The SA Vehicle Industry Thread

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March 2018 = 49233
April 2018 = 36346
April 2019 = 36794
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Such growth! Totally sustainable. No discounting by dealers. People buying the premium versions!

Still no turnaround by FCA. Circling the drain.
 
SA's 15 worst-selling cars (under R500k) of April 2019

The monthly Naamsa stats generally make for rather interesting reading. But, naturally, we tend to focus on the best-performing vehicles in terms of sales. Indeed, we’ve already reported the 10 best-selling passenger vehicles of April 2019, as well as listed the 10 best-selling bakkies in our market for the same period. But now we’ve decided to take a look at the worst-selling passenger car models on our shores.

Of course, we must point out that some automakers (such as Mercedes-Benz) disclose only aggregate sales statistics. Also, take note that – in order to make this list more relevant – we’ve excluded vehicle ranges that start at more than R500 000. Otherwise, this table would be dominated by luxury manufacturers such as Bentley, Ferrari and Maserati, whose high-priced vehicles traditionally sell in tiny numbers.

In addition, we don’t count sales from run-out stock of vehicles that have been officially discontinued locally, such as the Volkswagen Jetta, which managed three units this month (if the vehicle in question is no longer listed on the manufacturer’s local site, we won’t include it in the list below). And we’ve also heeded the call to include model ranges that failed to sell a single unit.

SA's 15 worst-selling passenger cars (under R500k) of April 2019

Nissan NV200 – 0
Toyota Prius – 0
Ford Focus – 1
Abarth 595 – 2
Alfa Romeo Giulietta – 2
Fiat 500X – 3
Subaru Impreza – 3
Suzuki Grand Vitara – 3
Mini Convertible – 4
Landwind X5 – 5
Volvo V40 Cross Country – 5
Jeep Renegade – 6
Peugeot 308 – 6
Opel Grandland X – 7
Mahindra Thar – 9

https://www.carmag.co.za/news/industry-news/sas-15-worst-selling-cars-under-r500k-of-april-2019/
 
South Africa's 50 best selling vehicles: April 2019


South African new car sales saw a surprising (albeit modest) return to growth in April, but there wasn’t any good news for bakkies and other light commercial vehicles, according to the latest sales figures released by Naamsa.

The overall new vehicle market recorded an aggregate sales figure of 36 794 units last month, which was a 0.7 percent improvement over the same month last year. Of those, 24 989 were passenger vehicles, representing a year-on-year improvement of 3.9 percent, while light commercial vehicles, at 9810 units, saw an 8.1 percent decline over April 2018.

50 TOP SELLING VEHICLES: APRIL 2019

1 Toyota Hilux 2411
2 Volkswagen Polo Vivo 2350
3 Ford Ranger 1635
4 Isuzu D-Max / KB 1242
5 Toyota Quantum 1236
6 Volkswagen Polo 1165
7 Toyota Rav4 839
8 Toyota Fortuner 816
9 Ford EcoSport 742
10 Toyota Etios 719
11 Hyundai Grand i10 718
12 Nissan NP200 715
13 Nissan NP300 Hardbody 515
14 Renault Kwid 472
15 Datsun Go 453
16 Renault Clio 452
17 Volkswagen Tiguan 442
18 Toyota Corolla Quest 436
19 Ford Figo 426
20 Kia Picanto 402
21 Renault Sandero 422
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 Datsun Go + 296
32 Toyota Avanza 286
33 Toyota Yaris 284
34 Kia Rio 266
35 Hyundai H100 Bakkie 248
36 Nissan X-Trail 244
37 Hyundai Creta 235
38 Volkswagen Polo Sedan 235
39 Nissan Qashqai 229
40 Volkswagen Caddy 225
41 Mazda2 216
42 Mahindra Scorpio Pik-Up 208
43 Toyota Rush 205
44 Toyota CH-R 198
45 Ford Fiesta 193
46 Nissan Almera 190
47 Kia Sportage 183
48 Nissan Navara 177
49 BMW X3 170
50 Hyundai Accent 162

https://www.iol.co.za/motoring/indu...-50-best-selling-vehicles-april-2019-22409201
 
Good to see Ecosport back in the Top 10. Why is Ford taking so long to launch new Focus?
 
FlashSA said:
Good to see Ecosport back in the Top 10. Why is Ford taking so long to launch new Focus?
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Last I heard it was (slightly) delayed to “get the pricing right”.

(If that makes sense).

They should really just commit now. They have a segment leader here but choose to runout the very last bit of the Gen 3. IE. 1 unit a month.
 
SEE: Portofino, 812... Ferrari's Q1 sales reveal SA luxury buyers love supercars

Scuderia South Africa placed 17 orders for vehicles in the first quarter of 2019 according to Naamsa sales figures.

The importer of the Prancing Horse brand's best-seller is the Portofino, a hard-top convertible GT model powered by a 3.8-litre V8 engine with 441kW and 760Nm.

It gallops to 100km/h from standstill in 3.5 seconds and its legs suffer fatigue at 320km/h.

https://www.wheels24.co.za/NewModel...veal-sa-luxury-buyers-love-supercars-20190506

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Biggest vehicle-exporters from South Africa in April 2019

According to Naamsa, the South African automotive industry’s April 2019 export sales registered another “admirable performance”, reflecting a substantial year-on-year improvement of 53,8 percent, with 33 090 units shipped off during the month.

So, let’s take a look at which automakers were the biggest exporters from South Africa for the month.

In April, the Volkswagen Group returned to the top spot, exporting 9 272 examples (down 299 units) of its Polo hatchback from Uitenhage. Mercedes-Benz thus fell one place to second, with 8 558 units of the C-Class exported from its East London plant. This represents a fall of 3 279 units, month on month.

The BMW Group held steady in third, with its Rosslyn plant churning out 5 729 examples of the X3 for foreign markets, representing an increase of 453 units compared with the preceding month.

Toyota, meanwhile, remained in fourth, with an export figure of 4 819 units, including 4 417 examples of its Hilux, 259 units of the Fortuner, 135 Corolla sedan (all built at its Prospecton factory) and eight vehicles from its Hino trucks division. This total is down 401 units on the Japanese firm’s effort in March.

Biggest exporters for April 2019:

1. Volkswagen Group: 9 272
2. Mercedes-Benz: 8 558
3. BMW Group: 5 729
4. Toyota: 4 819
5. Ford Motor Company: 4 030
6. Nissan: 324
7. Isuzu: 231

https://www.carmag.co.za/news/industry-news/biggest-vehicle-exporters-from-sa-in-april-2019/
 
Surprised there were no Honda's on the top 50 list. The Honda dealer I bought my balade at a few years back was selling 20 to 30 a month back then and that was one dealer. Guess its an older model now.
 
Honda isn't really selling anything interesting lately, in my opinion- and I'm saying this as a Honda owner.
 
Honda sales by model for April:
Amaze . 42
Brio . 49
Hr-V . 63
Ballade . 17
Civic . 9
Jazz . 56
BR - V . 100
Cr - V . 27
TOTAL . 363
Export sales not included
 
SEE: Polo Vivo, Fortuner, Grand i10... SA's best-selling cars so far this year

Though new vehicle sales have been slow in 2019 thus far, one car showed no signs of letting up as it took charge of the passenger car market - the Volkswagen Polo Vivo.

From January to April, the Polo Vivo racked up a sales figure of 10 001 units - almost a fourth of the 39 674 units sold by all the vehicles in our top ten category.

Such was the Polo Vivo’s success that it trumped the bigger Polo by some margin; the latter only managing 6900 units over the first four months of 2019.

https://www.wheels24.co.za/News/SA_...s-best-selling-cars-so-far-this-year-20190507

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The way that SA market is going, we will only see small cars on the road soon. The rich will buy A1 and the poor will buy Kwid or Go :crying:... Okay, but people from Pretoria will still buy white Fortuners. :ROFL:
 
Mercedes-Benz could expand C-Class production in SA – report

A fresh report suggests Mercedes-Benz is considering scrapping production of its C-Class in the United States, leading to speculation the German firm’s plant in South Africa could pick up the slack.

According to Automotive News, the Stuttgart-based firm is mulling the end of C-Class sedan production in the US (despite having produced the model there for only the past five years), with a plan to build more SUVs instead.

It quotes industry forecaster LMC Automotive as saying production of the C-Class sedan in Alabama will cease in the final quarter of 2020.

"The SUV has really expanded from a consumer standpoint," said Jeff Schuster, president of global forecasting at LMC. "That's where the volume is; that's where the future is."

The report adds this could leave the door open for the automaker’s East London plant to increase its output (it apparently has 25 percent production capacity available), since the South African operation already produces the vehicle in right- and left-hand-drive form.

https://www.carmag.co.za/news/rumours/mercedes-benz-to-expand-sa-production-of-c-class-report/
 
Bad news for SA car industry: Vehicle sales drop in May 2019 - Naamsa

The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) said that new vehicle sales continued to disappoint into May 2019, while export sales were also down for the first time this year.

Naamsa reports aggregate domestic sales at 40 506 units showed a decline of 2444 units or 57% from the 42 950 vehicles sold in May last year.

Export sales had registered a decline of 2866 vehicles or a fall of 8.8% compared to the 32 829 vehicles exported in May 2018.

Overall, out of the total reported industry sales of 40 506 vehicles, an estimated 35 506 units or 87.7% represented dealer sales, an estimated 5.8% represented sales to the vehicle rental Industry, 3.6% to industry corporate fleets and 2.9% to government.

https://www.wheels24.co.za/News/SA_...ehicle-sales-drop-in-may-2019-naamsa-20190603

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South Africa's 10 best-selling bakkies of May 2019

The sales figures for May 2019 are in … and a whopping 1 214 units separate the top two vehicles as the (increasingly one-sided) battle for the title of South Africa’s best-selling bakkie continues.

According to Naamsa, May’s new vehicle industry sales came in at 40 506 units, representing a fall of 5,7 percent, year on year. The light commercial segment (12 197 units), meanwhile, showed a drop of 13,0 percent compared with the corresponding month in 2018.

So, what exactly happened in terms of bakkie sales in the fifth month of 2019?

Well, the Toyota Hilux remained at the very top of the table, with the Ford Ranger again having to make do with second place (after the first five months of 2019, the Japanese bakkie finds itself a full 5 392 units ahead of its Blue Oval rival).

South Africa’s 10 best-selling bakkies of May 2019:

1. Toyota Hilux – 3 187
2. Ford Ranger – 1 973
3. Nissan NP200 – 1 363
4. Isuzu KB/D-Max – 1 312
5. Nissan NP300/Hardbody – 879
6. Mahindra Pik-Up – 215
7. GWM Steed – 192
8. Nissan Navara – 189
9. Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up – 177
10. Volkswagen Amarok – 167


https://www.carmag.co.za/news/industry-news/south-africas-10-best-selling-bakkies-of-may-2019/
 
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