{"id":332853,"date":"2019-08-11T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=332853"},"modified":"2019-08-08T16:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T14:19:58","slug":"10-of-the-most-popular-suvs-among-south-africas-wealthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/332853\/10-of-the-most-popular-suvs-among-south-africas-wealthy\/","title":{"rendered":"10 of the most popular SUVs among South Africa&#8217;s wealthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data from the latest South African Wealth report shows that the country&#8217;s richest people have clear favourites when it comes to the types of cars they drive.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, luxury SUVs are the only car segment in South Africa that has seen any growth over the past few years, as sales of most other car types have declined, the report&#8217;s researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the researcher&#8217;s, one of the key reasons for the rise in popularity includes high road clearance and the fact that SUVs handle potholes and bad roads better than luxury sedans and sports cars.<\/p>\n<p>Other reasons for their popilarity include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Safety aspects;<\/li>\n<li>Space for children;<\/li>\n<li>Useful for holidays \u2013 off-road, game reserves etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below are some of the most popular SUVs among wealthy South Africans, ranked by price:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rolls Royce Cullinan &#8211; POA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cullinan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-277707 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cullinan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cullinan.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cullinan-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cullinan-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/cullinan-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lamborghini Urus &#8211; from R3,495,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Urus-e1529390272448.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-252497\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Urus-e1529390272448.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"816\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bentley Bentayga &#8211; from R2,950,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bentley_bentayga-e1529940327489.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254119 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bentley_bentayga-e1529940327489.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Range Rover Autobiography &#8211; from R2,738,200<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Land-Rover-Autobiography.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-254063\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Land-Rover-Autobiography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Land-Rover-Autobiography.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Land-Rover-Autobiography-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Porsche Cayenne Turbo &#8211; from R2,188,000<\/strong><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cayenne-e1551440278905.png\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-302812\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cayenne-e1551440278905.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"823\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercedes GLE &#8211; from R1,460,924<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mercedes-GLE-Coupe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-235831\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mercedes-GLE-Coupe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mercedes-GLE-Coupe.jpg 750w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mercedes-GLE-Coupe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BMW X6 &#8211; from R1,197,767<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BMWX6-e1529939028312.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-254109 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BMWX6-e1529939028312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Range Rover Velar &#8211; from R1,011,083<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Velar-e1540298016668.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-279317 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Velar-e1540298016668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Volvo XC90 &#8211; from R1,029,200<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/XC90.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-181729\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/XC90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/XC90.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/XC90-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jaguar F-Pace &#8211; from R841,704<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F-Pace-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313706 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F-Pace-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F-Pace-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F-Pace-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F-Pace-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/332555\/what-south-africas-millionaires-studied-and-where\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What South Africa\u2019s millionaires studied \u2013 and where<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data from the latest South African Wealth report shows that the country&#8217;s richest people have clear favourites when it comes to the types of cars they drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":243819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9880],"tags":[26,6440],"class_list":["post-332853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wealth","tag-headline","tag-new-world-wealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332853","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=332853"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332869,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332853\/revisions\/332869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}