South Africa's 50 best selling vehicles: February 2020

Published Mar 4, 2020

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Johannesburg - Although it’s likely to be a long time before South Africa’s vehicle market shows any meaningful growth, February did see some stability return to the market, with overall vehicle sales declining by 0.7 percent year-on-year.

The passenger car market made some positive gains, however, with sales growing by 7.6 percent versus February 2019, but commercial vehicle sales were down by a worrying 17.7 percent. 

Naamsa said that the sluggish market continues to reflect South Africa’s deteriorating economic outlook and the relief for individual tax payers that was announced during the recent Budget Speech, won’t necessarily offset the other negatives, such as increased fuel and CO2 taxes as well as an increase in the tax on double cab bakkies.

Looking at the local sales charts, Toyota’s Hilux was on top of the bakkie pile again with 2895 units, followed by the Ford Ranger (1878) and Isuzu D-Max (1333).

The passenger car market was once again a tale of two Polos, with the Vivo notching up 2417 sales and its more modern Polo sibling finding 2120 homes. The Ford Figo had a strong month too, emerging third in the hatchback race with 1068 sales, followed by the Renault Kwid (892) and Suzuki Swift (761).

On the SUV front it was a close race between the Ford EcoSport, with 997 sales, and the Toyota Fortuner, with 975.

A distant third was the Volkswagen Tiguan (529) followed by the Toyota Rav4 (497) and Volkswagen T-Cross (462).

50 TOP SELLING VEHICLES: FEBRUARY 2020

1Toyota Hilux28952Volkswagen Polo Vivo24173Volkswagen Polo21204Ford Ranger18785Isuzu D-Max13336Nissan NP20011677Toyota Hi-Ace10838Ford Figo10689Ford EcoSport99710Toyota Fortuner97511Renault Kwid89212Toyota Corolla Quest88413Suzuki Swift76114Nissan NP300 Hardbody73715Hyundai i2067616Hyundai Grand i1067417Toyota Etios64418Toyota Yaris56119Volkswagen Polo Sedan54020Volkswagen Tiguan52921Toyota Rav449722Volkswagen T-Cross46223Renault Triber43224Nissan Almera42625Kia Seltos37726Kia Picanto37327Mazda CX-533528Mahindra Scorpio Pik-Up32729Renault Duster31530Hyundai H100 Bakkie30031Volkswagen Golf 729532Renault Clio28133Toyota Avanza26934Mazda CX-325635Toyota C-HR24636Datsun Go24237Hyundai Tucson22838Kia Sportage22539Toyota Land Cruiser PU21840Kia Rio21741Renault Sandero21642Suzuki Ertiga19243Hyundai Atos18644Mazda218645Nissan Micra18546Ford Everest17947Volkswagen Amarok17648Mahindra KUV17349Nissan Qashqai17250Honda Amaze164

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