We list South Africa’s best-selling double-cab bakkies for September 2023 and take a closer look at the sales race, year to date. Here are the all-important figures…
We’ve already brought you our usual list of South Africa’s most popular bakkies overall for September 2023, but you may well be wondering which nameplates were at the top of the best-selling double-cab bakkie table last month.
Since Naamsa’s monthly sales figures sadly don’t include a breakdown of the 3 available bakkie body styles (the single-, extended- and double-cab shapes), we’ve again turned to our learned friends over at Lightstone Auto for help identifying SA’s best-selling 1-tonne double-cab bakkies for September.
Before we examine these fascinating figures, it’s worth taking a step back and considering what the overall picture – that is, including all body styles – looks like, year to date. Based on Naamsa’s figures, the Toyota Hilux is leading the bakkie pack overall with 28 341 units, followed by the Ford Ranger (18 595 units) and the Isuzu D-Max (14 813 units).
Right, now let’s break down the sales statistics by body style. According to Lightstone Auto’s figures, the Silverton-built Ford Ranger was at the very top of the double-cab pile in September 2023, with 1 890 units registered in South Africa. For the record, dual-cab derivatives thus represented 79.8% of the Blue Oval bakkie’s total for the month, with 309 examples of the extended cab (or “Super Cab”, in Ford speak) and 214 units of the single cab also sold.
And the Toyota Hilux? Well, the Japanese firm’s local division registered 1 645 double-cab units of the Prospecton-built stalwart last month, translating to 49.7% of the nameplate’s overall tally in September. As you might have gleaned, the Hilux led the charge on the 1-tonne single-cab front, with 1 230 units of the 2-door version sold, along with 374 examples of the extended cab (known in Toyota circles as the “Xtra Cab”).
The Straundale-manufactured Isuzu D-Max completed September’s double-cab podium, with 696 units – or 42.6% of the nameplate’s total, which includes the prolonged-lifecycle Gen 6 line-up – registered in the 9th month of 2023. In addition, Isuzu sold 777 examples of its D-Max single cab, along with 166 units of its Extended Cab.
SA’s best-selling double- and single-cab bakkies, year to date
What about the year-to-date double-cab sales race in South Africa? Well, Lightstone Auto’s latest dataset shows the Ranger is in pole position on 15 782 units, though that puts it just 1 846 units ahead of the Hilux, which finds itself on 13 936 units. Again, the D-Max completes the top 3, with a year-to-date aggregate of 6 821 units.
And the single-cab space? Well, with the opening 9 months of the year behind us, the Hilux is far ahead in this segment (on 10 247 units), with the D-Max single cab placing 2nd (on 6 558 units) and the 2-door version of the KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up taking 3rd (on 4 799 units). The Ranger single cab, meanwhile, is some way off the pace on 1 146 units.
According to Lightstone Auto, sales of all other bakkies (over and above the Ranger, Hilux, D-Max and Pik Up) available in the double-cab body style total 11 272 units year to date, while the single-cab tally (again, excluding these 4 mentioned nameplates) sits on 7 537 units over the same reporting period.
SA’s best-selling double-cab bakkies for September 2023
1. Ford Ranger – 1 890 units
2. Toyota Hilux – 1 645 units
3. Isuzu D-Max – 696 units
SA’s best-selling double-cab bakkies for 2023, year to date
1. Ford Ranger – 15 782 units
2. Toyota Hilux – 13 936 units
3. Isuzu D-Max – 6 821 units
SA’s best-selling single-cab bakkies for September 2023
1. Toyota Hilux – 1 230 units
2. Isuzu D-Max – 777 units
3. Mahindra Pik Up – 477 units
SA’s best-selling single-cab bakkies for 2023, year to date
1. Toyota Hilux – 10 247 units
2. Isuzu D-Max – 6 558 units
3. Mahindra Pik Up – 4 799 units
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