Khulekani On Wheels
    • Car Reviews
    • Car News
    • Electric
    • Videos
    • Travel
    • About
    • Contact

    Volkswagen Group South Africa increases domestic market share

    By khulekani / on Oct 14th, 2019 / in Car News, featured

    Volkswagen Group South Africa increases domestic market share

    By khulekani / on Oct 14th, 2019 / in Car News, featured

    By Khulekani Dumisa

    The economy is in a tight spot and vehicle sales are down overall. Notwithstanding this, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) showed a solid performance in the South African passenger car market from January to September with a market share of 23.2%.

    A bleak picture for SA

    According to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) recorded domestic sales of 49,191 units in September, a decline of 439 units or 0.9% from the 49,630 vehicles sold in September last year.

    Solid performance for VWSA

    From January to September 2019, Volkswagen has sold 52 382 units and achieved a market share of 20.2% in the passenger car market, an increase of 0.6% versus 2018 YTD. The Polo Vivo has been leading the charge and the car was even South Africa’s best-selling passenger car in September with 2,540 sales. VWSA also did well by opening the order books early for the new Volkswagen T-Cross. Records showed that with only nine working days of sales, Volkswagen’s new compact SUV, the T-Cross, sold 810 units in September, an average of 90 units sold every day until the end of the month.

    Audi resurgence

    Premium brand Audi’s market share rose to 17.8% YTD, an increase of 1.2% versus 2018 YTD. From January to September 2019, Audi sold a total of 6 145 units to South African customers.

    Malusi Msomi /Dbn Spotter

    Moving the economy

    Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles reported deliveries of 6,131 units in the light commercial vehicles segment from January to September 2019, an 8% growth compared to the same time last year.  Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ market share also increased to 4.9%, a 0.4 increase, when compared to the same time last year.

    Model offensive

    VWSA says key model introductions such as the Audi A1, Audi Q3, Volkswagen T-Cross as well as Amarok Special Editions in the previous quarter, enabled it to record a strong performance in the first nine months of the year with sales of 64,658 vehicles.

    Categories: Car News, featured  /  Tags: Amarok, Audi A1, Audi Q3, Audi SA, T-Cross, Volkswagen Group South Africa, VWSA
  • Comment

  • Leave a comment Cancel

    Leave a comment
  • Comment

  • Next articleRange Rover Velar SVAutobiography Dynamic Edition launched

    By Staff Reporter The Velar is possibly one of the best looking SUVs out there. Land Ro...

  • Previous articleNew 2020 Isuzu D-Max revealed!

    By Staff Reporter Isuzu has taken covers off its all-new 2020 D-Max bakkie. The major n...

  • More & Related Articles

    New, stylish Volkswagen T-Cross confirmed for SA

    By Staff Reporter Volkswagen will introduce its first compact T-Cross SUV in South Africa in the second half of the year. Based on the same MQB underpinnings found...

    Toyota beefs up Fortuner offering with ‘new’ Fortuner Epic

    By Staff Reporter Toyota SA has beefed-up its Fortuner offering with the introduction of the Fortuner Epic which comes in two version, i.e. the ‘standard’ Fortuner Epic and...

    Driven: updated Toyota C-HR

    By Khulekani Dumisa SUVs are aplenty in Mzansi and something like the C-HR is a bit refreshing. Taking on a coupe form, the updated C-HR (especially with a...

    Honda takes veil off all-new BR-V

    By Otsile Kadiege Honda has taken the wraps off the all-new, second generation BR-V. The compact 7-seater SUV is based on the N7X (New 7-Seater excitement) Concept which was...

    Driven: BMW 2 Series

    Women Crush Wednesday anyone? The BMW 220i is a practical and fun coupe, and frankly all you’ll need if you are looking for something exciting that is also...

    Second-generation Mercedes-Benz GLC breaks cover

    By Otsile Kadiege Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the all-new GLC. The latest iteration of the GLC boasts the automaker’s newest design philosophy, the latest technologies sourced from the German...

    We drive the Range Rover Velar

    It’s #chooseday and the past few days have been amazing. I spent them with the Range Rover Velar. This beautiful car continues to impress us as it did...

    Mercedes-Benz debuts an all-electric EQV in Geneva

    By Staff Reporter Last week, our Khulekani got the opportunity to get close and cozy with the all-electric Mercedes-Benz EQ C and already, the Stuttgart firm has debuted...

    COVID-19

    STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE CURRENT CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND VISIT THE OFFICIAL COVID-19 WEBSITE: WWW.SACORONAVIRUS.CO.ZA


    © 2023 Khulekani On Wheels - Managed by Tech Matters