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Originally Posted by BBDOS CV8
Toyota is the fleet queen now - that's why Camry sales are so high. Wait'll all those low-km two year old cars hit the saleyards - I predict a lot of private buyers who take a bath on resale jumping ship to Mazda, whose small-medium cars in the 2,3 and 6 are kicking Toycar's arse in comparos. In fact, I'd say Mazda is probably now the no. 1 private car vendor in Oz for straight passenger vehicles.
On one hand, stupid f#%&ing pollies for mandating guv'mints of all levels buy 4-cylinders, which means imports, on the other hand Holden selling more retail is good. The Commodore was always going to come back when the wagon hit. Since 2007 it's been like a runner missing an arm - just try running fast with just one.
It and the Ute, despite the downsizing of both, appear to be just what the market wants. If I was buying new, I'd be looking at a Calais wagon.
I think Ford's doing pretty well with the Falc considering the conditions they're selling in, stupid high petrol prices and slowing economic conditions - there's tons of user-choosers appearing here at work (Big T site), XR6s of both types and some Ghias and XTs. If petrol weren't so dear they might even be challenging Commys and certainly Toycar.
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Agreed, i'm very curious to see how the big T does when all the fleet and ex-rentals start flooding the used market, like you say though the goverments policy of buying only 4cyl vehicles is having an impact.
I remember working for a vehicle broker company a few years ago and back then many Toyota new car dealerships were willing to cut all profit out in order to get the numbers out on the road, not much has changed it would seem.
If only the goverments were smart enough to look into the fact that the 4cyl camry is NOT an efficient vehicle in comparison to many 6cyl vehicles.
Assumptions can screw you up if you're not careful.
Mazda does have the correct balance of retail and sales volume and it appears things can only remain robust for them.