A whopping 60,000 new automobiles are caught on boats off the Australian coast as a result of a backlog of quarantine cleansing.
Trent Nikolic, the managing editor of Drive.com.au, informed 2GB’s Chris O’Keefe it takes 24 hours working across the clock to unload a vessel carrying 3000 new automobiles, nonetheless, the quarantine cleansing itself can solely clear a fee of 9 automobiles per hour.
In response to Mr Nikolic, solely 350 new automobiles per week are delivered, despite the fact that we’re shopping for over 21,000 in that point.
“Once we final checked this there have been not less than 24 car-carrying ships that had been both in limbo or ready to dock,” he stated.
“These aren’t Rolls Royces, these are simply basic common automobiles the Australian households must get round and they’re ready a yr or 18 months.”
He stated sellers of second-hand automobiles are “laughing”.
“When you’re promoting a second-hand automobile you’ll do nicely, however it’s a must to be sure to’re not ready two years for a brand new one,” Mr Nikolic stated.
He significantly empathised with automobile sellers who struggled throughout Covid and could also be caught with outdated merchandise.
“They lastly get good merchandise and they’ll have to attend virtually two years,” he stated.
Australians are more and more turning to Chinese language-made automobiles as Aussie producers use Covid-related provide points to push up their costs.
The pattern is a repeat of the rise of Korean automobiles, which stole market share from the dominant Japanese manufacturers on the again of nice worth and lengthy warranties.
Now the Koreans are within the firing line. Chinese language-sourced automobiles outsold Korean imports final month, persevering with a four-month pattern.
Main the best way is MG, which was the seventh-best promoting model final month.
China’s BYD Atto 3 additionally had a robust month with 770 gross sales, rating simply behind the Tesla Mannequin Y.
However snapping at its heels is Nice Wall Motors and its Haval sub-brand. Its gross sales had been up and eye-watering 188 per cent final month.
Tesla deliveries tended to come back in bursts final yr. One month they’d shift a ton of automobiles and the following they wouldn’t.
However previously few months, the electrical car pioneer has been on a roll.
Tesla offered virtually 7000 automobiles within the first two months of this yr. To place that in perspective, the model offered roughly 12,000 automobiles in 2021.
On the finish of final yr, the Mannequin Y SUV was main the cost, however this month it’s the Mannequin 3 sedan.
It was the third-best promoting car within the nation, behind solely the Toyota HiLux and the Ford Ranger.
Setting apart utes and SUVs, Tesla was the top-selling passenger automobile producer in February.
It was the ninth-best promoting model final month, eclipsing family names together with Subaru, Volkswagen, Honda and Nissan.
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