{"id":661681,"date":"2023-02-04T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=661681"},"modified":"2023-02-07T11:19:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T09:19:54","slug":"the-most-popular-car-brands-in-south-africa-and-the-12-best-selling-models-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/661681\/the-most-popular-car-brands-in-south-africa-and-the-12-best-selling-models-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The most popular car brands in South Africa – and the 12 best-selling models right now"},"content":{"rendered":"

While load shedding has contributed to the challenges confronting South Africa’s economy and the automotive industry \u2013 with imports declining by 1.8% in January 2023 – the domestic market showed some resilience.<\/p>\n

The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa\u2019s (Naamsa) New Vehicle Sales stats for January 2023 show a year-on-year increase of 4.8%.<\/p>\n

Toyota continued its reign as the leading brand in local car sales, with a total of 12,574 vehicles sold in January 2023 \u2013 accounting for 28.8% of the market share.<\/p>\n

This is largely thanks to the fact that Toyota holds the top three spots on the bell-selling cars list, with its flagship Hilux bakkie on top, followed by the Toyota Corolla Cross (2nd) and Toyota Starlet (3rd).<\/p>\n

According to Navamsa’s report, Toyota sold 2,769 Hilux bakkies, 2,042 Corolla Crosses, and 2,037 Starlets \u2013 representing more than half of its total sales in January 2023.<\/p>\n

Regarding most popular brands, while Toyota reigns as champion, Volkswagen Group is second with 5,081 vehicles sold locally, and Suzuki Auto is third with 4,357 units sold.<\/p>\n

Of the total reported industry sales of 43,509 vehicles, 83.6% were represented by dealer sales, 12.1% by sales to the vehicle rental industry, 2.2% to the government, and 2.1% to corporate industry fleets.<\/p>\n

The top 10 brands that sold the most cars locally in January 2023 were:<\/p>\n