June 2025 passenger-car sales: Tiggo 4 Pro cracks top 3 (sort of)

The Chery Tiggo 4 Pro put in its best-ever sales performance (with a caveat) to break into the top 3 on the list of South Africa’s best-selling passenger cars for June 2025…

In June 2025, South Africa’s new-vehicle market improved 18.7% year on year to finish on 47 294 units. Growth in the local passenger-vehicle market was even more robust, increasing 21.7% year on year to 32 570 units (thanks in part to the rental-vehicle channel, which accounted for 10.7% of that figure).

So, what happened on the list of Mzansi’s best-selling passenger vehicles in June 2025? Well, the Toyota Corolla Cross climbed a ranking to seize first place, with sales surging 30.9% month on month to 2 132 units (including 189 units sold to the rental industry). For the record, that represents the Prospecton-built crossover’s best effort of the year thus far.

Toyota Corolla Cross: petrol vs hybrid — *Toyota’s Corolla Cross grabbed 1st place in June.*

Meanwhile, sales of the Volkswagen Polo Vivo increased 27.2% month on month to 1 962 units in June 2025, seeing the Kariega-built hatchback move up a spot to 2nd place. Much of that growth came courtesy of the rental-vehicle channel, with 484 units (or almost a quarter of its total) sold in this space.

But the big news was the performance of the Chinese-made Chery Tiggo 4 Pro, which reached an all-time sales high of 1 538 units – adding 22.6% to the prior month’s figure – to move up 2 rankings and break into the top 3 for the very first time. This, however, comes with a caveat…

Chery Tiggo Cross — *Chery is now including Tiggo Cross sales in the Tiggo 4 Pro figure.*

Chery SA confirmed to Cars.co.za that it has taken the decision to now include Tiggo Cross sales in the Tiggo 4 Pro figure. For the record, the Tiggo Cross averaged 170 units a month over the prior 5 months, so there’s a fair chance the Tiggo 4 Pro would actually have been 4th were Tiggo Cross sales still being reported separately.

Therefore, the Suzuki Swift – which placed first in May 2025 – had to settle for 4th in June, dropping off the podium for the first time this year. Sales of the Indian-built hatchback slipped 20.4% month on month to 1 466 units, including 290 units sold via the rental channel. The Hyundai Grand i10 fell a spot to 5th, with sales sliding 3.6% month on month to 1 301 units (note this figure excludes the 183 units of converted Cargo-badged panel vans registered in the light-commercial vehicle space).

The Haval Jolion (up 0.3% month on month to 1 116 units) climbed a spot to 6th, forcing the Suzuki Fronx (1 112 units; -8.8% month on month) down a place to 7th. The locally produced Toyota Fortuner (878 units) returned to the table to grab 8th, pushing the Toyota Starlet (852 units; -18.0% compared to May’s effort) down a ranking to 9th. Finally, the Suzuki Ertiga (840 units) broke into the top 10 to snaffle the final spot.

*GWM’s Haval Jolion moved up a place to 6th in June.*

That meant both the Volkswagen Polo hatch (756 units) and the Kia Sonet (735 units) dropped off the table last month. Other nameplates that fell just short of cracking the top 10 in June 2025 included the Toyota Vitz (794 units), Toyota Urban Cruiser (720 units) and Nissan Magnite (678 units).