Durban-built Mahindra Pik Up holds its own in October car sales behind SA's top three bakkies the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max.
Bakkie holds it own against other locally-built favourites and Chinese offerings.There were no surprises at the top of the sales chart in October as the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max kept its positions as South Africa’s top selling bakkies.
What makes for interesting reading is the dog fights going on in the shadows of the top table. It is here where the Mahindra Pik Up is wearing the mantle of being the best of the rest in holding off other popular locally built bakkies and the ever-increasing number of Chinese products. The Mahindra Pik Up’s sales of 709 units last month might pale in comparison to that of the Toyota Hilux , Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max , but still significant compared to the rest.There is plenty of daylight between the Durban-assembled Mahindra Pik Up and the fifth-placed Nissan Navara . The Rosslyn-built Navara has become the flag-bearer for Nissan since the discontinuation of the NP200 earlier this year.
The GWM P-Series was the sixth most-popular new bakkie in Mzansi in October and the top-selling import one. GWM’s overall bakkie sales is expected to increase over the coming months after the introduction ofSlotting in at number seven on the list is the VW Amarok , which is built on the same assembly line as the Ford Ranger in Silverton.Number eight with sales of 128 units is another Toyota in the form of the Land Cruiser PU.
It will also be interesting to see the impact of the returning Foton Tunland in the coming months, along with the recently-introduced LDV range. The Chinese pair’s sales numbers are not available yet.
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