Toyota is still by far Australia’s hybrid vehicle market leader, with just one of its hybrids alone – the RAV4 – outselling the number two and three hybrid auto brands so far this year.
Only one other brand cracked five-digit hybrid deliveries in the first half of 2025, according to VFACTS sales data, and that was Hyundai.
There are far fewer hybrid vehicles on sale in Australia than electric vehicles (EVs), but hybrids account for a larger share of new-car sales overall.
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A total of 93,746 hybrids (HEVs) were delivered during the first half of 2025, compared with 25,613 plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) and 47,245 EVs.
This means that of the total of 624,130 new vehicles delivered in Australia during the first six months of 2025, 15 per cent were hybrids, 7.6 per cent were EVs, and 4.1 per cent were PHEVs.
Hybrid sales were up 14.9 per cent compared with the first half of 2024.
Brands
Below is a chart listing all the brands that sell hybrids in Australia.
Note this doesn’t include PHEVs or mild-hybrids, though it does include Nissan’s e-Power vehicles.
Models
Below is a chart listing all the hybrid models offered in Australia.
A total of eight of the top 10 best-selling hybrids were produced by Toyota Motor Corporation, with the other two being Hyundais.
The GWM Tank 500, Honda Accord, Lexus LM, Toyota C-HR and Toyota Tundra are exclusively offered with hybrid power.
Where a model line also includes other powertrain types, we’ve calculated the percentage of sales the hybrid variants account for.
| Model | Total deliveries | Total hybrid deliveries | Hybrid percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toyota RAV4 | 24034 | 23956 | 99.7% |
| Toyota Corolla Cross | 6288 | 6264 | 99.6% |
| Toyota Camry | 4259 | 4238 | 99.5% |
| Lexus ES | 439 | 434 | 98.9% |
| Toyota Corolla | 9359 | 9106 | 97.3% |
| Lexus UX | 531 | 514 | 96.8% |
| Lexus LBX | 1222 | 1165 | 95.3% |
| Toyota Kluger | 4611 | 4372 | 94.8% |
| Hyundai Santa Fe | 3212 | 2600 | 80.9% |
| Kia Niro | 309 | 247 | 79.9% |
| Lexus NX | 3080 | 2345 | 76.1% |
| Honda Civic | 442 | 329 | 74.4% |
| Toyota Yaris Cross | 5887 | 4379 | 74.4% |
| Toyota Yaris | 1524 | 1105 | 72.5% |
| Lexus RX | 1008 | 722 | 71.6% |
| Honda HR-V | 2403 | 1501 | 62.5% |
| Lexus LS | 6 | 3 | 50.0% |
| Hyundai Tucson | 10272 | 5086 | 49.5% |
| Hyundai Kona | 11241 | 4799 | 42.7% |
| Honda ZR-V | 1943 | 788 | 40.6% |
| GWM Haval H6 | 6909 | 2241 | 32.4% |
| GWM Cannon Alpha | 1063 | 331 | 31.1% |
| Honda CR-V | 3220 | 945 | 29.3% |
| Kia Sportage | 10558 | 2320 | 22.0% |
| Hyundai i30 | 5579 | 1211 | 21.7% |
| Kia Carnival | 5173 | 1114 | 21.5% |
| GWM Haval Jolion | 9029 | 1864 | 20.6% |
| Nissan Qashqai | 2783 | 571 | 20.5% |
| Nissan X-Trail | 8553 | 1672 | 19.5% |
| MG ZS | 10177 | 1863 | 18.3% |
| GWM Tank 300 | 2386 | 429 | 18.0% |
| MG 3 | 5286 | 813 | 15.4% |
| Kia Sorento | 5165 | 572 | 11.1% |
| Subaru Forester | 6495 | 622 | 9.6% |
| Subaru Crosstrek | 6002 | 411 | 6.8% |
| Lexus LC | 33 | 2 | 6.1% |
There’s also a caveat with other Toyotas that are listed in the table above.
All Toyota model lines available with a hybrid powertrain lost their standard petrol-powered variants last year, though evidently there was still some leftover stock of certain petrol-only Toyotas.
The Toyota Yaris and Corolla tallies also include the GR Yaris and GR Corolla.
Lexus has also discontinued petrol-only versions of models like the ES, due to their high hybrid take-up rates.
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