BREAKING: New car sales numbers are out! March 2026 appears to have been a roaring success for the automotive industry, with a total of 58 060 new vehicles sold, according to industry organisation naamsa. These of course include Passenger Cars, Light Commercial Vehicles, Medium Commercial Vehicles, Buses, and Heavy Commercial Vehicles. This is up 17.3% on March 2025 and also up on the 53 383 units sold in February 2026.
The following were the top-selling Passenger and LCV manufacturers for March 2026:
- Toyota (including Lexus and Hino) – 13 323
- Volkswagen Group (including Audi) – 5 574
- Suzuki Auto – 5 047
- Isuzu – 3 513
- Hyundai – 3 258
- Ford – 2 828
- GWM (including Haval, Tank and Ora) – 2 777
- Chery – 2 390
- Mahindra – 2 280
- Jetour – 1 768
- Kia – 1 646
- BMW Group (including MINI) – 1 588
- Nissan – 1 487
- Omoda and Jaecoo – 1 433
- Renault – 1 407
- Stellantis – 714
- MG – 689
- Foton – 604
- Mercedes-Benz – 595
- BYD – 589
- Tata Motors – 515
- Honda – 348
- JLR (including Jaguar, Land Rover and Range Rover) – 319
- JAC – 314
- Mitsubishi – 241
- Mazda – 209
- BAIC – 177
- Changan – 118
- Volvo Cars – 101
- Porsche – 92
- Subaru – 48
- Proton – 10
- Scuderia (Ferrari) – 6