Monthly Statistical Bulletin
4.2 Motor vehicle sales
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Number (a) (b)
July	50 667	49 790	53 445	49 864	45 301
August	51 574	50 723	51 859	47 364	45 463
September	51 287	51 085	51 479	46 930	46 186
October	49 662	51 039	52 426	46 238
November	51 132	51 034	53 809	44 723
December	49 396	51 346	54 105	45 376
January	49 883	53 477	53 726	45 415
February	49 850	54 067	52 426	43 584
March	49 087	54 258	53 169	41 233
April	50 447	52 842	52 555	42 787
May	49 571	52 299	51 872	44 088
June	47 488	53 448	51 872	44 984
Annual	599 360	624 124	631 813	542 775
Annual change (b) – per cent
July	7.5	-1.7	7.3	-6.7	-9.2
August	7.0	-1.7	2.2	-8.7	-4.0
September	4.1	-0.4	0.8	-8.8	-1.6
October	-7.1	2.8	2.7	-11.8
November	0.8	-0.2	5.4	-16.9
December	1.3	3.9	5.4	-16.1
January	-2.1	7.2	0.5	-15.5
February	-4.6	8.5	-3.0	-16.9
March	-3.7	10.5	-2.0	-22.4
April	-1.4	4.7	-0.5	-18.6
May	-2.7	5.5	-0.8	-15.0
June	-6.2	12.6	-2.9	-13.3
Annual	-0.8	4.1	1.2	-14.1
(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
								23 November 2009