{"id":232757,"date":"2018-03-21T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=232757"},"modified":"2018-03-21T17:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T15:00:52","slug":"the-best-selling-suvs-and-crossovers-in-south-africa-with-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/232757\/the-best-selling-suvs-and-crossovers-in-south-africa-with-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"The best-selling SUVs and crossovers in South Africa – with prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sports utility vehicle has turned into a dominant class for motorists in South Africa over the past while. Such is the popularity of driving a raised platformed vehicle, that manufacturers have in recent years moved into producing crossovers, blending style with a slightly more rugged drive.<\/p>\n

SUVs are traditionally built on pickup truck platforms, while a crossover is built on a sedan platform.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the launch<\/a> <\/strong>of its new convertible cabriolet at the end of February, Volkswagen said that the demand for SUVs is so great that the company is now gearing primarily towards that market.<\/p>\n

SUVs are currently making a key contribution to the growth of the Volkswagen Group\u2019s core brand.<\/p>\n

By 2020, the brand intends to expand its SUV range globally to 20 models, which will account for 40% of the vehicles sold by Volkswagen.<\/p>\n

And Volkswagen is not the only brand that has felt the shift, with both Jaguar and Rolls Royce recently announcing that they will be producing new SUV models, while Ford<\/a> has also committed towards increasing its production in this segment.<\/p>\n

BusinessTech looked at the current SUV and crossover markets in South Africa based on Naamsa’s February 2018 data, to provide an indication of the market leaders in this ever growing category.<\/p>\n

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Unless otherwise indicated, prices are representative of base models.<\/em><\/p>\n

Compact<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Car<\/th>\nUnits sold<\/th>\nPrice<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Ford EcoSport<\/td>\n814<\/td>\nR255 400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Hyundai Creta<\/td>\n443<\/td>\nR324 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Mazda CX-3<\/td>\n\u00a0333<\/td>\nR287 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Renault Captur<\/td>\n233<\/td>\nR234 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Suzuki Jimny<\/td>\n92<\/td>\nR261 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0GWM M4<\/td>\n\u00a069<\/td>\n\u00a0R189 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Opel Mokka X<\/td>\n\u00a052<\/td>\n\u00a0R337 300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Mitsubishi ASX<\/td>\n\u00a048<\/td>\n\u00a0R364 995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Suzuki Vitara<\/td>\n\u00a0 44<\/td>\n\u00a0R274 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Nissan Juke<\/td>\n\u00a031<\/td>\n\u00a0R299 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Car<\/th>\nUnits sold<\/th>\nPrice<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Volkswagen Tiguan<\/td>\n\u00a0498<\/td>\nR403 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyundai Tucson<\/td>\n\u00a0450<\/td>\nR379 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mazda CX-5<\/td>\n\u00a0363<\/td>\nR382 700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nissan X-Trail<\/td>\n\u00a0284<\/td>\nR371 500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nissan Qashqai<\/td>\n\u00a0278<\/td>\nR334 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Renault Duster<\/td>\n\u00a0214<\/td>\n\u00a0R244 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kia Sportage<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n\u00a0R377 995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toyota Rav4<\/td>\n\u00a0189<\/td>\n\u00a0R391 100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toyota C-HR<\/td>\n141<\/td>\n\u00a0R324 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BMW X3<\/td>\n\u00a0134<\/td>\n\u00a0R687 506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Car<\/th>\nUnits sold<\/th>\nPrice<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Toyota Fortuner<\/td>\n1 006<\/td>\nR467 500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ford Everest<\/td>\n393<\/td>\nR459 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado<\/td>\n118<\/td>\nR821 700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toyota Land Cruiser 200<\/td>\n104<\/td>\nR999 900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BMW X5<\/td>\n89<\/td>\nR1 021 664<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Range Rover Velar<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n\u00a0R950 208<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Land Rover Discovery<\/td>\n76<\/td>\n\u00a0R958 886<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mahindra XUV500<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n\u00a0R279 995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Volvo XC90<\/td>\n\u00a044<\/td>\n\u00a0R941 424<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mitsubishi Pajero Sport<\/td>\n\u00a035<\/td>\n\u00a0R569 995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read:\u00a0Mercedes-Benz X-Class bakkie \u2013 South Africa prices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Volkswagen announcing that it plans to become an ‘SUV brand’ by 2020, BusinessTech looked at the most popular models currently available in South Africa, and how much they cost. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":232759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-232757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232757","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=232757"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232767,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232757\/revisions\/232767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}