{"id":382963,"date":"2020-04-12T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=382963"},"modified":"2020-04-09T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T14:01:47","slug":"6-cars-you-can-buy-for-less-than-r160000-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/382963\/6-cars-you-can-buy-for-less-than-r160000-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"6 cars you can buy for less than R160,000 in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suzuki has launched its new<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/382851\/suzuki-reveals-new-s-presso-suv-which-costs-r135000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> S-Presso <\/a><\/strong>in South Africa, with the compact SUV now one of the few cars that motorists can buy new for less than R160,000.<\/p>\n<p>The S-Presso shares its engine with the Suzuki Celerio, a three-cylinder engine which offers 50kW at 5,500 r\/min and 90Nm of torque at 3,500 r\/min.<\/p>\n<p>Suzuki said that this engine also has an average fuel consumption of less than 5 litres per 100km which also makes it a strong budget option.<\/p>\n<p>Below BusinessTech looked at five other cars which you can buy in South Africa right now for less than R160,000, and how they stack up.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mahindra KUV100 Nxt 1.2 &#8211; R142,999<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power maximum: 61kW<\/li>\n<li>Torque maximum: 115Nm<\/li>\n<li>Fuel consumption average: 5.9 litres\/100 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kuv100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-298056 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/kuv100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"547\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suzuki Celerio 1.0 GA &#8211; R144,900<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power maximum: 50kW<\/li>\n<li>Torque maximum: 90Nm<\/li>\n<li>Fuel consumption average: 4.7 litres\/100 km<\/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<p><strong>Renault Kwid 1.0 Expression &#8211;\u00a0 R144,900<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power maximum: 50kW<\/li>\n<li>Torque maximum: 91Nm<\/li>\n<li>Fuel consumption average: 4.7 litres\/100 km<\/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<p><strong>BAIC D20 hatch 1.3 Comfort &#8211; R149,990<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power maximum: 75kW<\/li>\n<li>Torque maximum: 128Nm<\/li>\n<li>Fuel consumption average: 6.7 litres\/100 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BaicD20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263381 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/BaicD20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hyundai Atos 1.1 Motion &#8211;\u00a0 R159,900<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power maximum: 50kW<\/li>\n<li>Torque maximum: 99Nm<\/li>\n<li>Fuel consumption average: 5.7 litres\/100 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/atos_front_intranet_1800x1800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-381559 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/atos_front_intranet_1800x1800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1575\" height=\"1052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/atos_front_intranet_1800x1800.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/atos_front_intranet_1800x1800-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/atos_front_intranet_1800x1800-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/atos_front_intranet_1800x1800-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/atos_front_intranet_1800x1800-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/atos_front_intranet_1800x1800-1200x802.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/382851\/suzuki-reveals-new-s-presso-suv-which-costs-r135000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suzuki reveals new S-Presso SUV \u2013 which costs R135,000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suzuki has launched its new S-Presso in South Africa, with the compact SUV now one of the few cars that motorists can buy new for less than R160,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":382889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-382963","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\/382963","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=382963"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388715,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382963\/revisions\/388715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}