Most popular used cars in Australia: November 2023

The new-car market has always been easy to gather data on with an industry body (the FCAI) dedicating its time to tracking sales figures. The second-hand market, though, has been more opaque.

The Australian Automotive Dealer Association (AADA) has teamed up with Australian company Autograb, which provides used car valuation and market tracking software, to reveal the best-selling used cars.

This data excludes vehicles older than 15 years and those that have been written off, so while it’s not as complete as the whole market, it gives a good indication of the most popular second-hand vehicles.

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The Ford Ranger was the best-selling new and used vehicle in November

More than 65% of car sales occur in the used market, with 303,732 vehicles for sale (42.2% at dealers), and 206,417 sold (37.8% by dealers) in November.

Of the states and territories, ACT and NSW account for the most sales (when combined) followed by VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, and the NT.

While there were more SUVs (125,055) for sale than passenger cars (110,390), 86,985 used passenger cars changed hands compared to 78,097 SUVs. Utes accounted for 35,064 sales in November.

Petrol was the dominant fuel source (135,141 sales) ahead of diesel (62,813) and hybrid (6755).

Battery-electric vehicles made up 1395 of November’s sales – though it’s worth pointing out that’s an increase of 6.7% compared to October when all other fuel sources (bar plug-in hybrids) lost share.

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And guess what? The HiLux is in second spot

Top 10 best-selling second-hand cars

In November, the Ford Ranger was the most popular second-hand vehicle, with 4683 examples purchased – up 1.4% on October.

Then came the Toyota HiLux (4066), Toyota Corolla (3371), Hyundai i30 (2624), Mazda 3 (2354), and Mitsubishi Triton.

Following the Triton is another sales stalwart, the Toyota Camry (2324), then the Toyota RAV4 (2159), Mazda CX-5 (2023), and the Toyota Prado (1849). Data provided for the best-selling cars covers models up to 10 years old (to 2013).

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Two of these cars remain best-sellers and the study suggests small cars move faster than SUVs

Another interesting statistic provided is the average vehicle sale time, which has grown from a minimum of 40.5 days in March 2023 to 52 days in November.

Of the best-sellers list, it was small cars such as the Mazda 3, Toyota Corolla, and Hyundai i30 with the quickest average sales times.