Monthly Statistical Bulletin
4.2 Motor vehicle sales
Month	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007-08	2008-09
Number (a) (b)
July	47 363	50 751	50 291	54 072	50 485
August	48 296	51 763	51 077	52 173	47 767
September	49 493	51 765	51 698	52 179	48 191
October	53 285	49 707	51 028	52 351
November	50 680	50 708	50 488	53 168
December	48 832	49 606	51 232	54 432
January	50 937	49 940	53 613	54 089
February	52 129	49 724	53 939	52 077
March	50 666	48 577	53 860	52 222
April	50 975	49 805	52 056	51 426
May	50 883	49 469	52 154	52 024
June	50 870	47 836	53 793	52 227
Annual	604 027	599 360	624 124	631 813
Annual change (b) – per cent
July	-6.0	7.2	-0.9	7.5	-6.6
August	-4.9	7.2	-1.3	2.1	-8.4
September	-3.9	4.6	-0.1	0.9	-7.6
October	6.1	-6.7	2.7	2.6
November	3.8	0.1	-0.4	5.3
December	-0.8	1.6	3.3	6.2
January	6.3	-2.0	7.4	0.9
February	6.6	-4.6	8.5	-3.5
March	4.0	-4.1	10.9	-3.0
April	3.8	-2.3	4.5	-1.2
May	6.7	-2.8	5.4	-0.2
June	4.6	-6.0	12.5	-2.9
Annual	1.6	-0.8	4.1	1.2
(a) Sales of new motor cars, station wagons and people movers.
(b) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Sales of new motor vehicles, Cat. no. 9314.0								Update
								19 November 2008