New vehicle sales dive in July as exports soar

New vehicle sales remained in free-fall during July with the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) recording a 3.7% drop from last year’s 47 856 units, to this year’s 46 077.

Unlike previous months however, individual segments were mostly positive with new passenger vehicles recording the only downturn, falling by 8.2% from 32 094 to 29 477, while light commercial vehicles posted a second straight month gain of 2.9% to rise from 13 461 units sold, to 13 852.

The medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle segments ended the month in the black with the former increasing by 14.9% to settle at 801 units, and the latter by 21.4% for a total of 1 947 vehicles sold.

Like in June, exports ticked-up in July with an improvement of 22.1%, resulting in a total of 34 297 vehicles leaving local factories compared to the 28 081 moved in 2018.

JULY TOP 50 BEST-SELLERS

POS	MODEL	UNITS
1	Toyota Hilux	2 996
2	Volkswagen Polo Vivo	2 621
3	Ford Ranger	2 217
4	Volkswagen Polo	2 076
5	Nissan NP200	1 730
6	Isuzu D-Max	1 692
7	Toyota HiAce	1 520
8	Nissan NP300 Hardbody	1 166
9	Hyundai i20	863
10	Ford EcoSport	839
11	Toyota Fortuner	810
12	Kia Picanto	800
13	Renault Kwid	768
14	Toyota Etios	762
15	Hyundai Grand i10	663
16	Suzuki Swift	635
17	Datsun Go/Go+	620
18	Toyota Corolla Quest	608
19	Volkswagen Tiguan	595
20	Toyota RAV4	584
21	Renault Sandero	581
22	Toyota Avanza	535
23	Ford Figo	523
24	Nissan Almera	466
25	BMW 3 Series	456
26	Volkswagen Polo Sedan	436
27	Toyota Yaris	425
28	Hyundai Tucson	356
29	Mazda CX-3	354
30	Mazda CX-5	351
31	Volkswagen Golf	308
32	Kia Rio	300
33	Nissan X-Trail	297
34	Mahindra Pik-Up	287
35	Renault Duster	287
36	Toyota Land Cruiser	273
37	Ford Everest	258
38	Ford Fiesta	257
39	Suzuki Celerio	255
40	Hyundai Creta	252
41	Volkswagen Amarok	252
42	Kia Sportage	250
43	Audi A3	239
44	Volkswagen T6	235
45	Renault Clio	229
46	Mahindra KUV 100 NXT	223
47	Hyundai H100	216
48	Mazda2	213
49	Toyota Corolla	211
50	Kia K-series	204