Mzansi Luxury Car Sector: Top 4 Best Selling Lux Car Brands in SA for March 2022, Porsche at #1

Mzansi Luxury Car Sector: Top 4 Best Selling Lux Car Brands in SA for March 2022, Porsche at #1

  • South African car sales in the luxury car sector saw a total of 174 units sold in the month of March as Porsche increased their sales compared to February by a small margin
  • The uptick in sales saw an increase of just below 3% across the luxury sector including brands such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bentley
  • Across the entire industry sales in March 2022 came in at 50 607 units, the highest monthly sales total since the pre-pandemic October 2019

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Luxury car sales in South Africa were largely

There was good news to take from the new car sales and vehicle export data in March 2022. New vehicle sales in South Africa for March 2022 were recorded at 50 607 units, the highest monthly sales total since October 2019.

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Mzansi Luxury Car Sector: Top 4 Best Selling Lux Car Brands in SA for March 2022, Porsche at #1
Porsche and Ferrari were the top-selling luxury car brands in South Africa for March 2022. Image: NetCarshow
Source: UGC

In comparison to the sales figures for March 2021, the total vehicles reflected an increase of 7 184 units, or 16,5%, from the 43 423 vehicles sold in March 2021, Naamsa reports.

According to In4Ride editor Thami Masemola Porsche increased their sales by three units, Ferrari posted a positive month of 11 sales for an increase of five models while Lamborghini stood firm at six units sold in February and again in March.

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Here are the best-selling luxury cars in Mzansi for March 2022:

Porsche - 157

Mzansi Luxury Car Sector: Top 4 Best Selling Lux Car Brands in SA for March 2022, Porsche at #1
Porsche improved on its sales figures in February 2022. Image: NetCarshow

Scuderia SA (Ferrari) - 11

Mzansi Luxury Car Sector: Top 4 Best Selling Lux Car Brands in SA for March 2022, Porsche at #1
Ferrari's sales in March stood steady for the brand. Image: NetCarshow
Source: Facebook

Lamborghini - 6

Mzansi Luxury Car Sector: Top 4 Best Selling Lux Car Brands in SA for March 2022, Porsche at #1
The Italian luxury carmaker is making good strides in South Africa. Image: NetCarshow
Source: UGC

Bentley - 1

Mzansi Luxury Car Sector: Top 4 Best Selling Lux Car Brands in SA for March 2022, Porsche at #1
Bentley didn't have a great sales month in March. Image: Newspress
Source: UGC

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Porsche had a great month while Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley all sold more than five cars in February, despite starting prices from the carmakers costing over R1 million.

Interestingly, their product offerings in Mzansi may not be as wide as other manufacturers but German carmaker Porsche was still able to sell over 150 cars, despite only having seven model ranges.

Source: Briefly News

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Sean Parker Sean Parker is a motoring journalist with over 10 years' experience, who started out in the industry as the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists' Bursar student. Since then, the Cape Town-born editor has gone on to launch a national newspaper called Gears and Gadgets and worked for the country's premier online and print motoring publications before joining Briefly News to head up its Car & Tech section. He enjoys watching live sport and can't wait for F1 to make its debut in Mzansi.