Industry News

Want to know what's happening in the RAWS industry? You've come to the right place. This section will be regularly updated so as soon as we know anything big, so will you.

RAWS Australia Takes Their Evidence Online

20 December 2006

RAWS Online is an exciting new joint venture involving RAWS Australia and Rob Ogilvie. As of February 2007 RAWS Online will be the only way to get evidence packages produced by RAWS Australia. It's a big win for you, our customers - you'll get the same proven evidence you've come to expect plus updates on-demand via our secure website!

As an introductory offer every evidence package sold before 30 April 2007 comes with a free on-site inspection* by Rob Ogilvie, an ex-DoTaRS inspector! The inspection covers a check of your sample vehicle, CVR, CIN and VIC to ensure your SVI goes as smoothly as possible. Wow...I've got TLA overload!
 

* Conditions Apply

RAWS Plates top 17000

10 December 2006

This week saw the number of plates issued under RAWS exceed 17,000 - the total being 17,013. There are now 138 RAWS, 395 SEVS Eligible rulings, and 737 plates were issued last month.

The leading vehicles being plated are Skyline R33 (4,818), Spacegear (3,871), Skyline R34 (1,140), Supra (1,047) and Soarer (991). As you can see, Skyline R33 plus Spacegear account for more than half of all plates issued under RAWS.

RAWS Statistics for 2006 (to end November)

3 December 2006

Nearing the end of 2006 we thought you might be interested in some statistics collated on the RAWS industry for year-to-date 2006. As at 30 November 2006 there were:

:: 16,761 vehicles plated under RAWS since its inception;
:: 6,727 vehicles plated for the year-to-date;
:: 138 RAWs registered with at least 1 schedule;
:: 95 RAWs who plated at least 20 vehicles so far in 2006; and

The 10 most popular vehicles so far in 2006 are:

:: Nissan Skyline R331463 plates
:: Mitsubishi Delica Spacegear1236 plates
:: Nissan Skyline R34542 plates
:: Toyota Supra466 plates
:: Nissan Silvia S13426 plates
:: Nissan Skyline R32425 plates
:: Toyota Soarer180 plates
:: Toyota Hiace Wagon175 plates
:: Nissan Stagea C34169 plates
:: Nissan Silvia S15164 plates

The 10 most popular vehicles in 2005 were:

:: Nissan Skyline R331789 plates
:: Mitsubishi Delica Spacegear1419 plates
:: Nissan Skyline R34474 plates
:: Toyota Soarer351 plates
:: Toyota Supra306 plates
:: Nissan Silvia S13191 plates
:: Nissan Skyline R32128 plates
:: Toyota Hiace Wagon115 plates
:: Nissan Silvia S1581 plates
:: Nissan Pulsar GTiR79 plates

Note: RAWS Australia can not guarantee the accuracy of these statistics as official figures are not released by DoTaRS.

RAWS Plates reach 13000

18 June 2006

The number of plates issued under the RAWS topped 13000 during the week ending 16th June 2006. The number of plates issued during 2006 has been around 500 per month, but May was a big move at 760 for the month.

AAIMA Inc Negotiates an Organisation Gas Licence

21 August 2005

Australian Auto Importers & Manufacturers Association began negotiating with the Minister in March of last year when the Ozone gas licence situation became known to our industry. Through the hard work of its President, Bryan Hubbard, AAIMA has now negotiated for a single licence to cover all financial members, who may lodge their import figures and pay their fees thru the one AAIMA return. Information is available from AAIMA on request - just send us an email with your name and address details and we will have the information mailed out.

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