{"id":347616,"date":"2019-10-21T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=347616"},"modified":"2019-10-21T16:28:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:28:50","slug":"7-fuel-efficient-cars-you-can-buy-in-south-africa-for-less-than-r200000-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/347616\/7-fuel-efficient-cars-you-can-buy-in-south-africa-for-less-than-r200000-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"7 fuel-efficient cars you can buy in South Africa for less than R200,000 right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s petrol price is expected to remain relatively flat in November 2019, bringing little relief to embattled consumers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest mid-month data from the Central Energy Fund (CEF), petrol prices are expected to increase for 95 grade and again drop for 93 grade.<\/p>\n<p>Petrol 95 is expected to increase by 10 cents per litre, while petrol 93 is currently showing a decrease of 5 cents per litre.<\/p>\n<p>Diesel, meanwhile, is reaming fairly flat, with an expected drop of between 0-2 cents per litre for 0.05% sulphur content and 0.005% sulphur content, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The price changes reflect the flattening out of both the USD\/ZAR exchange rate month-to-date, as well as the relative stabilisation of international oil prices, despite reported incidents of attacks on oil-producing countries in the middle east.<\/p>\n<p>With the flat fuel price bringing little relief, BusinessTech looked at some of the most fuel-efficient budget cars you can buy in South Africa right now.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Average fuel consumption takes into account both urban and extra-urban travel.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Smart fortwo base &#8211; R176,434<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average fuel consumption &#8211; 4.1 litres\/100km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SmartCar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301786 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SmartCar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1066\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SmartCar.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SmartCar-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SmartCar-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SmartCar-1024x703.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1066px) 100vw, 1066px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Toyota Aygo 1.0 &#8211; R174,900<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average fuel consumption &#8211; 4.3 litres\/100km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Aygo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-274653 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Aygo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"947\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Aygo.png 947w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Aygo-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Aygo-768x490.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Peugeot 108 1.0 Active &#8211; R179,900<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average fuel consumption &#8211; 4.3 litres\/100km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peugeot-108.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-347628 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peugeot-108.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peugeot-108.png 789w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peugeot-108-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peugeot-108-768x517.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Renault Kwid 1.0 Expression &#8211; R140,900<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average fuel consumption &#8211; 4.7 litres\/100km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kWID1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-274663 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kWID1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kWID1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kWID1-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kWID1-768x538.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Suzuki Celerio 1.0 GA &#8211; R141,400<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average fuel consumption &#8211; 4.7 litres\/100km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Celerio2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262281 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Celerio2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Celerio2.png 882w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Celerio2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Celerio2-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Suzuki Swift 1.2 GA &#8211; R162,900<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average fuel consumption &#8211; 4.9 litres\/100km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Suzuki-Swift-e1527005057175.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246397 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Suzuki-Swift-e1527005057175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"715\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Suzuki DZire 1.2 GA &#8211; R163,900<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average fuel consumption &#8211; 4.9 litres\/100km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Suzuki-Dzire-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-274275\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Suzuki-Dzire-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Suzuki-Dzire-2.jpg 723w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Suzuki-Dzire-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/346604\/top-10-most-popular-second-hand-double-cab-bakkies-under-r450000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 most popular second-hand double cab bakkies under R450,000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#8217;s petrol price is expected to remain relatively flat in November 2019, bringing little relief to embattled consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":190518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-347616","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\/347616","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=347616"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347796,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347616\/revisions\/347796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}