- Japanese juggernaut Toyota has had the 2018 Australian new-vehicle sales crown in the bag for months, with its evergreen HiLux pick-up and Corolla small car leading the charge to the finish line on December 31.
- Toyota sales have already zoomed past the 200,000 mark – almost double that of the nearest contender and up 0.8 per cent on the first 11 months of last year – and so the perennial market leader should hardly have to break into a sweat this month to eclipse last year’s 216,566 units to make 2018 its best result in at least six years.