volume. Here is a breakdown.
Cadillac and GMC
General Motors Australia and New Zealand (GM ANZ) currently reports deliveries of Chevrolet-badged vehicles that have been sold through his GM Specialty Vehicles (GMSV) Retail network.
However, it has confirmed that it will not report any figures for the recently launched Cadillac and GMC brands … at least not yet.
GMSV will soon start deliveries of the GMC Yukon Denali Grote SUV, while the deliveries of the only Cadillac model arrive in Australia – the Lyriq Electric SUV – started earlier this year. Only one vehicle with GMC is attached for Australia, although the Cadillac-Line-Up will expand with smaller Optiq and larger Vistiq SUVs in 2026.
GM ANZ would not share no sales goals or order numbers for the Yukon, while it has said earlier that the Lyriq will sell in “exclusive volumes”.
Do not expect that these models will appear in VFacts reports this year.
“We have decided not to go this year because it is not a full year of sale, it would not be representative of a full year for us,” said GM International Communications Director Lauren Indiveri-Clarke Carexper in April.
Deep
The Chinese brand Deepal only started the deliveries of his debut vehicle in December 2024, the medium -sized S07 Electric SUV.
It has confirmed two models for our market, the E07 UTE/SUV -Chimera and the S05 Small Electric SUV, but so far it has not yet to report its sales figures in the monthly Vaffacts report.
“As Ons Momentum builds, we focus on vafacts that report from the second half of 2025 and an important step while we go beyond the launch phase and position the brand for long-term growth,” said a spokesperson for Deepal Australia.
Ineos
Ineos Automotive is a young brand and only started producing its first vehicle in 2022.
Local deliveries of the large Grenadier Off-Road SUV started later that year and the debut model of Ineos was then accompanied by Kwartiermeester Ute and Cab/Chassis models.
But it has never reported its delivery figures in vacts and we asked Ineos when that can change.
Mahindra
The Indian Automaker Mahindra has been selling vehicles in Australia since 2007, but it has never reported its delivery totals in the monthly Vaffacts report.
We have contacted Mahindra Australia for comments.
It has offered a UTE from the first day, while it is currently also selling two medium to large SUVs, the XUV700 crossover and Scorpio Off-Roader. Utes, medium -sized SUVs and large SUVs are the most popular vehicle types in Australia.
Mahindra has a long time focused on regional customers, especially with the burp friendly cock-up, but it has opened more showrooms in metro lines. It is unclear whether this is a prelude to Mahindra who reports his sales figures in our market.
Smart
Smart returned to Australia at the end of 2024, imported by the largest Mercedes-Benz retailer in Australia, LSH Auto.
Smart, now a brand with only electric, offers small #1 and #3 small SUVs, with the medium -sized #5 here later this year.
A spokesperson for the brand said that since the local sale started in October 2024, Smart has delivered more than 500 vehicles. Up-spec variants were good for a “high percentage” of the initial turnover.
Xpeng
The Chinese EV brand Xpeng was launched here last year under Importer and distributor True EV, with deliveries that start by the end of 2024.
The brand offers only one model so far, the G6 medium -sized electric SUV.
“We appreciate the interest in the progress of Xpeng in Australia and understand the curiosity about reporting figures,” said a company spokesperson told Carexper.
“At present, our priority is to lay a strong foundation for the long -term success of Xpeng in the market. As we continue to grow locally, we evaluate the best approach to industrial reporting in coordination on our long -term strategy.”
There are two other EV -brands that do not report their sales figures in Vacts. However, they report their sales figures in the monthly report of the EVC, which means that we have to collect these figures manually every month.
Tesla
Tesla stopped the FCAI, the Peak Lobby Group for car fires in Australia, in March 2024, and accused of making “demonstrably false” claims about the then new vehicle efficiency standard (NVEs) of the federal government.
It also confirmed that it would stop reporting delivery numbers in VFACTs reports after July, after which it switched to only report his deliveries in the monthly report of the EVC.
Although it is not a requirement for a company to be an FCAI member or to report his sale via Vacts, costs are involved.
Tesla has been the best-selling EV brand in Australia for some time, although it has suffered a considerable decline this year. It delivered 3394 vehicles until the end of April, a decrease of 57.6 percent on the same period last year.
This has enabled BYD to pass by, with 3487 deliveries included on the EV model lines, although less than half of its total count is included as soon as plug-in hybrids are included.
Tesla was not only the number one EV brand in Australia in 2024, it sold the two most popular EVs in Australia. It is still to see whether it can repeat that performance this year, although it is a rough start.
Polar star
Polestar always reported his sales figures to Vacts, but stopped this when the Sino-Wedish brand in March 2024 pulled its membership out of the FCAI.
The local boss of the company at the time, Samantha Johnson, hit the Fcai for his commentary on the NNVEs that had not yet been established.
In a letter to the FCAI, Mrs. Johnon said that the FCAI “may have damaged irrevocably damaged consumer perception and trust in the proposed policy” and that “his membership costs cannot continue to allow a campaign to finance a campaign to the contribution of the Australische Emissiescucture
Since then it has only reported its figures to the EVC lobby group and it has no plans to return to Vacts Reporting.
“Polestar withdrew from the FCAI in March 2024 as a result of the resistance to sensible emission standards that were designed to bring cleaner cars to Australia in the run -up to the new vehicle efficiency standard (NSE),” said a spokesperson for Polestar Australia.
Until the end of April, Polestar Australia delivered 591 vehicles this year. This is 32.2 percent higher at the same period last year, with the Polestar 4 medium -sized SUV and the Polestar 3 large SUV that participated in the Polestar 2 Fastback.
