Thursday, June 4, 2009

SA's Top Selling Cars

Are South Africans just unaware or is our recession not that bad? Naamsa reported that Sales for the first five months of 2009 reflect a 35,8% decline over the same period last year. New vehicle sales in May accounted for a 32,9% drop over May 2008. Even though care sales HAVE indeed gone down a whole lot, the rankings are still rather baffling, the stunning yet overpriced new C-class is the 4th most selling car??? It can't be all that bad then hey..or is the list usually even more extravagant?
Passenger Cars &the amounts sold for the period:
Volkswagen
Polo
1447

Toyota
Corolla Verso
1 034

Toyota
Yaris T3
957

Mercedes-Benz
C-Class
908

FORD
Fiesta
842

Volkswagen
CitiGolf
823
BMW
3 Series
691

Chevrolet
Spark
448

Nissan
Livina
424
Toyota
Fortuner
383

3 comments:

  1. i have a bmw 3 series and I would have thought they would outrank the c class there

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  2. hey! i found your blog through 20 something bloggers and i think it's great! i like how you have a variety of post topics. keep up the great work!

    cheers,
    teresa

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  3. Teresa - Thanks a lot, will check out your blog just now, I love discovering more stuff to read.

    Mr Cond. - Yeah it used to be like that here as well, the previous 3 series model was vastly more popular, they are everywhere on the roads, but the new C-class has been received with surprising appreciation, now its becoming the car to drive if you're young & really successful.

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