{"id":140015,"date":"2016-10-16T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=140015"},"modified":"2016-10-14T18:02:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T16:02:53","slug":"these-are-the-best-cars-in-south-africa-according-to-affordability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/140015\/these-are-the-best-cars-in-south-africa-according-to-affordability\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the best cars in South Africa – according to affordability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Car advertising website<\/span>, Cars.co.za has announced a list of 39 finalists – 3 in each of the 13 respective categories –\u00a0 in its second annual consumer awards in conjunction with WesBank.<\/p>\n

The finalists were selected from a group of 65 cars that the seven members of the Cars.co.za<\/a> editorial team agreed were the best derivatives available in the South African new vehicle market on 1 September 2016.<\/p>\n

To reduce the selection of vehicles per category from five to three, the same team ranked the contenders against predetermined pillars of success in each category.<\/p>\n

As many as 18 brands are represented in the list of finalists and 27 of the final 39 vehicles are produced by German and Japanese marques.<\/p>\n

The BMW Group, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen lead the nominations with five derivatives apiece, while Toyota South Africa Motors and Jaguar Land Rover SA have four each.<\/p>\n

The 3rd phase of the awards will take place in early November when a combined judging panel\u00a0 will evaluate the finalists back-to-back during a two-day testing session at Gerotek.<\/p>\n

However, the findings of the 14 judges will only count for half of the finalists\u2019 total scores \u2013 the remaining 50% will be based on rankings that the respective vehicles\u2019 brands achieved in the Cars.co.za Ownership Satisfaction Survey.<\/p>\n

The data incorporates feedback from tens of thousands of vehicle owners, based on their experiences of their vehicles, Cars.co.za said.<\/p>\n

The finalists are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Budget car – less than R160 000<\/strong><\/p>\n