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South Africa July 2011: VW Polo Vivo #1, teases Hilux year-to-date

August 13th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

VW Polo Vivo

* See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on ‘Read more’ at end of post! *

The South African car market is up a healthy 11% in July at 45,703 registrations, with the year-to-date total coming at 318,649 units, up 15%. The VW Polo Vivo is #1 for the second month in a row with 3,142 sales and 6.9% of the market, its highest share since July 2010! Its margin over the Toyota Hilux, #2 this month, is such that it is now seriously threatening the Hilux for the #1 spot in 2011, with 19,542 sales and 6.1% vs. 19,698 and 6.2% for the Hilux.

Mercedes C Class

The VW Polo (4.6%), Opel Corsa Utility (3.5%) and Toyota Corolla/Auris (3.2%) are all above their 2011 level and the Mercedes C Class continue to progress, up 1 spot on June to 6th place at a very robust 3.1% share. The Renault Sandero maintains itself at a shiny #12 and the VW Amarok hits its highest position in South Africa yet at #14 with 696 sales and 1.5%.

Previous month: see the June 2011 South African Top 50 best-selling models here.

Full July 2011 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

South Africa July 2011:

Pos Model July % Jun 2011 % Pos
1 VW Polo Vivo 3,142 6.9% 1 19,542 6.1% 2
2 Toyota Hilux 2,519 5.5% 2 19,698 6.2% 1
3 VW Polo 2,111 4.6% 3 13,327 4.2% 3
4 Opel Corsa Utility 1,588 3.5% 6 9,935 3.1% 5
5 Toyota Corolla/Auris 1,507 3.3% 4 10,354 3.2% 4
6 Mercedes C Class 1,431 3.1% 7 8,257 2.6% 7
7 Nissan NP200 1,245 2.7% 9 6,831 2.1% 10
8 Ford Figo 1,226 2.7% 5 8,643 2.7% 6
9 Toyota Fortuner 932 2.0% 14 5,546 1.7% 13
10 BMW 3 Series 924 2.0% 8 6,789 2.1% 11
11 Isuzu KB 808 1.8% 10 7,560 2.4% 8
12 Renault Sandero 759 1.7% 12 3,696 1.2% 21
13 VW Golf 739 1.6% 13 4,328 1.4% 18
14 VW Amarok 696 1.5% 21 3,226 1.0% 24
15 Chevrolet Spark 691 1.5% 19 3,965 1.2% 20
16 Nissan NP300 678 1.5% 18 4,164 1.3% 19
17 Toyota Quantum 651 1.4% 23 5,582 1.8% 12
18 Ford Bantam 606 1.3% 11 4,525 1.4% 15
19 Ford Ranger 556 1.2% 15 4,354 1.4% 17
20 Toyota Yaris 510 1.1% 22 7,318 2.3% 9
21 Ford Fiesta 507 1.1% 20 3,607 1.1% 22
22 Chevrolet Cruze 446 1.0% 17 4,765 1.5% 14
23 Chevrolet Aveo 411 0.9% 16 4,475 1.4% 16
24 Chevrolet Optra 396 0.9% 43 1,370 0.4% 40
25 Audi A4 371 0.8% 24 3,362 1.1% 23
26 Nissan Qashqai 355 0.8% 27 2,464 0.8% 25
27 Nissan Micra 348 0.8% 26 2,024 0.6% 27
28 Toyota Avanza 326 0.7% 25 2,218 0.7% 26
29 Nissan Tiida 321 0.7% 34 1,395 0.4% 39
30 Honda Jazz 273 0.6% 29 1,910 0.6% 28
31 Audi A3 273 0.6% 40 1,882 0.6% 30
32 Chevrolet Captiva 245 0.5% 28 1,079 0.3% 52
33 Land Rover Discovery 4 240 0.5% 36 1,641 0.5% 34
34 Nissan Navara 226 0.5% 32 1,747 0.5% 32
35 BMW 1 Series 221 0.5% 39 1,723 0.5% 33
36 Mazda BT-50 219 0.5% 46 1,777 0.6% 31
37 Audi A1 215 0.5% 37 1,609 0.5% 35
38 Opel Corsa 214 0.5% 50 1,256 0.4% 44
39 Toyota Aygo 209 0.5% 30 1,066 0.3% 54
40 Mercedes B Class 205 0.4% 33 1,429 0.4% 38
41 Ford Focus 194 0.4% 67 1,334 0.4% 43
42 Nissan Livina 180 0.4% 54 1,076 0.3% 53
43 Mercedes E Class 171 0.4% 31 1,883 0.6% 29
44 BMW X3 169 0.4% 41 990 0.3% 58
45 Jeep Compass 169 0.4% n/a n/a n/a n/a
46 VW T5 168 0.4% 70 494 0.2% 82
47 Audi Q5 160 0.4% 48 1,088 0.3% 51
48 Opel Astra 160 0.4% 53 1,064 0.3% 55
49 BMW X1 159 0.3% 44 1,111 0.3% 50
50 BMW 5 Series 153 0.3% 42 1,354 0.4% 42

Source: NAAMSA, www.carmag.co.za

Categories: South Africa
  1. Miguel
    August 15th, 2011 at 00:51 | #1
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    The South African car market has always been recognised by good modern large cars in the seventies and 80´s, but now it´s weak and some old concept cars still on sale in the country such as the VW Polo vivo, an ancient Polo produced in Europe between 2000 and 2008.

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