Renting a automobile typically seems like a lottery. You reserve a selected automobile, and also you typically find yourself with the “or related” – a lot to both your delight or dismay.
Whereas gross sales knowledge for 2024 exhibits the Japanese and Korean manufacturers are the most important gamers on nationwide rental fleets, with the stalwart Toyota Corolla main the gross sales chart, there are some lower-volume manufacturers that promote autos to the likes of Hertz and Europcar.
This knowledge doesn’t include Tesla and Polestar gross sales knowledge, as throughout the 12 months these firms began completely offering this to the Electrical Car Council (EVC) and never the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).
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EVC knowledge breaks down gross sales by purchaser sort, however this doesn’t embrace rental fleets.
Maybe surprisingly, in line with VFACTS knowledge the Toyota RAV4 – the best-selling mannequin amongst personal consumers, and second total in 2024 – sat in second place regardless of traditionally lengthy (if shrinking) ready lists.
A lot of the market’s high 20 total best-sellers function within the beneath record, except the Mazda CX-5, MG ZS, and Hyundai Kona.
Trying purely at rental gross sales, the Toyota Kluger and HiAce, Subaru Crosstrek, MG 3, Mitsubishi ASX and Kia Carnival grow to be high 20 gamers.
The caveat right here is we don’t know the place the Tesla Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y would place.
| Mannequin | Complete gross sales | Rental gross sales | % of gross sales to rental fleets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota Corolla | 24,027 | 5561 | 23.1% |
| Toyota RAV4 | 58,718 | 4739 | 8.1% |
| Mitsubishi Outlander | 27,613 | 4334 | 15.7% |
| Nissan X-Path | 17,494 | 3867 | 22.1% |
| Toyota HiLux | 53,499 | 3597 | 6.7% |
| Toyota Camry | 15,401 | 3125 | 20.3% |
| Kia Cerato | 15,502 | 2565 | 16.5% |
| Kia Sportage | 22,210 | 1863 | 8.4% |
| Subaru Forester | 13,445 | 1726 | 12.8% |
| Ford Everest | 26,494 | 1595 | 6.0% |
| Mazda CX-3 | 18,461 | 1568 | 8.5% |
| Toyota Kluger | 9868 | 1524 | 15.4% |
| Subaru Crosstrek | 11,545 | 1501 | 13.0% |
| Ford Ranger | 62,593 | 1364 | 2.2% |
| Toyota HiAce Van | 12,082 | 1323 | 11.0% |
| MG 3 | 12,563 | 1274 | 10.1% |
| Mitsubishi ASX | 12,330 | 1198 | 9.7% |
| Hyundai Tucson | 19,061 | 1134 | 5.9% |
| Kia Carnival | 10,080 | 1092 | 10.8% |
Whereas the likes of Toyota and Mitsubishi bought hundreds of autos to rental fleets, GWM bought simply 263 autos to rental firms, whereas Honda bought 124 and Mercedes-Benz bought 170.
Some manufacturers had even much less illustration on rental fleets, together with BYD (18), Jaguar (12), Jeep (2) and SsangYong (5).
Naturally, high-end manufacturers like Bentley and Rolls-Royce didn’t promote any autos in any respect to rental firms, and neither did Chevrolet, Citroen, Genesis, Lexus, Maserati, Mini, Ram, and Volvo.
The information additionally reveals what autos have the very best proportion of gross sales to rental firms.
All three BMW 6 Collection GTs delivered in 2024 had been recorded as going to rental fleets. This was stunning because the car was discontinued domestically again in 2020.
After a whopping 56.7 per cent had been bought to rental fleets in 2023, the Cupra Ateca dropped down this record although greater than 1 / 4 of these bought went to rental businesses.
Greater than a 3rd of Volkswagen Polo, Peugeot 508 and BMW 5 Collection examples delivered in Australia throughout 2024 additionally went to rental firms, whereas slightly below a half of Skoda Scalas went to retailers like Europcar.
The Scala, 5 Collection and 508 had additionally been among the many autos with the very best proportion of gross sales to rental fleets in 2023.
| Mannequin | Complete gross sales | Rental gross sales | % of gross sales to rental fleets |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMW 6 Collection GT | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Skoda Scala | 416 | 292 | 48.6% |
| BMW 5 Collection | 614 | 256 | 41.7% |
| Peugeot 508 | 65 | 23 | 35.4% |
| Volkswagen Polo | 2154 | 716 | 33.2% |
| Cupra Ateca | 262 | 69 | 26.3% |
| Nissan Juke | 1674 | 420 | 25.1% |
| Toyota HiAce Commuter | 2805 | 687 | 24.5% |
| Toyota Coaster | 259 | 63 | 24.3% |
| Toyota Corolla | 24,027 | 5561 | 23.1% |
| Nissan X-Path | 17,974 | 3867 | 22.1% |
| Renault Koleos | 918 | 197 | 21.5% |
| Toyota Camry | 15,401 | 3125 | 20.3% |
| Fiat Ducato | 1478 | 257 | 17.4% |
| Hyundai Staria | 1363 | 232 | 17.0% |
| Kia Stonic | 6189 | 1044 | 16.9% |
| Kia Cerato | 15,502 | 2565 | 16.5% |
| Chery Tiggo 7 Professional | 2734 | 443 | 16.2% |
| Mitsubishi Outlander | 27,613 | 4334 | 15.7% |
| BMW iX | 556 | 86 | 15.5% |
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