South Africa - New car sales in 2026 by OEM, vehicle type

*The numbers shown are the units at the time of the announcement, and may differ if revisions are later made to past data.

Sales data by OEM/model in South Africa

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Flash report, Automotive sales volume, 2026

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Flash report, February 2026

Mar 3, 2026

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

South Africa- Sales of new vehicles

	Feb. 2026	Feb. 2025	Y-o-Y	Jan.-Feb. 2026	Jan.-Feb. 2025	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars	37,576	33,750	11.3%	75,220	68,460	9.9%
Light commercial vehicles (LCV -3,500kg)	13,218	11,816	11.9%	24,194	21,719	11.4%
Medium commercial vehicles (3,501-8,500kg)	720	720	0.0%	1,275	1,296	-1.6%
Heavy commercial vehicles (8,501kg-16,500kg)	654	513	27.5%	1,106	870	27.1%
Extra heavy commercial vehicles (16,500kg-)	1,211	1,113	8.8%	2,054	2,120	-3.1%
Buses (8,500kg-)	76	82	-7.3%	127	123	3.3%
Total	53,455	47,994	11.4%	103,976	94,588	9.9%

Source: National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA)

Passenger＋LCV

Maker/Brand	Feb. 2025	Share
Toyota	11,941	23.5%
Suzuki	6,562	12.9%
VW	4,850	9.5%
Hyundai	3,104	6.1%
Ford	2,920	5.7%
Great Wall Motors	2,614	5.1%
Chery	2,312	4.6%
Isuzu	2,073	4.1%
Mahindra	1,996	3.9%
Kia	1,746	3.4%
JETOUR	1,673	3.3%
Renault	1,424	2.8%
Omoda / Jaecoo	1,297	2.6%
BMW	1,237	2.4%
Nissan	1,204	2.4%
Stellantis	667	1.3%
MG	643	1.3%
Mercedes-Benz *	459	0.9%
Foton	401	0.8%
JAC	289	0.6%
Honda	271	0.5%
Jaguar	229	0.5%
Mazda	223	0.4%
Mitsubishi	157	0.3%
BAIC Motor	146	0.3%
Changan	131	0.3%
Porsche	113	0.2%
Volvo	82	0.2%
Subaru	20	0.0%
Ferrari	5	0.0%
Proton	5	0.0%
Feb.2025 Total	50,794	-
Feb.2024 Total	45,566	-
Y-o-Y	11.5%	-

Commercial

Maker/Brand	Feb. 2025	Share
FAW	516	19.4%
Toyota	331	12.4%
Isuzu	298	11.2%
Daimler Trucks and Buses	277	10.4%
UD Trucks	199	7.5%
Scania	138	5.2%
Volvo	128	4.8%
Sinotruk	108	4.1%
MAN	105	3.9%
Powerstar	88	3.3%
Mercedes-Benz *	78	2.9%
Iveco	77	2.9%
Foton	72	2.7%
Eicher	47	1.8%
VW	45	1.7%
Tata	44	1.7%
Hyundai	32	1.2%
DAF	28	1.1%
Shacman	22	0.8%
JAC	20	0.8%
Ford	8	0.3%
Feb.2025 Total	2,661	-
Feb.2024 Total	2,428	-
Y-o-Y	9.6%	-

Source: National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA)
* Estimates

Flash report, January 2026

Feb 3, 2026

South Africa- Sales of new vehicles

	Jan. 2026	Jan. 2025	Y-o-Y
Passenger cars	37,190	34,710	7.1%
Light commercial vehicles (LCV -3,500kg)	10,996	9,903	11.0%
Medium commercial vehicles (3,501-8,500kg)	542	576	-5.9%
Heavy commercial vehicles (8,501kg-16,500kg)	450	357	26.1%
Extra heavy commercial vehicles (16,500kg-)	844	1,007	-16.2%
Buses (8,500kg-)	51	41	24.4%
Total	50,073	46,594	7.5%

Source: National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA)

Passenger＋LCV

Maker/Brand	Jan. 2025	Share
Toyota	11,491	23.8%
Suzuki	6,410	13.3%
VW	4,752	9.9%
Hyundai	3,023	6.3%
Ford	2,665	5.5%
Great Wall Motors	2,521	5.2%
Chery	2,258	4.7%
Kia	1,888	3.9%
Mahindra	1,671	3.5%
JETOUR	1,550	3.2%
Renault	1,415	2.9%
Omoda / Jaecoo	1,413	2.9%
Isuzu	1,385	2.9%
Nissan	1,133	2.4%
BMW	1,094	2.3%
Stellantis	530	1.1%
MG	458	1.0%
Mercedes-Benz *	429	0.9%
Foton	428	0.9%
Honda	311	0.6%
JAC	270	0.6%
Jaguar	254	0.5%
Mazda	234	0.5%
BAIC Motor	228	0.5%
Mitsubishi	130	0.3%
Porsche	82	0.2%
Changan	72	0.1%
Volvo	67	0.1%
Subaru	19	0.0%
Proton	5	0.0%
Jan.2025 Total	48,186	-
Jan.2024 Total	44,613	-
Y-o-Y	8.0%	-

Commercial

Maker/Brand	Jan. 2025	Share
FAW	336	17.8%
Toyota	295	15.6%
Daimler Trucks and Buses	255	13.5%
Isuzu	221	11.7%
UD Trucks	117	6.2%
Scania	94	5.0%
MAN	81	4.3%
Powerstar	75	4.0%
Sinotruk	71	3.8%
Volvo	60	3.2%
Mercedes-Benz *	53	2.8%
Tata	49	2.6%
Eicher	46	2.4%
Hyundai	25	1.3%
Foton	24	1.3%
VW	22	1.2%
Iveco	18	1.0%
DAF	15	0.8%
Ford	13	0.7%
Shacman	10	0.5%
JAC	7	0.4%
Jan.2025 Total	1,887	-
Jan.2024 Total	1,981	-
Y-o-Y	-4.7%	-