South Africa’s 10 best-selling bakkies in August 2024

Just 215 units separated the top 2 on the list of South Africa’s best-selling bakkies in August 2024. Here’s a closer look at the sales figures…

In August 2024, South Africa’s new-vehicle market slipped 4.9% year on year to 43 588 units. The light-commercial vehicle (LCV) segment, meanwhile, was hit even harder, with sales in this section of the market falling 21.5% year on year to 10 709 registrations.

So, what happened on the list of South Africa’s best-selling bakkies in August 2024? Well, the Toyota Hilux – still Mzansi’s best-selling vehicle overall, year to date – managed to keep its nose ahead of its foes, despite a 16.4% month-on-month drop to 2 527 units.

While the Ford Ranger (2 312 units) thus again had to settle for 2nd position, the Silverton-built bakkie at least managed to cut the gap to 215 units in August. Interestingly, while the Ranger benefitted from 178 sales to government, its Prospecton-built rival enjoyed 171 sales to the rental industry.

As has become tradition, the Isuzu D-Max (1 634 units, including 293 sales to government) completed the podium last month, with local registrations of the Struandale-made bakkie virtually unchanged from July 2024.

*Isuzu’s locally built D-Max retained 3rd place in August.*

The KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up (780 units), meanwhile, likewise held steady in 4th place, with the Rosslyn-manufactured Nissan Navara (468 units) again rounding out the top 5.

The Volkswagen Amarok (346 units), Toyota Land Cruiser 79 (234 units) and GWM P-Series (205 units, seemingly including the new P500) each gained a ranking month on month to finish in 6th, 7th and 8th, respectively. That was thanks to the sustained fall of the discontinued Nissan NP200 (132 units), which slipped 3 places to 9th. Finally, the GWM Steed (81 units) returned to complete the table.

Best of the rest in August 2024: bakkies outside the top 10

*Mahindra’s Bolero wasn’t far from sneaking into the top 10 last month.*

Which bakkies didn’t crack the top 10 in August 2024? Well, JAC unfortunately reported only a combined figure of 107 units for its T6, T8 and T9 line-ups, so we technically can’t place any of these nameplates in the top 10. Next came the long-in-the-tooth Mahindra Bolero, which managed 75 units.

Meanwhile, sales of the Chinese-made Peugeot Landtrek – a model that had occupied 10th position in July 2024 – dropped to 62 units in August, while the outgoing Mitsubishi Triton ended up on 56 registrations. The final spot again went to the hefty Jeep Gladiator, which attracted 4 sales last month.