After over 50 years in Australia, Toyota has grown to be one of Australia's leading automotive companies.
Toyota Australia is a leading manufacturer, distributor and exporter of vehicles, with a market share in 2014, the Australian market recovered from a slow start, finishing only 2% lower than 2013. Private, rental and Government fleet sales held up well, but the main fall was in the business fleet sector, which ended the year down 6.6%.
The sales of people movers increased by 10.6%. The small, medium and large SUV segments all recorded increases. Small SUV sales experienced a boost of 16.5%, medium SUV sales increased by 4.8% and the sales of larges SUVs went up by 1%. It’s the compact SUV segment, where competition is particularly fierce with a number of new models being released over the last 18 month.The company has sales and distribution branches in mainland Australian states, except Western Australia, where an independent company distributes Toyota and Lexus branded vehicles on Toyota Australia's behalf.