{"id":272623,"date":"2018-09-24T18:02:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T16:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=272623"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:03:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T14:03:51","slug":"6-of-the-most-expensive-cars-you-can-buy-in-south-africa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/272623\/6-of-the-most-expensive-cars-you-can-buy-in-south-africa-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"6 of the most expensive cars you can buy in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While new vehicle sales in August showed a decline of 2.5% year-on-year, many locals still splash out on some of the finest vehicles money can buy.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0latest <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/235779\/the-most-popular-luxury-cars-and-suvs-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South African Wealth Report<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0luxury SUVs are especially popular with the country&#8217;s super-rich, primarily because of their:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High road clearance (SUVs handle potholes and bad roads better than luxury sedans and sports cars);<\/li>\n<li>Safety aspects;<\/li>\n<li>Space for children; and<\/li>\n<li>Usefulness for holidays \u2013 off road, game reserves etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report also noted that South Africa\u2019s HNWIs have clear favourites when it comes to brands &#8211; with Porsche the most popular brand when it comes to revenue earned in South Africa, followed by Ferrari and Bentley.<\/p>\n<p>This has been bolstered by the fact that South Africa has seen a number of new high-end releases in 2018 &#8211; including the new Bentley Mulsanne and the Ferrari GTC4Lusso T.<\/p>\n<p>In June\u00a0LSM Distributors were also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wheels24.co.za\/News\/Industry_News\/new-lamborghini-dealerships-in-joburg-umhlanga-and-cape-town-r34-million-urus-suv-for-sa-20180619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded<\/a> <\/strong>distribution and servicing rights for Lamborghini in South Africa &#8211; meaning it is possible to pick up the\u00a0 Aventador S Roadster and the Urus SUV in the country.<\/p>\n<p>While it is impossible to account for every individual dealer (and the fact you can import nearly any car for a high enough sum), BusinessTech looked at the some of the most expensive cars in South Africa right now.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ferrari 488 Spider &#8211; R5,859,400<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-488-Spider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-272653\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-488-Spider.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-488-Spider.jpg 788w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-488-Spider-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-488-Spider-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ferrari GTC4Lusso T &#8211; R5,564,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-GTC4Lusso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-272649\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-GTC4Lusso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-GTC4Lusso.jpg 788w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-GTC4Lusso-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-GTC4Lusso-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Lamborghini Huracan Perfomante Spyder &#8211; R6,795,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Huracan-Perfomante-Spyder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-272647\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Huracan-Perfomante-Spyder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Huracan-Perfomante-Spyder.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Huracan-Perfomante-Spyder-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Huracan-Perfomante-Spyder-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Huracan-Perfomante-Spyder-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Huracan-Perfomante-Spyder-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ferrari 812 superfast &#8211; R7,343,800<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-812-Superfast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272645 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-812-Superfast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-812-Superfast.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ferrari-812-Superfast-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Bentley Mulsanne Extended Wheelbase &#8211; R7,384,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bent-Mulsanne.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-272643\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bent-Mulsanne.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bent-Mulsanne.jpg 820w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bent-Mulsanne-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Bent-Mulsanne-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lamborghini Aventador S Roadster &#8211; R8,695,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Aventador-S-Roadster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272633 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Aventador-S-Roadster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Aventador-S-Roadster.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Lamborghini-Aventador-S-Roadster-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/272403\/these-are-the-5-most-reliable-car-brands-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These are the 5 most reliable car brands in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While new vehicle sales in August showed a decline of 2.5% year-on-year, many locals still splash out on some of the finest vehicles money can buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":272651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-272623","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\/272623","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=272623"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273223,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272623\/revisions\/273223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}