{"id":615081,"date":"2022-08-09T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=615081"},"modified":"2022-08-09T10:42:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T08:42:24","slug":"these-are-the-most-popular-and-sought-after-second-hand-cars-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/615081\/these-are-the-most-popular-and-sought-after-second-hand-cars-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the most popular and sought-after second hand cars in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

New data from AutoTrader shows that Volkswagen was the most-searched-for automotive brand in the first half of the year in South Africa, while Toyota Hilux was the most-searched-for vehicle range, and the VW Golf GTI was the most-searched-for vehicle model on AutoTrader.<\/p>\n

The Toyota Hilux was also the most-enquired-on car during this time, pointing to the fact that this is the pre-owned vehicle that local motorists are the most interested in purchasing.<\/p>\n

AutoTrader\u2019s latest mid-year industry report<\/a><\/strong> covers searches performed on the classifieds site between January and June 2022. It found that between August 2019 and December <\/span>2021,<\/span> double<\/span> &<\/span> single<\/span> cab<\/span> bakkies <\/span>commanded<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> searches.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, in 2022, the trend reverted <\/span>back to pre-lockdown. The top three most <\/span>searched for models <\/span>attracted 11.6% of all model searches, <\/span>up from the 9.4% experienced in the <\/span>first half of 2021. <\/span>The<\/span> most<\/span> searched-<\/span>for<\/span> model,<\/span> with <\/span>4.3% of the total search share, was the <\/span>Toyota Hilux – 12.6 million searches. <\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> second<\/span> most searched-for\u00a0<\/span>Model was the Volkswagen Golf, with<\/span> 3.9%<\/span> of the total<\/span> search<\/span> share<\/span> (11.3 <\/span>million<\/span> searches).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mercedes-Benz<\/span> C-Class was third, generating<\/span> 3.4%<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> total<\/span> search <\/span>share (9.9 million searches). The top 10 <\/span>most-searched-for models remained the <\/span>same as the first six months of 2021, AutoTrader said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Model-based searches continue to be <\/span>the most popular of all search types on <\/span>the AutoTrader platform<\/span><\/p>\n

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The top 10 most searched variants have seen a change in rank, said the online dealership, with one new entrant being the 10th most searched for – Volkswagen Polo 1.2TSI replacing Audi RS3 2.5 – versus the first six months of 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Volkswagen Golf GTI is still the most <\/span>searched-for variant, said Autotrader. <\/span>The Volkswagen Polo GTI was again the <\/span>second<\/span>, followed by the Volkswagen Golf <\/span>R, receiving 0.69% of the total share.<\/span>
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From<\/span> early<\/span> 2021,<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> viewed <\/span>variant changed from the Volkswagen <\/span>Golf GTI to the Toyota Hilux 2.8GD-6, <\/span>with this trend continuing into the first <\/span>half of 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

During<\/span> this<\/span> period,<\/span> the<\/span> Toyota<\/span> Hilux <\/span>2.8GD-6 received 2.9 million advert v<\/span>iews<\/span> (2.08%<\/span> total<\/span> share),<\/span> with<\/span> the <\/span>Golf GTI generating 2.89 million v<\/span>iews (2.07% total share). The third most <\/span>viewed<\/span> variant<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> Volkswagen <\/span>Polo 1.0TSI, with a total share of 1.9% <\/span>(2.6 million).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Read: This new car buying trend in South Africa could spell big trouble<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New data from AutoTrader shows that Volkswagen was the most-searched-for automotive brand in the first half of the year in South Africa, while Toyota Hilux was the most-searched-for vehicle range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":615085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[7176,26],"class_list":["post-615081","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\/615081","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=615081"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615199,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615081\/revisions\/615199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}