New vehicle sales hit first high in April

After three months of consecutive decreases, South Africa’s new vehicle sales recorded its first, albeit small, uptake of the year with the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) reporting a 0.7% rise in April from last year’s 36 528 units, to this year’s 36 794.

Individual segments remained mixed however with new passenger vehicle registering its first increase of the year by climbing 3.9% from 24 054 to 24 989, while light commercial vehicles sales declined by 8.1% from 10 676 to 9 180.

Despite recording its first drop in March since mid-2018, the sales of medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles bounced back to end in the black with the former increasing by 19.7% to 577 units, and the latter by 7.8% to 1 418 units. Exports once again remained up by a recording a substantial uptake of 53.8% from 11 571 to 33 090.

APRIL TOP 10 MANUFACTURERS

MANUFACTURER	SALES	EXPORTS
Toyota	8 488	4 819
Volkswagen	5 961	9 272
Ford	3 465	4 030
Nissan	3 124	324
Hyundai	2 428	0
Renault	1 832	0
Isuzu	1 548	231
Mercedes-Benz	1 507	8 558
BMW	1 446	5 729
Mazda	1 028	0

APRIL TOP 100 BEST SELLERS

POS	MAKE	UNITS
1	Toyota Hilux	2 411
2	Volkswagen Polo Vivo	2 350
3	Ford Ranger	1 635
4	Toyota Quantum	1 236
5	Volkswagen Polo	1 445
6	Isuzu D-Max	1 165
7	Toyota RAV4	839
8	Toyota Fortuner	816
9	Datsun Go / Go+	760
10	Ford EcoSport	742
11	Toyota Etios	719
12	Hyundai Grand i10	718
13	Nissan NP200	715
14	Nissan NP300 Hardbody	515
15	Renault Kwid	472
16	Renault Clio	452
17	Volkswagen Tiguan	442
18	Toyota Corolla Quest	436
19	Ford Figo	426
20	Renault Sandero	422
21	Kia Picanto	402
22	Volkswagen Golf	391
23	Suzuki Swift	383
24	Hyundai Tucson	372
25	BMW 3 Series	354
26	Hyundai i20	346
27	Ford Everest	345
28	Mazda CX-5	338
29	Renault Duster	322
30	Mazda CX-3	321
31	Toyota Avanza	306
32	Volkswagen Caddy	290
33	Toyota Yaris	284
34	Kia Rio	266
35	Audi A3	248
36	Hyundai H100	248
37	Nissan X-Trail	244
38	Hyundai Creta	235
39	Volkswagen Polo Sedan	235
40	Nissan Qashqai	229
41	Mazda2	216
42	Mahindra Pik-Up	208
43	Toyota Rush	205
44	Volkswagen T6	201
45	Toyota C-HR	198
46	Ford Fiesta	193
47	Nissan Almera	190
48	Kia Sportage	183
49	Nissan Navara	177
50	BMW X3	170
51	Hyundai Accent	162
52	Hyundai H-1	158
53	GWM Steed	156
54	Nissan Micra	156
55	Suzuki Ignis	147
56	Toyota Corolla	146
57	BMW 1 Series	144
58	BMW X5	143
59	Toyota Land Cruiser	143
60	Toyota Corolla Hatch	141
61	BMW X1	131
62	Mazda3	128
63	Kia K-series	124
64	Mahindra KUV 100	115
65	Volkswagen Amarok	115
66	Suzuki Ertiga	113
67	Volkswagen up!	106
68	Renault Captur	105
69	Opel Corsa	101
70	Honda BR-V	100
71	Nissan Micra Active	100
72	Mini	99
73	Toyota Dyna	98
74	Toyota Land Cruiser 200	89
75	Mercedes-Benz X-class	85
76	Isuzu KB	84
77	Opel Crossland X	83
78	Volvo XC60	80
79	Mitsubishi Triton	76
80	Audi A4	75
81	Audi Q5	71
82	Suzuki Vitara	69
83	BMW 4 Series	68
84	BMW X4	68
85	Range Rover Evoque	68
86	Toyota Land Cruiser Prado	68
87	Hyundai Accent	67
88	Ford Kuga	65
89	Audi Q2	65
90	Honda HR-V	63
91	Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross	60
92	Hyundai Elantra	59
93	Range Rover Sport	57
94	Honda Jazz	56
95	Suzuki Celerio	51
96	Toyota Aygo	50
97	Honda Brio	49
98	BMW 5 Series	47
99	Suzuki Baleno	47
100	BMW Z4	46