Pretty early the article points out that the top selling car in 2011 was far smaller than the best selling car now, in 2025, a Ford Ranger

It then says:

Four in five new cars sold in Australia are SUVs or utes – more than double the share of 20 years ago.

And follows up by pointing out two parts of US legislation that are driving manufacturing there to larger cars ends by pointing out the extra risks to large cars and how the situation can be improved with local legislation.

Why does the article ignore that the 2011 top selling car was from an Asian manufacturer and that Asian and European manufacturers exist. I went looking for data on sales from regions / brands over time but failed a bit. Anyone want to fill in the gaps? Obviously Mazda is no longer selling the top selling model and Ford is, but was there a swing in sales to Ford, a consolidation of sales on one model or maybe more that people that loved Ford just started buying the bigger cars? Any chance someone knows of some sort of data that helps fill in the gaps?