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http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...2577B30012709D

For the First time ever Mazda in Australia has come in at Number 3 for the Month of September 2010 passing the Ford Motor Company..

The Mazda 3 is now Australia's second top selling car behind the Holden Commodore (Pontiac G8 look).

Other winners for Mazda were....
Mazda 2 up 35.3% to 1718 units (more than USA)
Mazda 3 up 17.3% to 3878 units
CX-7 Up a massive 432% to 1076 units


Ford’s Fiesta (Mazda 2) light car even slipped 3.6 per cent.

Sales Year to date..
Toyota’s year-to-date sales are up 10 per cent (157,538 sales) with nine months of the year gone, while Holden is ahead by 18.1 per cent (101,169), Ford by 4.0 per cent (73,071) and Mazda up 13.6 per cent (65,568).

September TOP 10

1. Toyota 16,185 19%
2. Holden 10,718 12.6%
3. Mazda 8850 10.4% (Market Share %)
4. Ford 8288 9.7%
5. Hyundai 6120 7.2%
6. Mitsubishi 5314 6.2%
7. Nissan 4689 5.5%
8. Volkswagen 3225 3.8%
9. Subaru 3105 3.7%
10. Honda 2582 3.0%