August VFACTS: SUVs drive market 12 per cent higher

Still on top: Holden’s Commodore remained Australia’s favourite vehicle in August with a 10.2 per cent sales lift on the eve of the VE Series II launch.

NEW-CAR buyers shrugged off the distractions of a federal election in August, pushing the market up 12.1 per cent as they continued to snap up sport utility vehicles (SUVs) at a rapid rate. The result was a good one given that history suggests an election always results in people putting major purchases on hold. Not this time.
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