Here’s your look at South Africa’s best-selling bakkies for May 2024. It was another close race at the top, while a refreshed contender impressed…
In May 2024, South Africa’s new-vehicle market suffered a significant year-on-year decline, with total sales falling 14.2% to 37 105 units. The usually robust light-commercial vehicle (LCV) segment was even worse off, recording a hefty 19.5% year-on-year fall to 10 334 units last month.
So, what happened on the list of South Africa’s best-selling bakkies? Well, while just 21 units separated the top 2 models in April 2024, that gap extended to 151 registrations in May. As such, the Prospecton-built Toyota Hilux range – which recently welcomed the long-awaited widebody GR Sport III – again took the title of Mzansi’s most popular bakkie line-up, with sales increasing 13.0% month on month to 2 367 units.
That meant the Silverton-produced Ford Ranger line-up again had to settle for the runner-up position, despite growing its sales 6.9% month on month to 2 216 units (its highest tally so far in 2024). Meanwhile, the Struandale-manufactured Isuzu D-Max again completed the podium, finishing quite some way behind on 1 282 units (up 6.7% compared with April’s effort, boosted by 313 sales to government).
The KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up (716 units) held steady in commendable 4th position, while the refreshed Toyota Land Cruiser 79 improved by 19.2% month on month to finish on 459 units – representing its best performance since all the way back in January 2023 – and again place an impressive 5th.
Climbing 2 rankings to 6th place, sales of the Rosslyn-made Nissan Navara increased 39.6% month on month to 423 units. That saw the Ford-built Volkswagen Amarok (325 units) slip a place to 7th, while the Nissan NP200 moved up a spot to 8th, with month-on-month sales increasing slightly to 297 units, despite the fact production wrapped up in Rosslyn back in March.
Suffering a 44.3% decline compared with April, the Chinese-made GWM P-Series (205 units) slid 2 positions to 9th, while the GWM Steed (105 units) again closed out the table as the final contender to break into 3 figures.
Best of the rest in May 2024: bakkies outside the top 10
What about the bakkies that didn’t crack the top 10 in May 2024? Well, since JAC unfortunately reported only a combined T-Series figure (of 114 units) for its T6, T8 and new T9 line-ups, we can’t place any of these individual models in the top 10.
Therefore, the Peugeot Landtrek was again technically best of the rest with 77 units. Next came the Mahindra Bolero (42 units), followed by the Mitsubishi Triton (31 units) and the Jeep Gladiator (6 units). As a reminder, the Mazda BT-50 was discontinued in March, with zero registrations in April or May.
10 best-selling bakkies in South Africa for May 2024
1. Toyota Hilux – 2 367 units
2. Ford Ranger – 2 216 units
3. Isuzu D-Max – 1 282 units
4. Mahindra Pik Up – 716 units
5. Toyota Land Cruiser 79 – 459 units
6. Nissan Navara – 423 units
7. Volkswagen Amarok – 325 units
8. Nissan NP200 – 297 units
9. GWM P-Series – 205 units
10. GWM Steed – 105 units
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