Toyota Camry - Best Selling Car in Australian
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With 111,891 sedans produced last year at the Altona plant in Melbourne, the Toyota Camry became the best selling car in Australian. The Toyota Camry is the only car on Australian Market which produced more than 100,000 units.
From those amount, 26,300 Toyota Camry sedans were sold for the Australian market, while 85,500 Toyota Camry sedans were exported outside the Australian market.
Toyota released a special edition for the Australian market called Toyota Camry Ateva L, which sits on 17-inch alloy wheels, and featuring leather seats and door trim, a lip spoiler, and also badging.
Press Release
Toyota Camry has claimed the title of the best-selling Australian-made car. A record number of 111,891 Camry sedans were produced last year at Toyota’s Altona plant in Melbourne’s west and sold on domestic and export markets.
Camry was the only Australian-built car with annual production exceeding 100,000 vehicles.
Of these, Australian motorists bought more than 26,300 Camry sedans - making it the country’s best-selling mid-size car by a margin of more than two-to-one over its nearest rival.
But local sales are just part of the story.
The vast majority of Australian-made Camry sedans - more than 85,500 cars - were exported and sold in more than 20 countries.
Domestic and export sales combined to make Camry the top-selling Australian-made car.
Now Toyota is adding to the appeal of the four-cylinder Camry on the local market.
It has released a Camry Ateva L special-edition model, which features more than $2000 of equipment for no extra cost.
Special-edition features include leather seats and door trim, 17-inch alloy wheels, a lip spoiler and badging.
The price remains the same as a standard Ateva at $33,750.
Toyota has also made a running upgrade to the Camry Grande, adding 17-inch alloy wheels as standard with no change to the $39,990*.
Camry is the only four-cylinder car produced in Australia.
It has been the country’s best-selling mid-size car for the past 14 years.
Toyota Australia’s senior executive director sales and marketing David Buttner said the Australian-made Camry was popular with motorists locally and overseas due to its style, size, dynamics and value.
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