Mercedes GLA * NOW UPDATED with the Top 125 best-selling models and Top 33 brands! See title * In spite of the difficult economic situation currently affecting the country, new car sales in South Africa are actually up year-on-year in September and for the first time so far in 2014…
Toyota Hilux * NOW UPDATED with the Top 100 models and Top 35 brands! Click on title to see * The South African new car market is holding pretty well given the difficult context in which it is currently evolving (social unrest and galloping car price inflation), down just 1%…
The VW Polo is the most popular vehicle in South Africa for the 2nd month running. * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 35 manufacturers by clicking on the title! * In spite of high levels of industrial action, rising inflation and interest rates, new car sales in South…
VW Polo * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Vic * The South African new car market continues to slide in June at -1% to 52,837 registrations which brings the half-year total to 308,573 units, down 4% on 2013. Manufacturer-wise, Toyota is ahead with 9825…
Renault Sandero (Armenian model shown) * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks Vic * The South African new car market is showing no sign of recovery, down another 9% year-on-year in May to just 49 465 units which brings the year-to-date total to 255,736…
Ford Ecosport * See the Top 100 best-selling models and Top 35 groups by clicking on the title! * New car sales in South Africa are down a painful 11% year-on-year in April to 46,070 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 206,271 units, down 5% on 2013. The perspectives for…
Like this fennec fox, Chinese carmakers have been walking against the wind in Africa. And it's worked. With the Beijing Auto show approaching fast, I though it would be timely to publish an updated version of my 5 Part strategy study of how successful Chinese manufacturers are abroad. Part 1 is…
Toyota Etios * See the Top 120 best-selling models and Top 34 brands by clicking on the title! * The South African new car market is down 0.2% year-on-year in March to 55,363 registrations, bringing the first Quarter total to 160,138 units, down 3% on 2013. The Toyota Hilux is…
Toyota Hilux * See the Top 140 best-selling models and Top 35 brands by clicking on the title! * Second consecutive month of year-on-year decline for new car sales in South Africa, down 3% to 51,814 registrations (exports are down 19%!), which brings the year-to-date total to 104,848 units, down 5%…
The Chevrolet Spark breaks into the South African Top 10 for the first time this month. * See the Top 130 best-selling models and Top 35 carmakers by clicking on the title! * The South African new car market is down a harsh 7% year-on-year in January to 53,025 registrations.…
Toyota Etios * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * Check out 1973-2013 South African Historical Data here! * New car sales in South Africa are up 4% year-on-year to 650,620 registrations. We have a new leader in the models ranking this year, with…
Toyota Etios * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The South African drops by 5% year-on-year to 50,806 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 603,968 units, up 3% on 2012. The Toyota Hilux dominates the models sales charts with 3,561 sales and 7%…
Mercedes CLA * See the Top 55 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in South Africa are down just 2% year-on-year in October to 56,927 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 547,218 units, up 4% on 2012. All in all, the recent industry strike action…
The Tesla Model S made headlines last month * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * Yes it's that time of the month when we go through the highlights of the last one before diving into the new one (month, that is). First onto a bit of overview of…
Ford Ecosport * See the Top 80 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The current strike at the seven major vehicle manufacturing plants in South Africa has only slightly impacted new car sales in South Africa down 1.5% year-on-year in September to 54,281 sales but still up 5%…