Tunland cracks top 10! SA's best-selling bakkies in February 2025

The Foton Tunland G7 has cracked the list of South Africa’s 10 best-selling bakkies for February 2025. Here’s a closer look at the sales figures…

In February 2025, South Africa’s total new-vehicle market increased 7.3% year on year to 47 978 units. Yet again, the local passenger-vehicle segment drove this overall industry growth, while sales in the light-commercial vehicle (LCV) space dropped 11.3% year on year to 11 802 units.

So, what happened on the list of Mzansi’s best- and worst-selling bakkies in February 2025? Well, there was no stopping the Toyota Hilux, with local registrations of the Prospecton-built stalwart increasing 4.9% month on month to 2 683 units. Toyota SA Motors says 1 120 units represented double-cab sales.

*In February, Isuzu’s D-Max cut the gap to the Ford Ranger to 244 units.*

Meanwhile, sales of the Ford Ranger grew 16.7% (compared to January 2025’s effort) to 2 168 units. This performance saw the Silverton-made contender retain the runner-up position in February, some 515 units off the pace set by the Hilux.

However, the Isuzu D-Max enjoyed a month-on-month sales surge of 36.2%, ending February 2025 on 1 924 units and therefore closing the gap to the Ranger to just 244 units. As many as 452 units – or a considerable 23.5% – of the Struandale-produced bakkie’s tally represented sales to South Africa’s government.

Not only were the podium positions unchanged in February 2025 but the next 5 places were unmoved, too. The KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up (763 units) retained 4th place, while the imported Toyota Land Cruiser 79 (534 units) remained in 5th, again breaching the 500-unit mark.

That meant the Rosslyn-built Nissan Navara (412 units) held steady in 6th place, finishing ahead of the Ford-built Volkswagen Amarok (290 units) in 7th position. The GWM P-Series (232 units) range – which now also includes new P300 derivatives, each powered by the latest 2.4 turbodiesel engine – again finished in 8th.

*The GWM P-Series range now includes new P300 2.4TD derivatives.*

But there was a new entrant in February 2025. Yes, the Foton Tunland G7 grabbed 9th place (effectively booting the new Mitsubishi Triton out of the top 10), with 201 units registered last month. This is the first month Foton has reported sales figures to Naamsa since returning to the segment back in June 2024.

The GWM Steed took the final place in the top 10, ending the month on 125 registrations. Though that’s a relatively modest figure, it interestingly represents a whopping 68.9% improvement compared to this Chinese nameplate’s January 2025 tally.

Best of the rest in February 2025: bakkies outside top 10

So, which bakkies didn’t crack the top 10 in February 2025? Well, the JAC T-Series – the Chinese firm unfortunately reported only a combined figure for its T6, T8 and T9 line-ups, so we technically can’t rank these individual nameplates in the top 10 – managed 138 units.

Next came the Peugeot Landtrek on 94 units, followed by the aforementioned Mitsubishi Triton and Mahindra Bolero, each ending February 2025 on just 46 units (for the record, the Triton enjoyed 3 straight months of top-10 finishes before being relegated in February). Finally, 11 units of the discontinued Nissan NP200 were registered in SA last month, along with 3 examples of the Jeep Gladiator.