Was the Ford Ranger again SA’s top-selling double-cab bakkie in January 2025 or did the Toyota Hilux hit back in the opening month of the year? The latest sales figures by body style…
In 2024, the Ford Ranger took the title of South Africa’s top-selling double-cab bakkie, despite the Toyota Hilux remaining the most popular bakkie overall (that is, including all 3 body styles). So, what happened in January 2025?
First, a reminder: Naamsa’s monthly sales report unfortunately doesn’t include a breakdown of the 3 bakkie body styles (though be sure to check out the overall list of SA’s most popular bakkies for January 2025 anyway). Thankfully, however, the studious folks over at Lightstone Auto have again assisted us by providing these fascinating registration figures.
According to Lightstone Auto, the Ford Ranger picked up right where it left off, leading the double-cab sales race in January 2025 with 1 572 units sold. By our maths, that works out to a considerable 84.6% of the Silverton-built bakkie’s overall tally (1 858 units) for the year’s opening month.
That meant the Toyota Hilux again had to settle for 2nd place on the dual-cab standings, with 1 097 units – or 42.9% of the Prospecton-made stalwart’s 2 557-unit total for the month, including the other body styles – registered in January 2025.
The final place on the double-cab podium went to – yes, you guessed it – the Isuzu D-Max, which finished the year’s opening month with sales of 497 units for this body style. Our calculations suggest this translates to just 35.2% of the Struandale-manufactured model’s overall total of 1 413 units for January.
For the record, Lightstone Auto’s figures show that all other 1-tonne double-cab bakkie derivatives (over and above the Ranger, Hilux and D-Max) collectively managed 1 212 registrations last month.
SA’s top-selling single- and extended-cabs in January
What happened in the single-cab space in January 2025? Well, as it did across the whole of 2024, the Toyota Hilux again led the charge in the 1-tonne single-cab segment last month, with 1 090 units (or 42.6% of its overall tally) registered.
The Isuzu D-Max single cab was 2nd on 772 units (54.6% of the D-Max total), while the 2-door version of the KwaZulu-Natal-assembled Mahindra Pik Up wasn’t far behind in 3rd, with 661 units sold (82.5% of this nameplate’s total) in January.
The Ranger single cab, meanwhile, could muster only 62 units. Furthermore, Lightstone Auto’s dataset suggests that all other 1-tonne single-cab bakkie derivatives (other than the Hilux, D-Max, Pik Up and Ranger) collectively managed 825 units in January.
The Toyota Hilux also topped the charts in the extended-cab segment in January 2025, finishing the month on 367 units. Next came the Ford Ranger (224 units), followed by the Isuzu D-Max (144 units). These are, of course, the only 3 bakkies offered locally in this so-called “cab-and-a-half” body style.
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