South Africa January 2013: VW Polo Vivo takes off to 7.4% share

VW Polo Vivo

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New car sales in South Africa are up a very robust 14% year-on-year in January to 55,007 registrations. After 2 months of reign of the Toyota Hilux, the VW Polo now reclaims the pole position, even taking off to a fantastic 7.4% market share thanks to 4,047 sales. The new gen VW Polo remains at a best-ever #2 with 2,790 units and 5.1%, with the Hilux kicked down to #3 with 2,634 sales and 4.6%.

Honda Brio

The Toyota Etios hasn’t stopped impressing since its launch in the country last May, and in January it goes even further: thanks to 2,515 sales, it hits its highest market share so far at 4.6%, beating the 4.5% it reached last October… Other great performers this month include the Isuzu KB up to #7 thanks to the new model, the Honda Brio up 15 ranks on December to #26 and the Range Rover Evoque up 8 to #28, both latter models hitting their highest ever ranking in the country.

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Full January 2013 Top 100 models and Top 20 carmakers Ranking Tables below.

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