Ford Everest units gross sales document once more, outguns Toyota Prado

The brand new Ford Everest and Isuzu MU-X have every outsold the (common) top-selling Toyota Prado in November, with the previous setting an all-time gross sales document for the second month operating.

Ending first and second place within the giant SUV underneath $70k phase total, the Everest notched up a document 1312 registrations (up 26.4 per cent) in November, whereas the MU-X managed 1218 items (up 66.6 per cent).

The availability-constrained Prado got here in third with 1045 registrations for the month (up 45.5 per cent).

The Everest’s November outcome bests the all-time month-to-month document it set in October (1271 items), and marks the primary time the ute-based 4×4 has taken out phase management. Its earlier greatest was second place on two events, together with final month.

It’s additionally the second-best all-time month-to-month quantity outcome for the MU-X, behind September 2021’s document results of 1297 gross sales.

Yr to this point, nonetheless, the Prado stays king.

With 20,132 items (up 5.4 per cent) registered by way of November 30, the Prado is almost 9000 items forward of its second-placed stablemate the Toyota Kluger (11,786 items, up 36.2 per cent).

Following carefully behind in third is the MU-X (10,043 items, up 2.1 per cent), with the Everest a rapidly approaching fourth (9388 items, up 21.5 per cent).

The big SUV phase underneath $70,000 as a complete is up 5.9 per cent yr to this point (YTD), and has contributed 111,260 items to date in 2022.

Simply months after launching its new-generation 4×4, Ford Australia introduced particulars of the up to date MY23.5 Everest line-up, headlined by the addition of a brand new Everest Sport Bi-Turbo 4×2 variant.

That includes all the identical appointments because the penultimate Sport V6 specification, the Sport Bi-Turbo swaps out the three.0-litre V6 diesel for the smaller 2.0-litre Bi-Turbo unit and is rear-wheel drive solely. It’s additionally $6800 lower than the V6 4×4 model, with costs beginning at $62,790 plus on-road prices, although it retains the V6’s 3500kg towing capability.

Regardless of the big selection of variants and recently-added choices, Ford Australia has confirmed wait occasions for V6 variations of the Ranger-based Everest at the moment are at round 12 months.

“As a result of sturdy curiosity within the Subsequent-Gen Everest Sport V6, we’re at the moment going through important wait occasions and in consequence we at the moment are taking new orders for Quarter 4, 2023 arrivals,” a spokesperson for Ford Australia informed CarExpert.

The Isuzu MU-X has additionally lately seen operating modifications for the 2023 mannequin yr, together with new options, finishes, and a “darker design aesthetic”.

On sale from this month, there are revised exterior design components, new alloy wheel designs, and a brand new auto-off characteristic for the blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert methods when towing. You possibly can learn all in regards to the MY23 Isuzu D-Max line-up right here.

For our full November VFACTS deep dive, observe this hyperlink.

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