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Sales of passenger cars fell 30.3% to 248 thousand in South Africa in 2020, according to ACEA.
Historically, sales of passenger cars in South Africa reached an all time high of 482 thousand in 2006 and an all time low of 248 thousand in 2020.
South Africa has been ranked 26th within the group of 64 countries we follow in terms of sales of passenger cars, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
Sales Of New Passenger Cars | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Angola | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.0 | 14.7 | 5.60 | 2.88 | 1.83 | ... | ||||||||||
Botswana | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.90 | 3.40 | 3.50 | 3.50 | 3.53 | ... | ||||||||||
Lesotho | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mozambique | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Namibia | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
South Africa | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 439 | 413 | 361 | 361 | 365 | |||||||||||
Swaziland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Zambia | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.00 | 1.70 | 2.30 | 0.848 | 1.12 | ... | ||||||||||
Zimbabwe | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4.10 | 1.50 | 1.30 | 1.09 | 0.906 | ... |