{"id":297952,"date":"2019-02-07T17:22:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T15:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=297952"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:24:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T08:24:57","slug":"south-africas-most-popular-and-fuel-efficient-suvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/297952\/south-africas-most-popular-and-fuel-efficient-suvs\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s most popular and fuel-efficient SUVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

A February petrol price increase combined with the high possibility of a fuel levy increase in the 2019 budget means that South African motorists will once again have to factor in the fuel efficiency when buying a new car.<\/p>\n

As part of its medium-term budget policy statement in October 2018, National Treasury\u00a0confirmed<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>that the RAF was a major financial concern.<\/p>\n

“The fund represents a potentially large liability,” it said.<\/p>\n

“Despite a 30c increase to the RAF levy in the 2018 budget, the fund\u2019s liability is expected to grow to R393 billion by 2021\/22 from R206 billion at present.”<\/p>\n

To combat this, the RAF will require \u201cfurther large increases to the fuel levy in each of the next three years\u201d to manage the short-term liability, it said.<\/p>\n

With the possibility of major fuel hikes on the horizon,\u00a0BussinessTech looked at the most fuel-efficient SUVs in South Africa right now which also feature on Naamsa’ bestsellers list for January 2019.<\/p>\n

*Denotes a\u00a0diesel variant.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Audi Q5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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