Toyota Tops, BYD Booms, and EVs Light Up Aussie Sales Charts

Australia’s new car market flicked on the high beams in September 2025, selling 101,992 vehicles — a 5.1% rise over last year, according to the FCAI’s latest VFACTS.

Despite being 1.4% down year-to-date, the electric revolution is gaining charge despite the doubters, and conservative governments of the past. BEVs hit 11.3% of all September sales, while PHEVs reached 4.4%, putting total electrified cars near one in six. China now supplies 77.5% of all EVs sold here, making it the quiet powerhouse behind Australia’s plug-in push. Legacy brands have been caught with their pants down with prices that can’t compete.

FCAI boss Tony Weber praised (through gritted teeth) the range of EVs on offer — more than 100 BEVs and 50 PHEVs — but warned, “We’ve got the cars; what’s missing are chargers and confidence.” His call for stronger infrastructure echoes across a nation still unsure where to plug in. Under a decade lost to 3 anti-renewables Liberal Prime Ministers, investments was poured into coal, oil, and gas and electric cars were actively debased. Week after week the hysterical anti-EV rhetoric ramped up to shrill crescendo which included :Labor government wants to take away tradie utes.” Charging infrastructure similarly suffered, and a recent cancellation of a wind project by the LNP government in Queensland shows the conservatives have generally learned nothing from their humiliating decimation at the last federal election.

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Japan should have been a leader in electrifying the country’s fleet but have persisted with hybrids instead. The pro-hybrid propaganda has seen the system increase in popularity and now most carmakers have some kind of hybrid, even if only a mild one. Toyota stayed firmly in pole position with 18,318 sales, while Ford (8,300) and Kia (7,330) fought for silver and bronze. Mazda (7,034) and Hyundai (6,501) rounded out the top five. Top models were the Toyota HiLux, Ford Ranger, and Ford Everest, with BYD’s 5,084 sales securing its top-ten status and proving Aussies are finally getting electric-curious.

Victoria (+8.3%) and Western Australia (+8.9%) led the growth, while the ACT (-3.5%) dipped slightly. SUVs and light commercials now make up over 83% of all sales, leaving passenger cars at a humble 12.7% — the automotive equivalent of being single at Mardi Gras.

China’s continued surge (up 67% year-on-year) makes it the second-largest vehicle source for Aussie buyers, overtaking Europe’s best. Japan still leads but with noticeably less swagger.

So, while Toyota keeps the crown, BYD’s batteries are beaming, and EVs are inching from niche to normal. Australia might not be fully electric yet, but she’s definitely feeling the current.

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