The passenger vehicle segment saw marginal growth from the same time as the year before, but here is a more detailed look at who made the Top 10 for December 2024.
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That is that! December 2024 is now at a close and January is already well underway – naamsa has released the new vehicle sales statistics from the month and the good news is that the passenger vehicle market has grown by 1.1% year to date from the corresponding period in 2023. Not all positives, the light commercial vehicle, medium trucks and busses and heavy trucks and busses segments have all seen contractions since the same time in 2023 by 12.0%, 6.5% and 4.9% respectively which is prevalent in most of the data listed below.
Closing the year off, 351 302 passenger vehicles have been sold, an increase from the 347 379 in 2023 while the light commercial vehicle segment shrunk considerably from the 151 490 units sold in 2023 by only mustering up 133 254 units in 2024. This is perhaps further exacerbated by the complete absence of a single-cab unibody bakkie in the local market.
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Top 10 Best-Selling Passenger Vehicles for December 2024
- Volkswagen Polo Vivo – 1 946 units
- Toyota Corolla Cross – 1 526 units
- Suzuki Swift – 1 376 units
- Toyota Fortuner – 1 343 units
- Toyota Starlet – 1 259 units
- Hyundai Grand i10 – 1 216 units
- Haval Jolion – 1 074 units
- Chery Tiggo 4 Pro – 1 059 units
- Volkswagen Polo – 1 052 unit
- Kia Sonet – 821 units
No surprises at the top, the Polo Vivo took the crown for December 2024 but is more than 1 000 units down from the previous month which saw 2 999 registrations. Things have been shuffled around for the rest of the list with the Corolla Cross taking second spot, again selling less than 1 000 units from the month before with 2 655 registrations in November. The Swift is back towards the top however, but again is slightly down from the 1 776 units from the month prior. The Fortuner and Starlet on the other hands were the only two in the Top 5 that experienced an increase, with 872 and 1 238 respectively.
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