Which bakkies are dominating South Africa’s double-cab sales charts at 2025’s halfway point? And what about the single- and extended-cab segments? We have the figures!
Since we’ve already identified South Africa’s best-selling bakkies for the opening half of 2025, it’s now time to drill down to sales by body style. That, of course, will allow us to see which bakkies are dominating the double-cab, extended-cab and single-cab sales charts at the year’s halfway point.
As a reminder, Naamsa’s monthly sales report unfortunately doesn’t include a breakdown of the 3 bakkie body styles available in Mzansi. However, our friends over at Lightstone Auto have again assisted us by providing these fascinating registration figures for H1 2025.
For the record, year to date at the end of June 2025, the Toyota Hilux (16 526 units) is at the top of the overall bakkie sales table in South Africa. The Ford Ranger (12 398 units) and Isuzu D-Max (9 846 units) are in 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
SA’s best-selling double-cab bakkies in H1 2025
According to Lightstone Auto, the Ford Ranger leads SA’s double-cab bakkie sales charge after the first 6 months of 2025, with 10 262 units sold locally (1 884 of which were registered in June). Our calculations suggest that translates to a considerable 82.8% of the Silverton-built contender’s overall figure.
With 1 389 units sold in June 2025, the Toyota Hilux has a year-to-date double-cab tally of 7 717 units. That sees the Prospecton-made model place 2nd (some 2 545 units behind the dual-cab Ranger) at the year’s halfway mark. Fascinatingly, the double-cab body style therefore accounts for 46.7% of the Hilux’s overall figure for H1 2025.
Of course, that means the Struandale-made Isuzu D-Max again finds itself on the final step of the double-cab bakkie podium. With 746 registrations in this segment in June 2025, the D-Max’s H1 2025 double-cab tally moves to 4 023 units. For the record, that’s some 40.9% of its overall figure. Lightstone Auto’s figures further show all other 1-tonne double-cab bakkie derivatives have collectively managed 10 313 units, year to date.
Single- and extended-cab body style sales in H1 2025
Over in the single-cab segment, meanwhile, the Toyota Hilux continues to lead the pack, with 6 410 units (including 1 054 units in June) registered during the opening half of 2025. According to our calculations, this represents 38.8% of the Japanese contender’s overall tally at the year’s halfway point.
The Isuzu D-Max sits in 2nd place on the single-cab rankings in H1 2025, with its sales figure gaining 808 units in June to reach 4 967 units (or 50.4% of the nameplate’s total). The KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up retains 3rd on the single-cab table, with 4 209 units (or a whopping 82.9% of its total) sold, including 725 units in June.
Interestingly, Ford has registered just 468 units of the Ranger single cab over the opening half of 2025. That means this body style accounts for a mere 3.8% of the Ranger’s year-to-date total. Lightstone Auto’s figures show all other 1-tonne single-cab bakkie derivatives (excluding Hilux, D-Max, Pik Up and Ranger) collectively managed 5 425 units, year to date.
What about the extended-cab class? Well, the Toyota Hilux retains pole position here, adding 589 registrations in June to push its year-to-date tally to 2 382 units (or 14.4% of its total). The Ford Ranger stays in 2nd on 1 667 units (including 368 sales in June), with the Isuzu D-Max (855 units, including 123 units last month) in 3rd. These are, of course, the only 3 bakkies offered locally in the “cab-and-a-half” body style.
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