February new vehicle sales down, but only just

Exports continued on the downwards trajectory though with a fall of 8.4% from 33 675 to 30 832.

South Africa’s poor new vehicle sales start to the year continued into February with the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) recording a 0.7% drop from last year’s 43 805 units to 43 485 this year.

A largely positive picture however applied to individual segments with new passenger vehicle sales improving by 7.6% from 27 567 to 29 665, while light commercial vehicles went the other way by slipping 17.7% from 14 122 to 11 625.

As was the case last year, sales of medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles were up with the former rising by 3.8% for a total of 686 units, while the latter grew by 3.7% in recording 1 509 unit sales. Exports continued on the downwards trajectory though with a fall of 8.4% from 33 675 to 30 832.

FEBRUARY TOP 50 BEST SELLERS

POS	MODEL	UNITS
1	Toyota Hilux	2 895
2	Volkswagen Polo Vivo	2 417
3	Volkswagen Polo	2 120
4	Ford Ranger	1 878
5	Isuzu D-Max	1 333
6	Toyota HiAce	1 199
7	Nissan NP200	1 167
8	Ford Figo	1 068
9	Ford EcoSport	997
10	Toyota Fortuner	975
11	Toyota Corolla Quest	894
12	Renault Kwid	892
13	Suzuki Swift	761
14	Nissan NP300 Hardbody	737
15	Hyundai Grand i10	680
16	Hyundai i20	676
17	Toyota Etios	644
18	Toyota Yaris	561
19	Volkswagen Polo Sedan	540
20	Volkswagen Tiguan	529
21	Toyota RAV4	497
22	Volkswagen T-Cross	462
23	Renault Triber	432
24	Nissan Almera	426
25	Hyundai Venue	394
26	Kia Seltos	377
27	Kia Picanto	373
28	Datsun G0/Go+	341
29	Mazda CX-5	335
30	Mahindra Pik-up	327
31	Renault Duster	315
32	Hyundai H100	300
33	Volkswagen Golf	295
34	Toyota Avanza	283
35	Renault Clio	281
36	Mazda CX-3	256
37	Toyota C-HR	246
38	Hyundai Tucson	228
39	Kia Sportage	225
40	Toyota Land Cruiser	223
41	Kia Rio	217
42	Renault Sandero	216
43	Audi A3	215
44	Suzuki Ertiga	192
45	Hyundai Atos	186
46	Mazda2	186
47	Nissan Micra Active	185
48	Ford Everest	179
49	Volkswagen Amarok	176
50	Mahindra KUV100	173