https://newsletter.en.creamermedia.com
Africa|Automotive|Business|Environment|Export|Rental|Trucks
Africa|Automotive|Business|Environment|Export|Rental|Trucks
africa|automotive|business|environment|export|rental|trucks

New-vehicle sales up 12.5% in November, exports down 3.9%

1st December 2025

By: Irma Venter

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

Font size: - +

November new-vehicle sales, at 54 896 units, jumped by 12.5% compared with the same month last year.

naamsa | The Automotive Business Council said on Monday that South Africa’s domestic new car and truck market was boosted by easing inflation, meaningful fuel-price relief, a more accommodative interest rate environment, and a strengthening sovereign risk profile following the country’s first credit rating upgrade in nearly two decades.

Year-to-date, the new-vehicle market was now 15.4% ahead of the corresponding 11 months last year.

The new-passenger-car market gained 11% in November, to reach 39 158 units.

Car rental sales were central to passenger volumes, accounting for 21.2% of sales as the sector prepared for peak holiday demand, noted naamsa.

Sales of new bakkies, minibuses, panel vans and small trucks increased by 20.5%, to 13 048 units.

Sales of medium trucks, at 698 units, inched down by 0.6%, while sales of heavy trucks and buses increased by 1.3%, to 1 992 units.

Vehicle exports reached 35 848 units in November, which was a 3.9% drop from the same month last year.

Year-to-date export volumes, however, remained 5.6% ahead of the same period in 2024.

 

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Comments

Showroom

Industrial Nozzles & Systems (Pty) Ltd
Industrial Nozzles & Systems (Pty) Ltd

Industrial Nozzles & Systems (Pty) Ltd (Est. 2000) exclusive representative in Southern Africa for LECHLER GmbH (Est. 1879) - Europe's leading...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
SafeQuip
SafeQuip

SafeQuip is a leading distributor and manufacturer of fire safety solutions, offering a comprehensive range of products designed to meet all...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Magazine round up | 28 November 2025
Magazine round up | 28 November 2025
28th November 2025

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.162 0.278s - 196pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now