New vehicle sales remain on the downwards path in June

New vehicle sales continued to decline in June with the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) recording an admittedly slight drop of 1.6% from last year’s 46 663 unit sales, to 45 939 this year.

Individual segments ended the month mixed with new passenger vehicle sales falling by 3.2% from 29 827 to 28 885, while light commercial vehicle sales u-turned from May’s downturn by increasing 1.2% from 14 322 to 14 495.

In a repeat of the previous month though, medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle sales were mixed with the former increasing by 16.0% to settle at 834 units, though the latter fell by 3.9% to end the month on 1 725 units.

Reversing May’s substantial losses, exports bounced back in June in improving by 14.3% from 26 785 last year to 30 604 in 2019.

JUNE TOP 50 MANUFACTURERS

POS	MODEL	UNITS
1	Toyota Hilux	4 770
2	Volkswagen Polo Vivo	2 571
3	Ford Ranger	2 029
4	Volkswagen Polo	1 887
5	Nissan NP200	1 709
6	Isuzu D-Max	1 525
7	Toyota Fortuner	1 410
8	Toyota Quantum	1 345
9	Renault Kwid	1 054
10	Ford EcoSport	738
11	Nissan NP300 Hardbody	780
12	Datsun Go/Go+	773
13	Toyota Corolla Quest	745
14	Hyundai i20	670
15	Toyota Etios	659
16	Toyota RAV4	653
17	Volkswagen Polo Sedan	590
18	Hyundai Grand i10	572
19	Renault Clio	563
20	Suzuki Swift	444
21	Toyota Avanza	471
22	Kia Picanto	462
23	Toyota Yaris	417
24	Volkswagen Tiguan	401
25	Renault Sandero	376
26	Ford Figo	356
27	Hyundai Tucson	334
28	Mazda CX-3	332
29	Hyundai H100	321
30	Volkswagen Golf	312
31	Renault Duster	308
32	Mazda CX-5	301
33	Nissan Micra Active	293
34	Ford Everest	291
35	Nissan Qashqai	283
36	BMW 1 Series	281
37	Kia Rio	280
38	Suzuki Celerio	249
39	Nissan Almera	242
40	Mahindra Pik-Up	241
41	BMW 3 Series	240
42	Audi A3	232
43	Volkswagen Amarok	225
44	Volkswagen T6	223
45	Hyundai Creta	221
46	Toyota Rush	221
47	Mazda2	217
48	Ford Fiesta	216
49	Suzuki Ignis	208
50	Toyota C-HR	185