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africa|automotive|business|export|rental|trucks|environmental

New-vehicle sales down 4.1%, exports plummet by 38.1%

1st October 2024

By: Irma Venter

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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New-vehicle sales in South Africa in September dropped by 4.1%, to 44 081 units, compared with the same month last year.

naamsa | The Automotive Business Council reports that the new-passenger-car market reached 30 218 units – a 2% increase compared with September last year.

Sales to the car-rental industry accounted for 28% of new-passenger-vehicle sales during the month.

Sales of new bakkies, vans, small trucks and minibus taxis – light commercial vehicles – dropped by 17.1% in September, to 10 914 units.

Medium-truck sales inched up by 0.5%, reaching 821 units, while heavy-truck and bus sales shrunk by 18%, notes naamsa.

September new-vehicle export sales, at 21 964 units, plummeted by 38.1% compared with the same month last year.

Naamsa says that although vehicle exports to Europe – South Africa’s biggest new-vehicle export market – have slowed owing to economic challenges in this region, stricter environmental legislation, as well as some other factors, exports to the US have surged by 132% year-to-date.

New-car sales in the EU reached a three-year low in August.

Year-to-date new-vehicle sales in South Africa, at 401 169 units, are 5.8% down from the same period last year, while exports are down a substantial 19.7%, at 289 198 units.

Naamsa believes that recent positive economic trends, such as the first interest rate cut in four years by the South African Reserve Bank, a stronger rand, easing inflation and lower fuel prices may all serve to bolster consumer confidence going forward.

“Expectations are rising that the new-vehicle market could see an improvement for the remainder of the year.”

 

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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