South Africa April 2012: Hilux leads, Ford Ranger #6 again

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South Africa April 2012: Hilux leads, Ford Ranger #6 again

May 5th, 2012 matgasnier Leave a comment Go to comments

Ford Ranger

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The South African car market is up a healthy 10% year-on-year in April to 42,617 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 199,360 registrations, up 7% on 2011. The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in the country for the third month in a row with 2,741 sales and 6.4% share, reinforcing its year-to-date advantage at 12,088 units and 6.1%. In fact the podium is unchanged for the third consecutive time and also identical to the Full Year 2011 and year-to-date 2012 rankings with the VW Polo Vivo at #2 and 5.3% share and the VW Polo #3 at 4.1%.

Range Rover Evoque

Below the Chevrolet Utility in great shape at #4, the Nissan NP200 (aka Dacia Logan pick-up) is stuck at its highest ever ranking in 5th place, having now reached that position 3 times along with January and March 2012. The locally produced Ford Ranger new generation confirms it is now a force to be reckoned with in the South African Top 10, ranking #6 again with 1,322 sales and 3.1%, this time only 58 units away from #4. The other two noticeable performances this month are the Range Rover Evoque up 22 spots on March to reach a best-ever 32nd place and the Jeep Grand Cherokee up to #41.

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

One year ago: South Africa April 2011: Toyota Hilux, VW Polo and Vivo on top

Full April 2012 Top 80 Ranking Table below.

South Africa April 2012:

Pos	Model	Apr	%	Mar	2012	%	Pos	2011
1	Toyota Hilux	2,741	6.4%	1	12,088	6.1%	1	1
2	VW Polo Vivo	2,256	5.3%	2	10,717	5.4%	2	2
3	VW Polo	1,766	4.1%	3	9,235	4.6%	3	3
4	Chevrolet Utility	1,379	3.2%	7	6,138	3.1%	5	5
5	Nissan NP200	1,340	3.1%	5	6,125	3.1%	6	9
6	Ford Ranger	1,322	3.1%	6	3,761	1.9%	9	21
7	Toyota Corolla/Auris	989	2.3%	4	6,167	3.1%	4	4
8	Ford Figo	977	2.3%	8	4,669	2.3%	7	6
9	Isuzu KB	912	2.1%	9	3,912	2.0%	8	8
10	Toyota Fortuner	855	2.0%	10	3,512	1.8%	11	11
11	BMW 3 Series	797	1.9%	12	2,834	1.4%	13	10
12	Toyota Quantum	627	1.5%	11	3,622	1.8%	10	12
13	Nissan NP300	584	1.4%	15	2,653	1.3%	14	17
14	Toyota Yaris	570	1.3%	13	3,025	1.5%	12	13
15	VW Golf	519	1.2%	16	2,538	1.3%	16	19
16	Renault Sandero	496	1.2%	23	1,993	1.0%	19	20
17	Chevrolet Aveo	471	1.1%	14	2,638	1.3%	15	14
18	Chevrolet Spark	460	1.1%	30	1,601	0.8%	26	16
19	Ford Fiesta	442	1.0%	31	1,775	0.9%	21	22
20	BMW 1 Series	440	1.0%	17	2,275	1.1%	18	30
21	Audi A4	384	0.9%	20	1,817	0.9%	20	24
22	Toyota Avanza	367	0.9%	25	1,412	0.7%	28	27
23	VW Amarok	358	0.8%	18	2,309	1.2%	17	23
24	VW Jetta	353	0.8%	28	1,562	0.8%	27	33
25	Chevrolet Sonic	310	0.7%	24	1,717	0.9%	23	n/a
26	Chevrolet Cruze	298	0.7%	22	1,697	0.9%	24	18
27	Nissan Qashqai	252	0.6%	19	1,381	0.7%	30	26
28	Nissan Juke	245	0.6%	29	1,674	0.8%	25	64
29	Ford Focus	234	0.5%	38	1,004	0.5%	33	34
30	VW T5	227	0.5%	69	687	0.3%	48	47
31	Audi A3	223	0.5%	40	1,098	0.6%	32	31
32	Range Rover Evoque	214	0.5%	54	830	0.4%	41	102
33	Opel Corsa	213	0.5%	58	620	0.3%	53	37
34	Nissan Micra	212	0.5%	27	1,757	0.9%	22	25
35	Mini	210	0.5%	37	924	0.5%	37	41
36	Toyota Land Cruiser PU	209	0.5%	33	988	0.5%	34	36
37	VW Tiguan	189	0.4%	48	835	0.4%	40	60
38	Nissan Navara	178	0.4%	34	945	0.5%	36	32
39	Chevrolet Captiva	173	0.4%	39	970	0.5%	35	40
40	Mazda3	165	0.4%	42	736	0.4%	45	52
41	Jeep Grand Cherokee	163	0.4%	50	713	0.4%	47	76
42	Nissan Livina	161	0.4%	35	901	0.5%	38	49
43	Dodge Caliber	159	0.4%	74	483	0.2%	66	57
44	Toyota Aygo	158	0.4%	26	1,115	0.6%	31	46
45	Honda Jazz	157	0.4%	21	1,409	0.7%	29	29
46	VW Caddy	150	0.4%	45	751	0.4%	43	51
47	BMW 5 Series	149	0.3%	44	810	0.4%	42	43
48	BMW X3	144	0.3%	43	722	0.4%	46	55
49	Land Rover Discovery 4	133	0.3%	32	898	0.5%	39	39
50	Tata Indigo	132	0.3%	80	413	0.2%	74	84
51	Fiat 500	126	0.3%	82	426	0.2%	72	87
52	Audi Q5	125	0.3%	57	593	0.3%	54	56
53	BMW X1	123	0.3%	46	678	0.3%	49	45
54	Nissan X-Trail	122	0.3%	36	662	0.3%	50	53
55	Toyota Prado	120	0.3%	59	528	0.3%	61	54
56	Toyota FJ Cruiser	115	0.3%	55	555	0.3%	56	74
57	Audi A1	115	0.3%	56	552	0.3%	57	44
58	BMW X5	115	0.3%	63	492	0.2%	64	59
59	Opel Astra	115	0.3%	89	341	0.2%	78	58
60	Honda Civic	114	0.3%	51	537	0.3%	60	80
61	Audi A5	111	0.3%	52	633	0.3%	52	69
62	Nissan Tiida	111	0.3%	81	367	0.2%	76	35
63	Suzuki Swift	107	0.3%	62	491	0.2%	65	62
64	Tata Indica Vista	105	0.2%	61	420	0.2%	73	83
65	Fiat Punto	103	0.2%	67	575	0.3%	55	73
66	Jeep Wrangler	103	0.2%	72	551	0.3%	58	61
67	Jeep Compass	99	0.2%	75	435	0.2%	70	108
68	Mahindra XUV	95	0.2%	70	436	0.2%	69	n/a
69	Renault Megane III	93	0.2%	53	454	0.2%	67	71
70	Toyota RAV4	91	0.2%	71	448	0.2%	68	65
71	Dodge Journey	90	0.2%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
72	Mazda BT-50	88	0.2%	97	542	0.3%	59	28
73	Mitsubishi ASX	85	0.2%	86	291	0.1%	86	116
74	Suzuki Alto	77	0.2%	68	434	0.2%	71	70
75	Honda CR-V	73	0.2%	76	387	0.2%	75	75
76	Mahindra Scorpio	71	0.2%	49	497	0.2%	62	85
77	Land Rover Freelander	69	0.2%	105	238	0.1%	94	82
78	Renault Clio III	68	0.2%	84	222	0.1%	95	107
79	Suzuki Jimny	66	0.2%	83	303	0.2%	82	89
80	Peugeot 207	65	0.2%	73	341	0.2%	79	78