Off road or on, big or small, Australians want their SUVs

The Australian market continued on its growth path in August thanks to sustained momentum in the SUV segment. While combined sales of new passenger cars, SUVs and commercial vehicles (CVs) rose 2.9% in August to 90,705 units, the SUV segment alone was up 19.4%. The small SUV segment saw massive growth of 51.3%, with a 15.8% rise in medium SUVs and a 4.5% rise in large SUVs.