SA’s best- and worst-selling bakkies in September 2025
In September 2025, the Toyota Hilux hit its highest sales tally in well over 2 years, breaching the 3 500-unit mark. Here are South Africa’s best-selling bakkies…
- Hilux’s best performance since June 2023
- P-Series retains top-5 position in September
- GWM Steed makes a return to the top 10
In September 2025, South Africa’s total new-vehicle market soared to a 10-year high, growing 24.3% year on year to 54 700 units, with the light-commercial vehicle (LCV) segment enjoying its 6th straight month of year-on-year growth, improving 19.7% to 13 078 units. But what happened on the list of SA’s best- and worst-selling bakkies in September?
Yet again, the Toyota Hilux was Mzansi’s most popular bakkie (and indeed the nation’s best-selling vehicle overall), with sales increasing 9.4% month on month to a whopping 3 639 units. According to our records, that’s the Prospecton-built stalwart’s best effort since June 2023 and the first time it has broken the 3 500-unit barrier this year. Some 6.8% or 248 units were sold via the rental channel.
As has been the case for all but a single month this year, Ford Ranger thus placed 2nd, with local registrations of the Silverton-manufactured bakkie growing 9.9% month on month to 2 270 units. The Struandale-made Isuzu D-Max (2 054 units; up 15.5%, month on month) again completed the podium, finishing 216 units behind the Ranger. Interestingly, Isuzu sold 469 units (or 22.8% of its total) to government.
Positional changes within the rest of the top 10 were likewise few and far between in September, with the KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up (750 units; +11.1% month on month) retaining 4th and the GWM P-Series (458 units; -17.7% month on month) again rounding out the top 5 as the highest-ranked fully imported contender.
Similarly, though local registrations of the Toyota Land Cruiser 79 dipped to 392 units (down 12.1% compared to August 2025), this seemingly evergreen bakkie held steady in 6th. The Ford-built Volkswagen Amarok (382 units; +6.0% month on month) again ranked 7th ahead of the Rosslyn-made Nissan Navara (337 units; +1.2% month on month) in 8th.
Local registrations of the Foton Tunland G7 improved 6.4% month on month to 232 units, seeing this Chinese model retain 9th. Finally, the GWM Steed – which is these days offered exclusively in single-cab workhorse guise – returned to the table to grab the final position, gaining a considerable 43.3% month on month to finish on 195 units.
Bakkies outside top 10 in September 2025
That meant the JAC T-Series slipped out of the top 10, ending September on 180 units, down 5.3% compared with August. While JAC reports only a combined T-Series figure to Naamsa, we have an unofficial breakdown of the range’s sales for August: according to our source, the Chinese brand sold 102 units of the T9, along with 71 units of the T8 and 7 examples of the T6.
Next came the Chinese-built Peugeot Landtrek (147 units), followed by the Mahindra Bolero on 66 units and the Mitsubishi Triton on 39 units. Finally, the Jeep Gladiator completed the picture with 9 registrations in September.
10 best-selling bakkies in SA for September 2025
1. Toyota Hilux – 3 639 units
2. Ford Ranger – 2 270 units
3. Isuzu D-Max – 2 054 units
4. Mahindra Pik Up – 750 units
5. GWM P-Series – 458 units
6. Toyota Land Cruiser 79 – 392 units
7. Volkswagen Amarok – 382 units
8. Nissan Navara – 337 units
9. Foton Tunland G7 – 232 units
10. GWM Steed – 195 units
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