{"id":264661,"date":"2018-08-14T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T06:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=264661"},"modified":"2018-08-14T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T06:28:09","slug":"this-bakkie-could-be-the-first-to-top-r1-million-in-south-africa-here-are-5-competitors-it-will-need-to-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/264661\/this-bakkie-could-be-the-first-to-top-r1-million-in-south-africa-here-are-5-competitors-it-will-need-to-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"This bakkie could be the first to top R1 million in South Africa – here are 5 competitors it will need to beat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the successful launch of its Mercedes Benz X-Class in May this year, Mercedes has promised to bring its top of\u00a0 the line X350d 4Matic to South Africa at the beginning of 2019.<\/p>\n

The X350d 4Matic will be powered by a 3.0 litre turbocharged V6 diesel motor, delivering 190 kW (258 hp) and a maximum torque of 550 newton metres, with peak torque coming between 1,400 rpm and 3,200 rpm. This top model sprints from zero to 100 km\/h in 7.9 seconds, the German carmaker said in a statement in March.<\/p>\n

With current pricing for the X-Class ranging from around R640,000 – R800,000, the\u00a0X350d 4Matic also has the potential to be the first bakkie to pass the\u00a0R1 million mark, according to Car mag<\/a><\/strong> – who notes that Mercedes has been cagey on what the car will ultimately cost in South Africa.<\/p>\n

It added that there\u00a0have been rumours of a R950,000 price sticker, but this could creep up due to the volatile rand and other international considerations. If you also factor in the range of optional extras<\/a><\/strong> that can\u00a0 be purchased alongside the current X-Class iterations, this price point becomes even more realistic.<\/p>\n

While this R1 million could put the new X-Class out of reach for some, there is already a well established ‘premium bakkie’ market in the country – including models from well established manufacturers such as Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota.<\/p>\n

BusinessTech looked at five of these options below.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen Amarok 3.0 V6 TDI double cab Extreme 4Motion –\u00a0R 807,100<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toyota Land Cruiser 79 4.5D-4D LX V8 double cab –\u00a0R743,200<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toyota Hilux 4.0 V6 double cab 4×4 Raider Dakar –\u00a0R662,700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ford Ranger 3.2 double cab 4×4 Wildtrak auto –\u00a0R633,700<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nissan Navara 2.3D double cab 4×4 LE auto –\u00a0\u00a0R616,500<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read: The 10 most popular bakkies in South Africa right now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Africa could see its first R1 million bakkie at the start of 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":228805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-264661","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\/264661","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=264661"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264697,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264661\/revisions\/264697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}