Suzuki South Africa Beat Toyota and Volkswagen to Claim the Top Selling Passenger Car Brand Title in May
- Japanese carmaker Suzuki was the best-selling passenger car brand overall in South Africa for the first time in its history
- The brand's popular Swift was its best-selling model with 1 764 units sold - a new record for the hatchback and sedan model
- Suzuki dealers sold more 3 000 units in May with total retail sales of 3 100 units, most of the remaining vehicles were sold through its government, rental and fleet sales division
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Suzuki has reason to celebrate after the South Africa arm of the Japanese carmaker broke its own record for the most new cars sold in a month for a total of 4 331.
For context in the South African car sales market, Suzuki beat major players Toyota and Volkswagen to the top spot in the passenger car sales list.
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The Japanese carmaker pointed towards its dealers strong performance which saw them sell more 3 000 units according to MotorPress. The remaining 1 229 cars were sold to the government and rental car companies as well as fleet sales.
The carmaker's top performers are indicative of what South Africans are buying across the market, with the Swift topping out at 1 764 units followed by the diminutive S-Presso with 783 units, the compact SUV Vitara Brezza at 530 units, the iconic Jimny sold 428 units and the Ertiga MPV finishes the list with 305 units.
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The brand is launching its newest model the Baleno next week.
Suzuki’s New Well Equipped 2022 Baleno Hatchback Is Heading to Dealers in Mzansi, This Is How Much It Costs
The all-new Suzuki Baleno is heading to South African dealers shortly after its global launch with everything that luxury hatchback customers could ask for, Briefly News reports.
Suzuki Auto South Africa will introduce four models of the all-new Baleno, with a high level of safety and luxury in all models and the option of manual or automatic transmissions in both specification levels.
For the all-new model, Suzuki has added even more specifications to both the GL and GLX range, making it the uncontested luxury leader in its segment.
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