{"id":449235,"date":"2020-11-21T17:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=449235"},"modified":"2020-11-20T13:16:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T11:16:11","slug":"these-cars-are-clocking-up-the-most-mileage-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/449235\/these-cars-are-clocking-up-the-most-mileage-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"These cars are clocking up the most mileage in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

While motorists have clocked far fewer kilometres in 2020 \u2013 as lockdown limited movement and working from home has become more popular \u2013 an analysis of AutoTrader data has revealed interesting trends.<\/p>\n

Based on data from AutoTrader during the month of October, the most driven cars are all commercial vehicles, or people carriers. The analysis reveals the top 10 most driven cars with a 2019 registration year – listed in October 2020.<\/p>\n

Globally, motorists have driven less in 2020, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. A recent survey by Hyundai in the United Kingdom, for instance, revealed that \u2013 whereas the average UK car was driven an average of 583 miles (938 km) per month \u2013 it dropped to 90 miles (145 km) a month during lockdown.<\/p>\n

But, according to George Mienie, AutoTrader CEO, some vehicles are still being driven a great deal. \u201cSpecifically, some vans, taxis, bakkies and people transporters are clocking up meaningful mileages. The vans are, of course, understandable. All over the world, lockdown has translated into an increase in online shopping \u2013 which has created a demand for delivery vehicles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to Deloitte\u2019s 2020 Digital Consumer Trends survey, about 40% of consumers have done more online shopping during lockdown.<\/p>\n

Taxi traffic is also understandable; some stores have remained open throughout lockdown and store workers have utilised taxis to get to and from work. So, it\u2019s not surprising to see the perennially popular Toyota Hi-Ace make an appearance on the list.<\/p>\n

A number of bakkies also feature on the list and this too does not come as a big surprise; these workhorses are tools that can generate profits.<\/p>\n

However, what is particularly interesting about the list of the top 10 most driven cars with a 2019 registration year is the fact that the two most popular new bakkies in the land \u2013 the Toyota Hilux and the Ford Ranger \u2013 don\u2019t make an appearance.<\/p>\n

Thus, while they may rule the popularity rankings, they\u2019re not necessarily driven as much as some other bakkies.<\/p>\n

Top 10 most driven cars with a 2019 registration year<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Ford Transit Custom – 106,792km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toyota HiAce – 84,798km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nissan NV200 – 63,900km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fiat Doblo Cargo – 53,000km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Renault Trafic – 51,500km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fiat Fullback – 50,580km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Toyota Land Cruiser 79 – 49,329km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Isuzu D-Max – 46,937km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fiat Fiorino – 45,000km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Volkswagen Kombi – 43,291km<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read: Hijackings in South Africa \u2013 these are the major trends and hotspot areas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While motorists have clocked far fewer kilometres in 2020 \u2013 as lockdown limited movement and working from home has become more popular \u2013 an analysis of AutoTrader data has revealed interesting trends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":449275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[7176,26],"class_list":["post-449235","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\/449235","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=449235"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450373,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449235\/revisions\/450373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}