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2011 Seems To Augur Well For New Car Sales
2011 Seems To Augur Well For New Car Sales
The 2011 new car sales are off to a flying start. This could be good news for millions of car enthusiasts who are considering replacing their existing vehicles with newer ones. Besides, it augurs well for the entire automobile industry which has been marred by excessive recession for the past few years.
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New car sales recorded a 25.2% jump in the month of February 2011. Totally, 49,164 new vehicles were sold, an increase of 9880 units over same month, the preceding year. As per information provided by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa or NAAMSA, initial figures indicated that 2011 was much better off at start in comparison to its previous year. Overall the entire automobile industry sales registered 21.9% increase in sales for the first two months which is way ahead of what it was during the stated period in 2010. Furthermore, all the new car segments witnessed enormous gains during the month of February.
Finding cars that cater to the specific needs and requirements of consumers is now much easier. Sales of passenger vehicles soared by almost 31.1% with 34, 056 units being sold as compared to 25 979 units which were sold in February 2010. Sales of new light cars for commercial uses, bakkies as well as minibuses too stood at 12,854 up by 11.3% over last year for the same period. And it could worth noting that vehicular sales for these types of vehicles were 21.8% up from January last year. According to NAAMSA, this could be primarily due to pre-emptive buying by consumers in order to avoid paying additional taxes levied on double-cab bakkies from March 1.
In any case, new car sales were not the only ones to witness rise. In February 2011, even sales of medium sized trucks rose to 861 units, up by 45.9% and heavy truck sold 1393 units, a 19.3% increase. During the month of February, the bestselling car in South Africa was the Toyota Hilux with 3040 units being sold. This was closely followed by Volkswagen’s Polo Vivo which recorded a sale of 2945 units while Toyota’s Yaris which is a low priced car stood third with 2552 units being already sold. Apart from this, Ford’s entry level Figo sold 1179 units and Mercedes-Benz’s C-Class sold 1244 units during the month of February.
At the same time, you could be in a position to get some of the best car rebates. Huge auto makers like General Motors sold 758 units of Cruze and 798 units of Aveo models. The company also managed to sell 1442 units of Chevrolet utility models and 1263 units of Isuzu KB models during the same time. Additionally, vehicle exports also picked up with 25, 129 units being exported. This was 77.8% higher than what it was during the same period last year. This has raised hope for increased new car exports by the year end.
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