Mzansi recorded the highest sales total of new vehicles for 2025 so far in September, with 54 700 units shifted during that month. Of these, 38 603 units were Passenger Cars and 13 078 were Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs), which includes bakkies, and panel vans. Both the total sales and Passenger cars are the highest since September 2015 and October 2014 respectively.
Dealership sales were 80.1% of the total, with rentals coming in at 15.2%, business fleet at 2.7% and government with 2%.
In terms of movements, we see the top 3 – Toyota, Suzuki and Volkswagen – have remained in the same positions as August 2025. Hyundai and Ford swapped places and kept GWM in 6th place. Isuzu took 7th from Chery, Kia stayed put in 9th. Mahindra and Renault swapped around, while Nissan jumped from 14th to 12th, ahead of the BMW Group. Chery brands Jaecoo and Omoda (they report to naamsa as one company), sold one less car from August for 14th and Stellantis took the last position with 848 units sold.
These were the 15 top-selling car manufacturers in September 2025:
- TOYOTA (including Lexus and Hino) – 14 146
- SUZUKI – 6 072
- VOLKSWAGEN GROUP (including Audi) – 5 763
- FORD – 3 093
- HYUNDAI – 3 005
- GWM (including Haval, Tank and Ora) – 2 620
- ISUZU – 2 478
- CHERY – 2 264
- KIA – 1 706
- MAHINDRA – 1 524
- RENAULT – 1 376
- NISSAN – 1 362
- BMW GROUP (including MINI) – 1 220
- JAECOO AND OMODA – 1 201
- STELLANTIS (including Alfa Romeo, Citroen, Fiat, Jeep, Peugeot and Opel) – 848
