SA's 50 top selling vehicles - April

The VW Polo Vivo continued to dominate the local passenger car sales charts.

The VW Polo Vivo continued to dominate the local passenger car sales charts.

Published May 3, 2012

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The South African vehicle market is gaining momentum again, with April's figures showing a 10.5 percent rise year-on-year.

According to Naamsa, total new vehicle sales rose to 42 617 units (from 38 583 in April 2011). This is down from March 2012's 56 152 units, although April's always a difficult month to figure out, due to all the public holidays.

Export figures might have fallen by 11 percent, mainly due to economic woes abroad, yet the local picture is still undeniably rosy.

Naamsa believes that the ongoing improvement in the financial position of consumers, relatively low interest rates and improvements in vehicle affordability (in real terms) will continue to support modest growth in the local vehicle market.

On the sales charts, the usual Polo and Hilux suspects dominated the sales charts and there's an interesting tussle developing between the new Chevrolet Utility and Nissan NP 200, with the former enjoying an edge of just 39 units.

Take a closer look at the figures in our top 50 list below. Bear in mind, though, that the list excludes Mercedes-Benz products as the company has temporarily halted the reporting of individual figures, although their bulk figure is included in the overall sales numbers. And as much as we'd like to tell you how many cars Kia and Hyundai sells, we can't because (presumably) they don't want to scare their rivals by reporting their figures.

SA'S TOP 50 SELLERS - APRIL 2012:

1. Toyota Hilux - 2741

2. VW Polo Vivo - 2256

3. VW Polo - 1766

4. Chevrolet Utility - 1379

5. Nissan NP 200 - 1340

6. Ford Ranger - 1322

7. Toyota Corolla/Auris - 989

8. Ford Figo - 977

9. Isuzu KB - 912

10. Toyota Fortuner - 855

11. BMW 3 Series - 797

12. Toyota Quantum - 627

13. Nissan NP300 - 584

14. Toyota Yaris - 570

15. VW Golf - 519

16. Renault Sandero - 496

17. Chevrolet Aveo - 471

18. Chevrolet Spark - 460

19. Ford Fiesta - 442

20. BMW 1 Series - 440

21. Audi A4 - 384

22. VW Amarok - 358

23. VW Jetta - 353

24. Toyota Avanza - 333

25. Chevrolet Sonic - 310

26. Chevrolet Cruze - 298

27. Nissan Qashqai - 252

28. Nissan Juke - 245

29. Ford Focus - 234

30. Audi A3 - 223

31. Range Rover Evoque - 214

32. Opel Corsa - 213

33. Nissan Micra - 212

34. Mini range - 210

35. Toyota Land Cruiser PU - 209

36. VW Tiguan - 189

37. Nissan Navara - 178

38. Chevrolet Captiva - 173

39. Mazda3 - 165

40. Jeep Grand Cherokee - 163

41. Nissan Livina - 161

42. Dodge Caliber - 159

43. Toyota Aygo - 158

44. Honda Jazz - 157

45. BMW 5 Series - 149

46. BMW X3 - 144

47. Land Rover Discovery - 133

48. Tata Indica/Indigo - 132

49. Fiat 500 - 126

50. Audi Q5 - 125

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