SA's 20 best selling vehicles of 2012

Published Jan 10, 2013

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Back in the 'nineties, a British motoring mag famously remarked that 20-million buyers can be wrong, when referring to one of the world's best selling cars.

Sure, we can argue for days over whether car A is better than car B, but in the greater scheme of things what really counts is how the buyers actually vote with their wallets.

South Africans did a lot of automotive voting last year, with 623 914 vehicles leaving our showroom floors - a good 9.2 percent more than the year before.

But which models got the thumbs up? View our gallery above or the list below to see South Africa's 20 most loved vehicles.

We calculated the year’s total sales figures for each of these by using Naamsa's monthly sales reports, which unfortunately do not include the individual sales figures of non-reporters like Kia, Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz. The latter will be reporting individual figures from this year though.

2012’S TOP SELLERS:

1. VW Polo Vivo - 34 873

2. Toyota Hilux - 34 396

3. VW Polo - 28 667

4. Chevrolet Utility - 19 079

5. Nissan NP200 - 17 789

6. Toyota Corolla/Auris - 16 452

7. Ford Ranger - 15 662

8. Toyota Etios - 14 950

9. Ford Figo - 14 376

10. Isuzu KB - 13 392

11. Toyota Quantum - 12 965

12. Toyota Fortuner - 12 004

13. BMW 3 Series - 11 398

14. Toyota Yaris - 8802

15. Nissan NP300 - 8708

16. Chevrolet Aveo - 6992

17. VW Golf - 6881

18. Renault Sandero - 6580

19. Chevrolet Sonic 6475

20. Chevrolet Spark - 6467

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