{"id":463936,"date":"2021-01-30T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=463936"},"modified":"2021-01-29T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:45:51","slug":"these-are-south-africas-top-10-most-searched-for-used-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/463936\/these-are-south-africas-top-10-most-searched-for-used-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"These are South Africa’s top 10 most searched-for used cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Toyota Hilux is South Africa\u2019s most desired used car, new data from AutoTrader, shows, garnering the most search interest in the 2020 calendar year.<\/p>\n

The Hilux \u2013 the most searched for bakkie on AutoTrader in 2020, the most sold new bakkie in the country last year and the country\u2019s most sold new car too \u2013 romped home in first place in the total used vehicle search statistics.<\/p>\n

It was also the most searched for used vehicle in 2019.<\/p>\n

George Mienie, AutoTrader chief executive, said: \u201cThis vehicle \u2013 built right here in South Africa \u2013 doesn\u2019t just dominate new bakkie sales; it also dominates total new vehicle sales.<\/p>\n

“This is because the Hilux is perceived to be a well built and reliable vehicle that has the support of an impressive dealer network.”<\/p>\n

In 2020, the Volkswagen Golf demonstrated gains in popularity in the used car market, moving from the fourth most searched for used vehicle in 2019 to the second most searched for in 2020.<\/p>\n

This, Mienie said, could be as a result of the lockdown and impact on the economy as many motorists have tightened their belts.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, demand for the Golf has risen above that of two luxury German sedans, namely the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and BMW 3 Series.<\/p>\n

This could also be thanks to the popularity of individual Golf variants. According to AutoTrader\u2019s latest annual Car Industry Report, which covers the period July 2019 to June 2020, when it comes to individual variant searches, Golf models account for two of the top four.<\/p>\n

The Volkswagen Golf GTI was the most searched for variant, followed by the Volkswagen Polo GTI, Mercedes-Benz C-Class C63 AMG and Volkswagen Golf R.<\/p>\n

Variant search, first introduced in May 2019, allows car shoppers to search for specific variants using text, as the technology builds a list.<\/p>\n

According to the same report, the Volkswagen Golf also saw the biggest shift in Consumer Advert Views (CAVs), moving from sixth to second place with 3.15% (5,6 million) of total CAVs.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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5 Ford Ranger<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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8 Toyota Fortuner<\/strong><\/p>\n

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9 BMW X5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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10 Audi A3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Read: South Africa\u2019s 10 best-selling bakkies in 2020 \u2013 with prices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Toyota Hilux is South Africa\u2019s most desired used car, new data from AutoTrader, shows, garnering the most search interest in the 2020 calendar year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":463948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[7176,26],"class_list":["post-463936","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\/463936","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=463936"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464358,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463936\/revisions\/464358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}