VFACTS: Ford Ranger is the top selling 4X4 ute for August 2021

The Toyota HiLux has dominated sales figures in August 2021 across the board, selling more than any other model on sale in Australia.

However, if you look purely at 4x4 utes, the Ford Ranger has outperformed the HiLux – selling 3609 units to Toyota’s 3324.

Rounding out the top three 4x4 utes – Isuzu has sold 1187 units of its 4x4 D-Max in this period, while Mazda is close behind selling 1037 4x4 BT50s.

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VW's Amarok has been consistent, selling 986, meanwhile the Nissan Navara has outsold the Mitsubishi Triton 4x4 models – shifting 662 compared to 624 from Mitsubishi.

LDV sold just one unit less than Mitsubishi, with 623 T60 4x4 ute sales proving the budget-friendly option is increasing in popularity with the Australian 4x4 market.

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New vehicles sales are up 33 per cent over results from the same month last year, with a total of 81,199 sold in August.

So, despite COVID-19 restrictions in place for many parts of the country, this hasn’t hampered enthusiastic buyers looking to snap up a new 4x4.

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NSW is leading the charge with new vehicle purchases – 21,794 new vehicles were sold in August 2021. Victoria isn’t far behind with 21,167 sales recorded in total, with QLD taking third place with 19,139 units.

If you look at increases from this same period last year though, Victoria has seen a huge 153.6 per cent jump compared to last year – whereas NSW has seen a decline of 7 per cent.

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When it comes to large wagons, it’s not surprising Nissan has outsold Toyota in the large 4x4 category. There were 506 Y62 Patrols shifted compared to 311 LandCruisers. In the mid-size wagon category, Toyota Prado sales have been impressive at 2731 units. That’s an increase of 452.8 per cent over last year, according to official VFACTS figures.