Double-cab & single-cab bakkies: SA’s top sellers in August 2024
In August 2024, the Hilux and Ranger dominated SA’s bakkie sales charts. But which one led the single-, extended- and double-cab segments? We have the figures!
You’ve probably already seen our list of South Africa’s best-selling bakkies for August 2024, with just 215 units separating the Toyota Hilux and the Ford Ranger. Now, however, we’ve managed to lay our paws on detailed sales figures, showing the respective performances of the top 1-tonne bakkies in the single-, extended- and double-cab segments.
As a reminder, Naamsa’s monthly sales report unfortunately doesn’t include a breakdown of the 3 bakkie body styles. Thankfully, however, the studious folks over at Lightstone Auto have again assisted us with these frankly fascinating registration figures.
For the record, the Hilux headed the bakkie charts overall – as it has every month this year so far – in August 2024, finishing on 2 527 units (down 16.4%, month on month). The Ford Ranger (2 312 units) wasn’t far behind in 2nd position, while the Isuzu D-Max again completed the top 3, settling on 1 634 units.
According to our records, which are based on collated figures reported to Naamsa, the Hilux (21 293 units) is still well ahead in the overall race, year to date. The Ranger (16 782 units) remains in 2nd position, followed by the D-Max (12 724 units).
SA’s best-selling double-cab bakkies in August 2024
Right, let’s have a closer look at sales by body style. According to Lightstone Auto, the Ford Ranger yet again led the double-cab sales charts in August 2024, with 1 873 dual-cab units registered (81% of the Silverton-built bakkie’s overall tally for the month). Year to date, the Ranger is likewise in 1st place, with a total of 12 972 units.
With 1 234 units sold, the Toyota Hilux again ranked 2nd on the list of Mzansi’s top-selling double-cab bakkies in August (that figure represents 48.8% of the Prospecton-produced stalwart’s overall tally last month). Over the opening 8 months of 2024, the Hilux’s dual-cab tally of 9 810 units puts it in 2nd place, 3 162 sales behind its Blue Oval rival.
As you may have predicted, 3rd spot on the double-cab podium last month went to the Struandale-made Isuzu D-Max, which managed 728 dual-cab sales (44.6% of the Japanese contender’s aggregate for August 2024). Year to date, the D-Max also finds itself in 3rd, with 5 265 double cabs sold.
Lightstone Auto’s figures furthermore show that all other 1-tonne double-cab bakkie derivatives (over and above the Ranger, Hilux and D-Max) collectively managed 1 318 registrations last month and 11 502 units, year to date.
August’s bakkie sales: single- & extended-cab body styles
What happened in the single-cab space? Well, in August 2024, the Hilux (923 units) was at the top of the table, finishing ahead of the D-Max (724 units). The 2-door version of the KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up again placed 3rd in August, with 629 units (or 80.1% of the nameplate’s total).
In the year-to-date race in this segment, the Hilux (8 066 units) enjoys a strong lead over the D-Max (6 117 units), with the Pik Up in 3rd on 4 558 units. The Ranger single cab, meanwhile, managed only 134 registrations in August and finds itself on just 1 225 units, year to date.
Meanwhile, the Hilux Xtra Cab (370 units) kept 1st place in the extended-cab segment in August 2024, with the Ranger Supercab (305 units) again in 2nd. Year to date, the Hilux leads in the segment, with 3 408 units compared with the Blue Oval brand contender’s 2 579 registrations. As the only other model offered in this body style, the D-Max Extended Cab was 3rd both in August (182 units) and year to date (1 342 units).
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