{"id":179531,"date":"2017-06-18T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=179531"},"modified":"2017-06-18T16:21:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T14:21:36","slug":"the-best-selling-cars-in-sa-for-less-than-r200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/179531\/the-best-selling-cars-in-sa-for-less-than-r200000\/","title":{"rendered":"The best-selling cars in SA for under R200,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent Transunion study, more South Africans are opting to ditch their newer premium cars for models in the R200,000 and under price range.<\/p>\n<p>According to Derick de Vries, CEO, Auto Information Solutions at TransUnion, overall, more vehicles from all sectors are being financed below R200,000 when compared to Q1 2016 and Q1 2017.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sum of &lt;R200,000 \u2013 52%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sum of R200,000 \u2013 R300,000 \u2013 25%<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sum of &gt;R300,000 \u2013 23%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BusinesTech looked at the best-selling passenger vehicles over the past 3 months as provided by Naamsa, to determine South Africa&#8217;s budget cars of choice.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>1. Volkswagen Polo Vivo\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From &#8211; <a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vw.co.za\/en\/models\/polo-vivo\/prices-and-options.html?mkwid=|pcrid|197513062259|pkw|polo%20vivo%20south%20africa|pmt|e|pdv|c|&amp;gclid=CjwKEAjw4IjKBRDr6p752cCUm3kSJAC-eqRtyePVv9pOrI5kZYh1dfFITPdnP_B1L83zM7m524HcrBoCD3Dw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R173,800<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Polo_Vivo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-143715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Polo_Vivo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Polo_Vivo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Polo_Vivo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Polo_Vivo-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>2. Toyota Etios\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From &#8211; <a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toyota.co.za\/ranges\/all?bodytype=sedan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R172,200<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Toyota-Etios-e1455887635910.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113472 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Toyota-Etios-e1455887635910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>3. Renault Kwid<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renault.co.za\/cars\/NewKwid\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R124,900<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Kwid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179573 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Kwid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Kwid.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Kwid-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>4. Ford Figo\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ford.co.za\/research\/build-and-price\/build-and-price\/?v=Figo&amp;n=Figo_AF&amp;u=P&amp;l=&amp;c=&amp;y=2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R175,700<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ford_Figo-2-e1479738712361.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-143941 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Ford_Figo-2-e1479738712361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>5. Renault Sandero<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renault.co.za\/cars\/sandero\/sandero-prices.html\">R159,900<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sandero1-e1455886652901.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Sandero1-e1455886652901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Honorable mentions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The following vehicles were excluded because they did not feature as prominently in the sales charts or are slightly above the R200,000 budget limit despite their popularity.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Ford Fiesta<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ford.co.za\/cars\/fiesta\/?searchid=WPS_BCAR_SA_261_TXT_CR01_C5_act6&amp;gclid=CjwKEAjw4IjKBRDr6p752cCUm3kSJAC-eqRtMdBRMoP7HNLTVNTLTiGfzGE2Hvg_JjLjbNLwIIiGMhoC30nw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R225,300<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fiesta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-160079 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fiesta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fiesta.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fiesta-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Datsun GO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmhdatsun.co.za\/?gclid=CjwKEAjw4IjKBRDr6p752cCUm3kSJAC-eqRtSa2Ef_dXqW33qkLaE_HALRO10evM-sQQKE4rih94YhoC2xDw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R106,900<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Datsun-Go.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-98195 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Datsun-Go.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Datsun-Go.png 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Datsun-Go-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Toyota Corolla Quest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>From &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyota.co.za\/ranges\/corolla-quest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R208,500<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Quest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179577 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Quest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Quest.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Quest-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/179499\/pretoria-looking-at-introducing-car-free-zones-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pretoria looking at introducing \u201ccar-free\u201d zones: report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent Transunion study, more and more\u00a0South Africans are opting to ditch their newer premium model cars for models in the R200,000 and under price range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":142355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26,10421],"class_list":["post-179531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline","tag-naamsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179531"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179755,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179531\/revisions\/179755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}