Quote Originally Posted by magellan View Post
If you order a car and put down a deposit and have to wait say 4-5 months for the car to be built, at what point is the sale counted? When you place the order or when you get the car?
The figures are based on new vehicle sales.

9314.0 - Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Apr 2010

An order is not a sale, it is an agreement to complete the transaction once both parties have fulfilled their obligations under the contract. That said, it is open to manipulation. Tales of dealers registering a large number of demos in December are no unheard of.