{"id":313334,"date":"2019-04-26T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T14:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=313334"},"modified":"2019-04-26T16:01:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T14:01:44","slug":"the-10-most-searched-for-budget-cars-in-south-africa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/313334\/the-10-most-searched-for-budget-cars-in-south-africa-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 most searched-for ‘budget’ cars in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

The impact of the expected fuel price increase in May will be wide-reaching, says George Mienie, CEO of AutoTrader.<\/p>\n

Based on the latest-available data, motorists can expect a petrol price increase of around 55 cents in May, pushing the price per litre to well over R16.<\/p>\n

Mienie said that the increase will likely see banks tightening their belts as some motorists place purchasing decisions on hold.<\/p>\n

“Motorists are already feeling the pinch. With the next fuel increases, they will have to tighten their belts even further. This may well include delaying the purchase of a vehicle,” he said.<\/p>\n

“When buying a new or used car, motorists will take a very close look at fuel consumption.<\/p>\n

“They will shun so-called \u2018gas guzzlers\u2019 in favour of more sensible, economical vehicles, including hybrids.”<\/p>\n

However, it’s not all bad news and car manufacturers are likely to offer good deals to attract sales, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cManufacturers will consciously keep price increases to the bare minimum, to boost customer sentiment and encourage vehicle sales.<\/p>\n

“Retailers, eager to generate sales, are likely to offer good deals. This will mean that margins at both dealer and OEM level will come under pressure.”<\/p>\n

Below he outlined the most searched for budget cars in South Africa, according to AutoTrader data.<\/p>\n

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Volkswagen Polo (including Polo Vivo and Cross Polo)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hyundai i10 (including the Grand i10)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kia Picanto<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ford Figo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toyota Etios<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Suzuki Swift<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nissan Micra (incl the Micra Active)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Honda Brio<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Renualt Kwid<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Datsun Go!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read: These are the bakkies with the best resale value in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Autotrader list the most searched-for budget cars in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":225081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[13598,26],"class_list":["post-313334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-autorader","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313334","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=313334"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313600,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313334\/revisions\/313600"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}