{"id":219999,"date":"2018-01-21T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=219999"},"modified":"2018-01-21T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T16:30:13","slug":"top-10-best-selling-passenger-cars-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/219999\/top-10-best-selling-passenger-cars-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 best-selling passenger cars in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

2017 was a tough year for South Africa’s economy, which fed into all sectors of the market.<\/p>\n

Low consumer and business confidence led to low economic activity, which ultimately pushed the South African economy into a brief recession in the second quarter of the year, as households came under financial strain.<\/p>\n

However, despite the economic slump, South Africa’s new vehicle industry bucked the trend, ending 2017 in positive territory. Despite December 2017\u2019s year-on-year sales declining 2.4%, the year-to-date new car sales for 2017 grew 1.8%.<\/p>\n

Data from lenders such as WesBank also showed that there was a continued shift back to new vehicle purchases among South Africans, especially when measuring demand through the number of vehicle finance applications received.<\/p>\n

Demand for new vehicles rose 6.4% in December, while demand for used vehicles slowed 0.2%, the group said.<\/p>\n

Annual sales data from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) showed that a total of 557,586 new vehicles were sold in South Africa during 2017.<\/p>\n

Data group Lightstone has supplied a list of the top 10 best-selling passenger vehicles in 2017:<\/p>\n

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VW Polo Vivo hatch & sedan<\/strong><\/p>\n