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Mixed results for SA new-vehicle sales
Car sales rise but bakkies dwindle in April
New-vehicle sales in SA delivered mixed results in April, with cars reporting a 3.9% increase compared to April 2018, but light commercials dropping a substantial 8.1%. According to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa), there were 24,989 new cars sold last month compared to the 24,054 units in the same month last year, with the car rental industry contributing to 8% of the April 2019 figure. Sales of bakkies and light commercials at 9,810 units recorded a notable decline from the 10,676 units sold during April 2018, however. Sales in the low-volume medium and heavy truck segments performed well and at 577 units and 1,418 units respectively, reflected gains of 19.7% (medium commercials) and 7.8% (heavy commercials). On aggregate the total domestic sales at 36,794 units was 266 units (0.7%) up on the 36,528 vehicles sold in April last year April sales glimmered as a beacon of hope for the South African new-car industry as the overall 0.7% rise was the fi...
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