The new vehicle sales statistics for the month of July 2013, released today on the Department of Trade and Industry’s website, indicated that the industry continued to perform to expectations. So says the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa)
Aggregate industry sales of 58 140 vehicles sold during July reflected an increase of 7,5 per cent or 4 065 from the 54 075 units moved during the same month last year. The vehicle export industry recorded a modest decline for July, dropping by 3,6 per cent or 994 units from the 27 602 units exported in July 2012.
Out of the total reported industry sales of 58 140 vehicles, 8,2 per cent (47 665) represented dealers sales, 11,4 percent represented rental industry sales, 4,6 per cent to corporate fleets and 2,0 per cent to government. In total, 40 274 new cars were sold during July, an improvement of 6,4 per cent (2 430) units from the 37 844 new cars sold in July last year – a significantly stronger performance attributed to the strong demand by the rental industry and one which is expected to continue over the next two months.
The light commercial vehicle segment (including bakkies and mini buses) managed an increase of 9,2 per cent (13 781 vehicles), while the medium and heavy commercial vehicle segments recorded increases of 19,0 and 13,0 per cent respectively. Impressive gains mostly attributed to a higher number of infrastructural development projects.
Despite the minor dent in export figures, the export industry remains on track for new vehicle export growth of around 18 per cent for 2013
You can read the full detailed sales report by downloading the PDF here.