{"id":528,"date":"2023-02-02T14:46:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/south-africas-best-and-worst-selling-bakkies-in-january-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T14:46:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:46:46","slug":"south-africas-best-and-worst-selling-bakkies-in-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/south-africas-best-and-worst-selling-bakkies-in-january-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa\u2019s best and worst selling bakkies in January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":" <p><strong><em>Mahindra celebrates its fast-growing customer base with a 20% discount on service parts and free safety inspection at all dealers.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>    <p>Although January\u2019s record load shedding put a damper on all industries, South Africa\u2019s bakkie market kicked the year off on a relatively positive note.<\/p>    <p>According to Naamsa, light commercial vehicle sales last month grew by 10.4% versus January last year, with 10 622 units finding homes. By contrast, the passenger car market grew by just 2.9% to 30 199 units, while the total vehicle market gained 4.8% year-on-year.<\/p>    <p>As you might have expected, the Toyota Hilux was South Africa\u2019s No.1 selling bakkie in January 2023, with a total volume of 2 769 units. The battle for second place was closely fought, with the Isuzu D-Max, at 1 273 sales, narrowly beating the Ford Ranger, which managed a volume of 1 269.<\/p>    <p><em><strong>The Mahindra Scorpio also enjoyed an exceptionally strong month, with 886 sales putting it in fifth place overall, while the Toyota Land Cruiser Pik-Up also recorded a better-than-usual volume of 468. Good harvest this season? The \u2018Cruiser beat the Nissan Navara (351) and GWM P-Series (286).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>    <p>Among the lower-volume double cabs, the Mitsubishi Triton emerged victorious with 65 sales, followed by the JAC X-Series (55) and outgoing Volkswagen Amarok (51).<\/p>    <p>The Jeep Gladiator managed a not inconsiderable 32 sales, followed by its Stellantis cousin the Peugeot Landtrek, at 19. The Mazda BT-50 managed just 7 unit sales last month.<\/p>    <p>SOUTH AFRICAN BAKKIE SALES RANKING: JANUARY 2022<\/p>    <ol><li>Toyota Hilux &#8211; 2 769<\/li><li>Isuzu D-Max &#8211; 1 273<\/li><li>Ford Ranger &#8211; 1 269<\/li><li>Nissan NP200 &#8211; 886<\/li><li><strong><em>Mahindra Scorpio Pik-Up &#8211; 819<\/em><\/strong><\/li><\/ol>    <p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/mahindra.co.za\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/\">IOL | News that Connects South Africans<\/a><\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahindra celebrates its fast-growing customer base with a 20% discount on service parts and free safety inspection at all dealers. Although January\u2019s record load shedding put a damper on all industries, South Africa\u2019s bakkie market kicked the year off on a relatively positive note. According to Naamsa, light commercial vehicle sales last month grew by &#8230; <a title=\"South Africa\u2019s best and worst selling bakkies in January 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/south-africas-best-and-worst-selling-bakkies-in-january-2023\/\" aria-label=\"More on South Africa\u2019s best and worst selling bakkies in January 2023\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autocity.dev.webeng.co\/mahindra-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}