{"id":297522,"date":"2019-02-05T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=297522"},"modified":"2019-02-05T16:56:18","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T14:56:18","slug":"the-best-selling-suvs-in-south-africa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/297522\/the-best-selling-suvs-in-south-africa-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The best selling SUVs in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (Naamsa) has released its vehicle statistics for January 2019.<\/p>\n

The data shows that new vehicle sales stumbled into 2019 with industry sales down 7.4% to 42,374 units year-on-year.<\/p>\n

Passenger vehicles sales declined 10.8%, while Light Commercial Vehicle sales remained flat with 0% growth compared to January last year.<\/p>\n

“This doesn\u2019t come as a surprise given WesBank\u2019s outlook for the new vehicle marketing during 2019,” said Wesbank’s Ghana Msibi.<\/p>\n

“We expect the first half to be slow given the increased pressure on household budgets as interest rates slowly increase and, especially, the political uncertainty towards the May elections.”<\/p>\n

One area that could still impress in 2019 is the SUV segment, with a number of players expected to launch new models in 2019.<\/p>\n

The 2019 fifth-generation Toyota RAV4 is set to launch in South Africa in March.<\/p>\n

Audi is also expected to launch its Q8 towards the middle of the year, while Volkswagen has confirmed that it will launch its new T-Cross before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Below BusinessTech looked at the current competition, based on Naamsa’s data on the best-selling SUVs in South Africa right now.<\/p>\n

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Toyota Fortuner – 1,000 units sold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

F<\/strong>rom R477,600<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ford EcoSport – 679 units sold<\/strong><\/p>\n

From\u00a0R254,950<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toyota Rav4\u00a0– 476 units sold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From R393,800<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Volkswagen Tiguan\u00a0– 448 units sold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From R412,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toyota Rush\u00a0– 425 units sold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From R312,000<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mazda CX-5\u00a0– 408 units sold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From R398,300<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ford Everest\u00a0– 371 units sold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From R467,100<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mazda CX-3\u00a0– 363 units sold\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

From\u00a0R299,400<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read: This is how much South Africans are paying for their cars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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