{"id":265369,"date":"2018-08-16T09:22:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T07:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=265369"},"modified":"2018-08-16T09:22:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T07:22:49","slug":"these-are-the-best-selling-cars-in-the-world-in-2018-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/265369\/these-are-the-best-selling-cars-in-the-world-in-2018-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the best-selling cars in the world in 2018 so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

New data published by automotive analysts Jato Dynamics shows that global vehicle sales continued to grow during the first half of 2018.<\/p>\n

The data collected by Jato<\/a> for 57 markets around the world indicates that sales totalled 44 million units, up by 3.6% compared to the same period of last year.<\/p>\n

The data analysts pointed out that India has finally emerged as a key market for the auto industry’ as its sales growth was confirmed during the first six months of 2018.<\/p>\n

China maintained its position as global leader with 12.23 million units (the figures exclude some LCV) and positive growth at +3.9%, the data showed.<\/p>\n

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The biggest news from the first half of the year was the increase in the dominant position of SUVs, which now count for almost 36% of passenger cars sales. Almost 15 million SUVs were sold in the first six months of 2018, up by a solid 14%, a record for this vehicle type.<\/p>\n

The Nissan Qashqai (aka Rogue Sport in USA) was a big climber, boosted by its arrival to US and Canada. Its rival the Mazda CX-5 also posted a big increase thanks to double-digit growth in 7 of the 9 regions where it is available.<\/p>\n

Jato said its data on 57 markets showed that Volkswagen Group was the top-seller with 5.45 million units, growing faster than its two closest competitors. In fact, the Germans grew by almost 7% in H1, compared to the 4% posted by Renault-Nissan in second place and 2% registered by Toyota.<\/p>\n

The strong results for VW Group were followed by strong performances from Hyundai-Kia (+8%) and Suzuki, which was able to post a double-digit growth and confirmed its place in the top 10 biggest car makers in the world.<\/p>\n

A number of the top sellers also feature prominently on South Africa’s roads including the Corolla, Golf, Civic, RAV4, and X-Trail, which all feature in the top 10 list of best selling vehicles in H1.<\/p>\n

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Read: Here are the 10 best-selling cars right now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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