For the second in a row, the Jetour took honours as a surprise monthly best-seller. Image: Jetour China South Africa’s new vehicle sales concluded 2025 on a recordbreaking note with a full year of increases,and 15 months in total since September 2024. In a topsy-turvy end to the year, which saw Volkswagen regain its runner-up spot to Toyota from Suzuki for the first time since early in the year, Jetour, again, emerged as the biggest surprise thanks in part to the T2, which totalled 441 unit sales.
Parent company Chery, meanwhile, became the best-selling imported brand with the 1 658 Tiggo 4 Pros it moved, placing it fifth overall among the top-selling nameplates. Outside the top 20, the Volkswagen Amarok recorded its highest tally on record with an offset of 598, while the Suzuki Swift slipped out of the top 10 with sales of less than 1 000 units for the first time this year. A month, unsurprisingly, topped by the Toyota Hilux on 2 979, its stablemate, the Corolla Cross, placed second on 2 766, followed by the Ford Ranger with 2 366.
Taking station above the Tiggo 4 Pro in a top five dominated by locally made products was the Volkswagen Polo Vivo, which amassed sales of 2 024. Ranking sixth, the Toyota Starlet edged out its Indian-made countryman, the Hyundai Grand i10, with respective sales of 1 608 and 1 583. Finishing eighth, the Isuzu D-Max completed an even top 10 split between locally made and imported vehicles with 1 563 units moved.
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The Great Wall Motors (GWM) Haval Jolion and Suzuki Fronx rounded the top 10 out with sales of 1 323 and 1 170 units, respectively. Returning to levels last seen before the global pandemic, the December figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) showed a 19.2% increase from December 2024’s 41 101 to 48 983.
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