New passenger vehicle sales in June 2022 reflected a staggering 20,9% increase from the year before with Toyota recording the most sales in the market managing a total of 7 439 units during the month.
Toyota are back on top after misfortune at their Durban factory hampered their supply chain of new vehicles due to flooding and infrastructure damages. The statistics are courtesy of naamsa, South Africa’s automotive business council. A total of 176 245 units were sold in the new passenger vehicle market and 63 586 in the light commercial market with Toyota leading the charge once again with a total of 7 439 units followed by the Volkswagen Group which managed 5 672 units in our local market with 10 689 units produced for export.
Suzuki was in the mix too after strong year-opening sales, coming behind Volkswagen with 4 622 sales over the month of June 2022. Hyundai and Ford closed the top five with 2 945 and 2 396 local sales respectfully. Most of these sales contribute to the June 2022 new passenger car market with 29 545 units registered signifying an increase of 5 048 cars, or a gain of 20,6%, compared to the 24 497 new cars sold in June 2021. The car rental industry also supplemented this number with purchases accounting for 11,2% of sales over the course of the month.
Sales for medium and heavy truck segments of the industry reflected a good performance during the month. The former managed a total of 3 518 units, a 1,9% increase from the year before while the latter achieved 10 093 monthly sales, representing a 7,4% increase from June 2021.
Knock-on effects from flooding in KZN, along with the lingering shortage of semi-conductors and supply chain disruptions caused by war in Eastern Europe mean that the light commercial market made up of bakkies and minibuses was down by 7,6% in comparison to the year before.