12 cars you can buy for less than R170,000 in South Africa right now

Given the outlook for interest rates and fuel prices, there are some considerations to inform vehicle purchase decisions into 2019.
This is according to Wesbank’s executive head of sales and marketing, Ghana Msibi, who said that there is a good opportunity to look for better offers from manufacturers with clever incentive schemes towards the end of the year.
“Also remember that new vehicle prices are expected to increase in January, giving consumers an opportunity to conclude a deal during December at 2018 values and register their vehicle in 2019, thereby taking the extra value in the car when it comes to trading it in.
“New vehicles also offer a host of new technologies to improve fuel efficiency, impacting your monthly fuel bill and potential disposable income,” he said.
Below BusinessTech looked at 12 cars you can currently buy for less than R200,000 in South Africa.
Renault Kwid 1.0 Expression – R130,900
Average fuel consumption: 4.7 litres/100km
Mahindra KUV100 Nxt 1.2 G80 K2+ – R134,999
Average fuel consumption: 5.9 litres/100km
Suzuki Celerio 1.0 GA – R139,900
Average fuel consumption: 4.7 litres/100km
Datsun Go 1.2 Mid – R144,500
Average fuel consumption: 5.2 litres/100km
Kia Picanto 1.0 Start – R147,995
Average fuel consumption: 5.0 litres/100km
BAIC D20 hatch 1.3 Comfort – R149,990
Average fuel consumption: 6.7 litres/100km
Tata Bolt hatch 1.2T XMS – R159,995
Average fuel consumption: 6.5 litres/100km
Suzuki Swift 1.2 GA – R160,900
Average fuel consumption: 4.9 litres/100km
Suzuki DZire 1.2 GA – R161,900
Average fuel consumption: 4.9 litres/100km
Hyundai Grand i10 1.0 Motion – R162,900
Average fuel consumption: 5.4 litres/100km
Honda Brio hatch 1.2 Trend – R164,200
Average fuel consumption: 5.6 litres/100km
Toyota Aygo 1.0 – R168,500
Average fuel consumption: 4.3 litres/100km