{"id":388053,"date":"2020-04-13T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=388053"},"modified":"2020-04-13T16:57:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T14:57:38","slug":"top-10-most-searched-for-used-cars-under-r200000-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/388053\/top-10-most-searched-for-used-cars-under-r200000-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 most searched for used cars under R200,000 in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite South Africa being the the middle of a 21-lockdown, consumers continue to go online in search\u00a0 of used vehicles, particularly in the sub-R200,000 category, according to car marketplace, AutoTrader.<\/p>\n

Chief executive officer, George Mienie, said that searches for cars R200,000 and under continue to perform the best. \u201cThis is the largest segment \u2013 by far. We have recorded over two million searches in this price category this year alone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

So which are South Africa\u2019s most wanted cars in the sub-R200 000 price bracket?<\/p>\n

Mienie said that the most searched for car is currently the Volkswagen Polo. \u201cThis comes as no surprise; the Polo was also the top-selling used car in South Africa in 2019.”<\/p>\n

In number two position is the BMW 3 Series. \u201cThis German luxury car was the third most searched for vehicle in 2019 and the sixth most sold last year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Volkswagen Golf is currently the third most searched for car in South Africa. \u201cIt was the fourth most searched for vehicle and the eighth-most sold vehicle in this country last year \u2013 so it\u2019s a perennial favourite,\u201d Mienie said.<\/p>\n

The fourth most searched for car at the moment is the Toyota Hilux. \u201cIt is the top-selling new vehicle in South Africa, and it was the most searched for model in the used vehicle market in South Africa in 2019,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n

In fifth spot at the moment, when it comes to the most searched for used car in the sub-R200 000 price category, is the Volkswagen Polo Pivo. \u201cLike its Polo sibling, this Volkswagen product is popular in South Africa. It also sold the third-highest number of models in the six months ending December 2019,\u201d Mienie said.<\/p>\n

Top 10 most searched cars under R200,000<\/p>\n

Volkswagen Polo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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BMW 3 Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Volkswagen Golf<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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Volkswagen Polo Pivo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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BMW 1 Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mercedes-Benz C-Class<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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Read: These are the second hand cars South Africans are buying right now \u2013 with price and mileage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite South Africa being the the middle of a 21-lockdown, consumers continue to go online in search\u00a0 of used vehicles, particularly in the sub-R200,000 category, according to car marketplace, AutoTrader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":287110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[7176,26],"class_list":["post-388053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-autotrader","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388053","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=388053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388059,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388053\/revisions\/388059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}