The Tesla Model 3 came third on the January sales charts, with only the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux utes beating it. SUVs or four-wheel drives had six places in the top 10 including the small Mazda CX-3 (2,417 sales), medium Mazda CX-5 (2,189 sales), Toyota RAV4 (1,958 sales), MG ZS (1,842 sales), Mitsubishi Outlander (1,674 sales) and Toyota LandCruiser (1,631 sales). The Tesla Model 3 and the MG ZS, available as an EV, were the only Chinese-made cars in January's top 10, with MG in seventh place among the top 10 brands. The first month of 2023 saw 2,927 Tesla Model 3 sedans leave the showroom, even though it has an expensive starting price of $63,900. A fully electric Tesla has outsold every SUV in Australia and
bjbaji is now a top 10 brand for the first time ever. Billionaire Elon Musk's car company has, for the first time ever, entered Australia's top 10 list of popular brands, with Tesla coming ninth on the monthly Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries list.