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South Africa March 2012: Ford Ranger shoots up to #6!

April 7th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Ford Ranger

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Car sales in South Africa are up 5% year-on-year in March to 56,110 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 156,701 registrations, up 6% on 2011. Like last month and over the Full Year 2011, the Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in South Africa with 3,189 sales and 5.7%, ahead of the VW Polo Vivo at 5.1% and the VW Polo at 4.2%, making the podium identical to 2011′s and the 2012 year-to-date ranking.

Nissan NP200

The Toyota Corolla/Auris is back up to its traditional 4th place, followed by the Nissan NP200 (aka Dacia Logan Pick-up) equalling the best-ever position in the country (and in the world) it had reached last January at #5 and 1,829 units. The best performer this month is without doubt the locally-produced new generation Ford Ranger, up a massive 18 spots to land in 6th position with 1,753 sales and 3.1%. It is now #12 year-to-date vs. #21 in 2011.

Previous month: South Africa February 2012: Toyota Hilux on top, VW Amarok up

One year ago: South Africa March 2011: Hilux leads, Nissan NP200 in Top 10

Full March 2012 Top 50 Ranking Table below.

South Africa March 2012:

Pos Model Mar % Feb 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Toyota Hilux 3,189 5.7% 1 9,347 6.0% 1 1
2 VW Polo Vivo 2,846 5.1% 2 8,461 5.4% 2 2
3 VW Polo 2,355 4.2% 3 7,469 4.8% 3 3
4 Toyota Corolla/Auris 2,067 3.7% 5 5,178 3.3% 4 4
5 Nissan NP200 1,829 3.3% 6 4,785 3.1% 5 9
6 Ford Ranger 1,753 3.1% 24 2,439 1.6% 12 21
7 Chevrolet Utility 1,708 3.0% 4 4,759 3.0% 6 5
8 Ford Figo 1,313 2.3% 7 3,692 2.4% 7 6
9 Isuzu KB 1,171 2.1% 9 3,000 1.9% 8 8
10 Toyota Fortuner 1,072 1.9% 10 2,657 1.7% 10 11
11 Toyota Quantum 1,038 1.8% 8 2,995 1.9% 9 12
12 BMW 3 Series 943 1.7% 21 2,037 1.3% 15 10
13 Toyota Yaris 820 1.5% 13 2,455 1.6% 11 13
14 Chevrolet Aveo 800 1.4% 14 2,167 1.4% 13 14
15 Nissan NP300 775 1.4% 15 2,069 1.3% 14 17
16 VW Golf 734 1.3% 16 2,019 1.3% 16 19
17 BMW 1 Series 690 1.2% 17 1,835 1.2% 18 30
18 VW Amarok 632 1.1% 11 1,951 1.2% 17 23
19 Nissan Qashqai 518 0.9% 30 1,129 0.7% 30 26
20 Audi A4 495 0.9% 28 1,433 0.9% 22 24
21 Honda Jazz 477 0.9% 25 1,252 0.8% 27 29
22 Chevrolet Cruze 474 0.8% 31 1,399 0.9% 25 18
23 Renault Sandero 473 0.8% 19 1,497 1.0% 21 20
24 Chevrolet Sonic 455 0.8% 20 1,407 0.9% 24 n/a
25 Toyota Avanza 427 0.8% 22 1,045 0.7% 31 27
26 Toyota Aygo 416 0.7% 33 957 0.6% 32 46
27 Nissan Micra 414 0.7% 18 1,545 1.0% 20 25
28 VW Jetta 404 0.7% 27 1,209 0.8% 28 33
29 Nissan Juke 389 0.7% 26 1,429 0.9% 23 64
30 Chevrolet Spark 388 0.7% 32 1,141 0.7% 29 16
31 Ford Fiesta 344 0.6% 23 1,333 0.9% 26 22
32 Land Rover Discovery 4 308 0.5% 44 765 0.5% 38 39
33 Toyota Land Cruiser PU 287 0.5% 34 779 0.5% 35 36
34 Nissan Navara 287 0.5% 36 767 0.5% 37 32
35 Nissan Livina 283 0.5% 29 740 0.5% 39 49
36 Nissan X-Trail 278 0.5% 52 540 0.3% 51 53
37 Mini 274 0.5% 45 714 0.5% 41 41
38 Ford Focus 256 0.5% 37 770 0.5% 36 34
39 Chevrolet Captiva 252 0.4% 38 797 0.5% 34 40
40 Audi A3 245 0.4% 40 875 0.6% 33 31
41 Chevrolet Optra 241 0.4% 64 476 0.3% 53 42
42 Mazda3 221 0.4% 48 571 0.4% 48 52
43 BMW X3 219 0.4% 51 578 0.4% 47 55
44 BMW 5 Series 213 0.4% 42 661 0.4% 42 43
45 VW Caddy 189 0.3% 39 601 0.4% 46 51
46 BMW X1 189 0.3% 49 555 0.4% 49 45
47 Mazda2 188 0.3% 35 628 0.4% 44 50
48 VW Tiguan 183 0.3% 53 646 0.4% 43 60
49 Mahindra Scorpio 178 0.3% 56 426 0.3% 61 85
50 Jeep Grand Cherokee 177 0.3% 50 550 0.4% 50 76

Source: NAAMSA, www.carmag.co.za

Note: Mercedes, Hyundai, Kia and most Chinese manufacturers don’t communicate models data.

Categories: South Africa
  1. showcars.co.za
    April 19th, 2012 at 23:22 | #1
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    The Ford Ranger definitely deserves to be among the Top 10. Ford developed a great product and they are reaping the reward. Their competitors will no doubt up their game with future models, but it might be too little too late. Is the Ranger the new Hilux?

  2. Miguel
    April 9th, 2012 at 23:48 | #2
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    Some Sports, GT and Luxury cars sales in South Africa from march 2012 -source: the citizen. http://www.thecitizen.co.za

    BMW Z4 – 25
    BMW 7 SERIES – 27
    BMW 6 SERIES – 29
    ALFA BRERA – 1
    ABARTH 500 CORSA – 9
    MAZDA MX5 – 4
    JAGUAR XF – 127
    JAGUAR XJ – 12
    JAGUAR XK – 14
    RANGE ROVER I(NC SPORT) – 285
    MASERATI GRANDCABRIO – 4
    MASERATI MC STRADALE – 1
    MASERATI QUATTROPORTE – 1
    FERRARI ITALIA – 1
    FERRARI FF – 4
    FERRARI 599 – 1
    LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR – 1
    MERCEDES SL – 5
    MERCEDES KLASS S – 121
    MERCEDES KLASS R – 10
    MERCEDES ML – 12
    NISSAN 370 Z – 8
    NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R – 11
    PEUGEOT RCZ – 24
    PORSCHE BOXSTER/CAYMAN – 3
    PORSCHE 911 CARRERA – 70
    PORSCHE PANAMERA – 18
    PORSCHE CAYENNE – 32
    LEXUS LS – 5
    LEXUS GS – 1
    LEXUS LX – 17
    LEXUS IS – 65
    LEXUS RX – 38
    AUDI TT – 27
    AUDI A7 – 8
    AUDI A8 – 11
    AUDI R8 – 3
    AUDI A5 COUPÉ/CABRIO – 71
    LOTUS EVORA – 1
    LOTUS EXIGE – 2
    ROLLS ROYCE GHOST – 1
    ROLLS ROYCE PHANTOM – 1
    BENTLEY GT – 2

  3. Miguel
    April 9th, 2012 at 17:28 | #3
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    The pre-Historic Polo vivo ( an ancient polo from 2000 to 2006) stills its life in South Africa…

  4. Sandeep
    April 7th, 2012 at 20:36 | #4
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    @steam Txnks for info , but i already know the German sales by Brands, i want to see the German car sales by model

  5. Steam
    April 7th, 2012 at 17:28 | #5
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  6. Sandeep
    April 7th, 2012 at 16:46 | #6
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    waiting for the German sales

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