Which bakkie was the best-seller in South Africa’s double-cab segment in April 2024 and year to date? We have the figures, plus a look at single- and extended-cab sales…
By now, you’ve likely seen our list of South Africa’s best-selling bakkies for April 2024. So, it’s time to turn our attention to the double-cab bakkie sales race.
Yes, since Naamsa’s monthly sales figures unfortunately don’t include a breakdown of the 3 available bakkie body styles (single cab, extended cab and double cab), we’ve again turned to the folks over at Lightstone Auto for help identifying SA’s best-selling 1-tonne double-cab bakkies for April 2024.
For the record, with all 3 body styles included, the Toyota Hilux led the charge in April, selling a total of 2 094 units last month. The Ford Ranger, however, was close behind in 2nd on 2 073 units, with the Isuzu D-Max some way off in 3rd on 1 202 units. Year to date, the Hilux (10 943 units) leads overall, ahead of the Ranger (8 128 units) and D-Max (6 373 units).
South Africa’s top-selling double-cab bakkies in April 2024
Right, now let’s take a look at sales by body style. According to Lightstone Auto, the Ford Ranger – which took the title of Mzansi’s best-selling double cab in 2023 – was top of the double-cab sales charts in April 2024, with 1 584 dual-cab units registered. That translates to 76.4% of the Silverton-built bakkie’s overall tally for the month.
So, the Toyota Hilux found itself in 2nd position in South Africa’s double-cab sales race, with 858 units sold during the month. The latter figure – which is a hefty 726 registrations off the pace – represented 41.0% of the Prospecton-produced stalwart’s overall tally for April.
Predictably, the final place on the double-cab podium thus went to the Struandale-manufactured Isuzu D-Max, which managed 463 dual-cab units last month. That’s just 38.5% of the Japanese contender’s aggregate for April 2024.
For the record, Lightstone Auto’s figures furthermore showed that all other 1-tonne double-cab bakkie derivatives (over and above the Ranger, Hilux and D-Max) collectively managed 1 392 registrations in April 2024.
Double-, extended- and single-cab sales, year to date 2024
What about the year-to-date sales race in South Africa? Well, Lightstone Auto’s dataset shows the Ranger leads the double-cab space in the opening 4 months of 2024, with 6 232 units registered around Mzansi.
The double-cab Hilux is thus 1 328 units behind, with 4 904 examples sold in South Africa, year to date. The D-Max double cab, meanwhile, is in an even more distant 3rd place on 2 572 units.
In the single-cab space, with the first 4 months of the year behind us, the Hilux (4 110 units) remains in a comfortable pole position. The D-Max single cab (3 114 units) slots in to 2nd place, with the 2-door version of the KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up (2 051 units) in 3rd. The Ranger single cab, meanwhile, finds itself on just 641 registrations, year to date.
Meanwhile, the Hilux Xtra Cab leads the year-to-date race in the extended-cab space (the segment with the highest year-on-year growth in Q1 2024), with 1 923 units sold. The Ranger Supercab (1 255 units) finds itself in the runner-up position, with the D-Max Extended Cab (687 units) completing the year-to-date table.
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