South Africa's new vehicle sales saw a strong start to 2025 with a 10.4% increase in January. The new Suzuki Swift surprised many by becoming the country's best-selling vehicle, surpassing the Toyota Hilux and marking the first time a non-locally assembled vehicle has topped the list in years. The positive trend continues with increased passenger vehicle sales and a significant jump in exports.
Having ended 2024 on a positive note, South Africa’s new vehicle sales continued with the upwards momentum into January with...
In displacing not only the Toyota Hilux as the monthly best-seller, the Swift also becomes the first non-locally assembled vehicle to top the 10 best-sellers list in years, which comprised no less than six other products not made in South Africa.Taking second with 2 557 units, the Hilux finished ahead of the Kariega-assembled Volkswagen Polo Vivo and its arch-rivals, the Ford Ranger and Isuzu D-Max , as only the other South African-made vehicles in the first five.
After a largely negative 2024, new vehicle exports recorded a significant increase in January of 29.7% from 19 545 to 25 348. Mabasa, however, also cautioned, “while the inflation outlook for the second half of the year remains positive, new inflation risks, such as the anticipated rise in tariffs on trade, have emerged.
Its total offset amounting to 6 399 units, the Hamamatsu-headquartered marque edged-out Wolfsburg, and by inclusion its Ingolstadt-based Audi division, by 723 units, with Toyota remaining well ahead on 12 152.
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