2022 Nissan Patrol Beats Toyota LandCruiser! The V8-powered Nissan Y62 SUV overtakes the LC300 and LC76 wagons in a tight sales race in February 2022.

The Y62 Patrol has just received the MY22 update with some minor design changes.

Toyota's new LandCruiser 300 Series may only be a few months old, but it and the LandCruiser 76 Series were overtaken by the 12-year-old Nissan Patrol Y62 in February 2022 in Australia's new car sales race.

Like this; The Y62 Patrol currently holds the title of most popular top-mounted SUV, and the best-selling LandCruiser station wagon (LC300/LC76) fell flat last month.

In particular, 670 Y62 Patrols were sold in February 2022, representing a huge 101.8 percent increase from the previous month as Nissan continued to reduce backlogs as inventory came in for model year 22 (see link to related story). below).

The LandCruiser station wagon, on the other hand, found 612 new homes in February 2022, with volume down significantly by 53.8% from the previous month as Toyota continues to struggle with strong demand but interrupts deliveries due to occasional production shutdowns.

According to Toyota's website, the average lead time for the LC300 and LC76 is eight and 12 months, respectively, while Nissan confirmed three weeks ago that the Y62 Patrol's delivery process takes four to five months.

However, the LandCruiser station wagon continues to outperform the Y62 Patrol YTD, with the former selling 1342 units (-53.8%) in the first two months of 2022 and the latter selling 785 units (+37.0%). .

For reference, the LandCruiser wagon has dominated the Y62 Patrol since the start of the pandemic in 2020, forcing Aussies to stay at home while boosting sales of these SUVs.

In 2020, the LandCruiser wagon had a winning annual lead of 11,023 units over the Y62 Patrol before growing to an even more impressive 12,258 2021 units in 200. It should be noted that the discontinued LCXNUMX was an important factor in both of these cases. Results.