Isuzu and Mahindra sets own records in February vehicle sales

Mahindra and Isuzu emerged as the biggest surprises in South Africa’s ongoing record setting new vehicle sales for February.

Best-selling brands

Jumping three places from 10^th in January to seventh, the latter raked in sales of 2 371 units, of which the D-Max accounted for 1 951.

Despite staying steady in ninth, Mahindra shifted just shy of 2 000 units of which 1 003 were made up of the locally made Pik Up.

At the head of the field, Toyota extended its gains with a total of 12 272 vehicles moved, followed by Suzuki on 6 562.

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Including Audi, Volkswagen retained its third place on 4 895, followed by Hyundai, which kept its fourth place from January with a total of 3 136.

In an unchanged top six from last month, Ford remained in fifth on 2 678, ahead of the 2 614 sales registered by Great Wall Motors (GWM).

Behind Isuzu, Chery slipped a place to eighth on 2 312, with Kia falling two places to tenth behind Mahindra on 1 746.

Top 15

1. Toyota – 12 272
2. Suzuki – 6 562
3. Volkswagen – 4 895
4. Hyundai – 3 136
5. Ford – 2 928
6. Great Wall Motors – 2 614
7. Isuzu – 2 371
8. Chery – 2 312
9. Mahindra – 1 996
10. Kia – 1 746
11. Jetour – 1 673
12. Renault – 1 424
13. Omoda & Jaecoo – 1 297
14. BMW – 1 237
15. Nissan – 1 204

Best-selling models

In a month where imported vehicles again bettered locally assembled products by six to four, the Toyota Hilux kept its top spot as the country’s best-selling vehicle on 3 362 units.

Improving two places from January’s fourth to second was the Suzuki Swift, which recorded an offset of 2 508 units.

Dropping from second to third, the Ford Ranger finished ahead of the Volkswagen Polo Vivo with sales of 2 091 versus 2 026.

After finishing ninth last month, the Isuzu D-Max recorded the highest jump of the top 10 by ranking fifth on the mentioned 1 951.

Dipping from fifth to sixth, the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro still remained the country’s best-selling Chinese on 1 809.

Staying steady in seventh and eighth places are the Hyundai Grand i10 and Toyota Starlet on 1 368 and 1 241, respectively.

Completing the top 10, the Toyota Vitz recorded its highest monthly offset in years with 1 199 units sold in February.

Finally, the Suzuki Fronx jumped a single place to 10^th at the expense of the GWM Haval Jolion with a total of 1 152

Month in detail

For the 17^th month in a row, the figures by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) registered an increase.

In addition, the overall of 53 455 followed Januarys’ 50 073 by staying above the 50 000 unit mark.

Moreover, the 11.4% increase from last year’ 47 994 amounted to the month’s highest offset since 2013.

The rest of the various segments, year-on-year, were as follows:

February Top 50 best-sellers

1. Toyota Hilux – 3 362
2. Suzuki Swift – 2 508
3. Ford Ranger – 2 091
4. Volkswagen Polo Vivo – 2 026*
5. Isuzu D-Max – 1 951
6. Chery Tiggo 4 Pro – 1 809#
7. Hyundai Grand i10 – 1 368*
8. Toyota Starlet – 1 241
9. Toyota Vitz – 1 199
10. Suzuki Fronx – 1 152
11. GWM Haval Jolion – 1 108
12. Toyota Corolla Cross – 1 022
13. Mahindra Pik Up – 1 003
14. Kia Sonet – 911*
15. Toyota Starlet Cross – 907
16. Suzuki Ertiga – 857
17. Omoda C5 – 824
18. Nissan Magnite – 821*
19. Mahindra XUV 3X0 – 794*
20. Volkswagen Polo – 778
21. Toyota Urban Cruiser – 723
22. Toyota Fortuner – 689
23. Toyota Rumion – 674
24. Toyota HiAce – 656
25. Jetour T2 – 619
26. Renault Triber – 600*
27. GWM P-Series – 559
28. Toyota Land Cruiser Prado – 508
29. Hyundai i20 – 507
30. Hyundai Exter – 500
31. Ford Territory – 459
32. Jetour T1 – 458
33. Toyota Land Cruiser 70-Series – 428#
34. Renault Kiger – 426
35. Suzuki Baleno – 412
36. Volkswagen Amarok – 401
37. Jetour Dashing – 396
38. GWM Haval H6 – 390
39. Nissan Navara – 376
40. Chery Tiggo 7 – 361
41. Suzuki S-Presso – 344
42. Renault Kwid – 340
43. Volkswagen T-Cross – 332
44. Ford Everest – 292
45. GWM Steed – 263
46. Kia Seltos – 255
47. Suzuki Jimny – 253
48. JAC T-Series – 246
49. MG ZS – 245
50. Volkswagen Polo Sedan – 244
    Note: *: Includes commercial variants
    #: Combinations of two models

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