Chinese brand MG outsells Hyundai and Mitsubishi for the first time in Australia

chinese brand mg has claimed arguably his biggest victory to date, beating hyundai Y mitsubishi in the December 2022 New Car Sales Race.

It is the first time that a Chinese brand has outsold automakers from South Korea and Japan in a given month in Australia.

Official figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries show that MG reported 5,194 new cars sold in December 2022, surpassing Mitsubishi (4,927) and Hyundai (4,434) to rank fifth in the monthly sales ranking by first time.

Hyundai (73,345) and Mitsubishi (76,991) still outsold MG for the entire calendar year (49,582).

However, MG posted record annual sales, as Hyundai posted its third-lowest result in a decade and Mitsubishi posted its best annual result in three years.

Hyundai was also overtaken by its sister brand kia for the first time in a full calendar year in Australia, marking a changing of the guard between the two sister brands.

Since Hyundai and Kia came to Australia as budget brands in the 1990s, Hyundai has had a significant sales advantage over Kia.

However, things changed in 2022 after a decade of Kia sales growth when Hyundai backed down.

Some industry analysts believe that Kia’s sales gains in Australia have come at Hyundai’s expense. However, the figures show that both brands combined now sell more cars than a decade ago.

Source: Federal Chamber of the Automotive Industryis.