South Africa May 2026: Jetour breaks records, places T2 inside Top 10 for the first time

10 June 2026 at 02:01

The Jetour T2 breaks into the South African Top 10 in May.

New vehicle sales in South Africa sign an incredible 19th consecutive month of year-on-year gains in May at +12.8% to 51,071 units. This is the biggest May volume in 13 years: since the 53,997 sales of May 2013. Toyota (+3.3%) retains the brands top spot with 20.9%, albeit lower than the 22.3% it commands year-to-date. Suzuki (+0.2%) is stable at #2 ahead of a very dynamic Volkswagen Group (+15.6%). Hyundai (-6.1%) is in difficulty while Ford (stable) rounds out the Top 5. GWM (+25.9%) and Chery (+28.8%) post fantastic gains but are not as impressive as Jetour (+225.8%) reaching record volumes (2,020) and share (4%). Omoda/Jaecoo (+48.2%) and Stellantis (+26.5%) also shine below.

Model-wise, the Toyota Hilux (-3.9%) delvers another win just before its generation changeover, and distances the VW Polo Vivo (+51.3%) now ahead of the Ford Ranger (-3.4%) year-to-date. The Chery Tiggo 4 (+64.1%) repeats at #4, a ranking it now also holds YTD. Solid performances also by the GWM Haval Jolion (+20.8%) and Hyundai Grand i10 (+19%). The event of the month is the Jetour T2 breaking into the Top 10 for the first time at #10. Notice also the GWM P-Series (+98%), Ford Territory (+80.7%) and VW Amarok (+47.9%) with the Jetour T1 cracking the Top 30 at #29.

Previous month: South Africa April 2026: Market up 13%, Jetour T2 just outside Top 10

One year ago: South Africa May 2025: GWM (+71.7%), Mahindra (+62%) excel in market up 22%

Full May 2026 Top 47 All manufacturers and Top 50 models below.

South Africa May 2026 – manufacturers:

Pos	Manufacturer	May-26	%	/25	Apr	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Toyota	10,667	20.9%	+ 3.3%	1	58,236	22.3%	+ 3.5%	1	1
2	Suzuki	5,546	10.9%	+ 0.2%	2	28,928	11.1%	– 1.1%	2	2
3	Volkswagen Group	5,295	10.4%	+ 15.6%	3	25,352	9.7%	+ 3.9%	3	3
4	Hyundai	3,054	6.0%	– 6.1%	4	15,353	5.9%	+ 1.0%	4	4
5	Ford	2,932	5.7%	+ 0.0%	5	14,068	5.4%	+ 5.2%	5	5
6	GWM (incl. Haval)	2,605	5.1%	+ 25.9%	6	13,002	5.0%	+ 36.2%	6	6
7	Chery	2,569	5.0%	+ 28.8%	7	11,991	4.6%	+ 25.1%	7	8
8	Jetour	2,020	4.0%	+ 225.8%	8	8,815	3.4%	+ 236.1%	9	15
9	Mahindra	1,429	2.8%	– 6.2%	14	8,474	3.2%	+ 4.3%	10	10
10	Isuzu	1,371	2.7%	– 30.1%	11	10,180	3.9%	+ 0.5%	8	7
11	Omoda and Jaecoo	1,369	2.7%	+ 48.2%	9	6,895	2.6%	+ 67.8%	12	14
12	BMW Group	1,349	2.6%	+ 7.7%	10	6,634	2.5%	+ 7.4%	14	13
13	Kia	1,312	2.6%	– 6.7%	12	7,834	3.0%	+ 11.9%	11	9
14	Renault	1,240	2.4%	– 4.8%	13	6,702	2.6%	– 2.3%	13	11
15	Stellantis	811	1.6%	+ 26.5%	17	3,409	1.3%	+ 32.2%	16	16
16	Nissan	789	1.5%	– 13.0%	15	5,488	2.1%	– 17.6%	15	12
17	BYD	748	1.5%	new	16	2,042	0.8%	new	21	–
18	Tata PC	605	1.2%	new	18	1,655	0.6%	new	22	–
19	FAW Trucks	567	1.1%	+ 16.4%	20	2,557	1.0%	+ 20.4%	19	18
20	Mercedes	508	1.0%	– 2.9%	22	2,612	1.0%	+ 4.6%	18	17
21	Foton	495	1.0%	+ 92.6%	21	2,532	1.0%	+ 141.4%	20	19
22	MG	455	0.9%	new	19	2,771	1.1%	new	17	24
23	JAC	302	0.6%	+ 43.8%	23	1,527	0.6%	+ 41.3%	23	22
24	Daimler Trucks	267	0.5%	– 15.2%	24	1,310	0.5%	– 8.3%	24	20
25	Jaguar Land Rover	231	0.5%	– 4.5%	31	1,208	0.5%	– 3.9%	26	21
26	UD Trucks	229	0.4%	+ 39.6%	29	950	0.4%	+ 12.2%	29	28
27	Volvo Group	224	0.4%	+ 64.7%	30	840	0.3%	+ 14.8%	31	29
28	Mazda	215	0.4%	+ 8.6%	27	1,072	0.4%	– 8.9%	27	23
29	Scania	206	0.4%	– 27.2%	26	790	0.3%	– 11.0%	32	27
30	Changan	200	0.4%	new	36	615	0.2%	new	34	41
31	BAIC	190	0.4%	– 25.2%	25	957	0.4%	– 15.7%	28	26
32	Man	185	0.4%	+ 66.7%	33	631	0.2%	+ 6.4%	33	31
33	Honda	161	0.3%	– 19.5%	32	1,244	0.5%	+ 27.9%	25	25
34	Mitsubishi	156	0.3%	– 6.6%	28	869	0.3%	+ 6.5%	30	30
35	LDV	131	0.3%	new	–	131	0.1%	new	44	–
36	Porsche	103	0.2%	+ 12.0%	34	498	0.2%	+ 2.0%	35	33
37	Sinotruk	101	0.2%	+ 48.5%	37	456	0.2%	+ 63.4%	36	36
38	Powerstar	92	0.2%	– 4.2%	35	439	0.2%	– 7.4%	37	32
39	Volvo Cars	90	0.2%	+ 87.5%	38	416	0.2%	+ 0.7%	38	34
40	Tata	76	0.1%	+ 15.2%	39	264	0.1%	– 24.6%	39	35
41	Subaru	48	0.1%	+ 60.0%	41	170	0.1%	– 17.9%	41	37
42	VECV South Africa	41	0.1%	+ 95.2%	40	220	0.1%	+ 113.6%	40	40
43	Babcock	31	0.1%	+ 138.5%	44	155	0.1%	+ 74.2%	42	42
44	Shacman	21	0.0%	n/a	42	124	0.0%	n/a	45	43
45	Iveco	14	0.0%	– 46.2%	43	155	0.1%	– 10.9%	43	39
46	Proton	14	0.0%	– 76.7%	46	41	0.0%	– 85.7%	46	38
47	Ferrari (Scuderia)	7	0.0%	– 12.5%	45	26	0.0%	– 7.1%	47	44

South Africa May 2026 – models:

Pos	Model	May-26	%	/25	Apr	2026	%	/25	Pos	FY25
1	Toyota Hilux	2,448	4.8%	– 3.9%	1	15,358	5.9%	+ 13.8%	1	1
2	VW Polo Vivo	2,335	4.6%	+ 51.3%	3	10,555	4.0%	+ 12.9%	2	2
3	Ford Ranger	2,073	4.1%	– 3.4%	2	10,322	4.0%	+ 2.4%	3	3
4	Chery Tiggo 4	2,059	4.0%	+ 64.1%	4	9,252	3.5%	+ 60.7%	4	8
5	Hyundai Grand i10	1,829	3.6%	+ 19.0%	6	7,355	2.8%	+ 4.2%	7	7
6	Suzuki Swift	1,588	3.1%	– 13.8%	5	9,081	3.5%	– 13.4%	5	4
7	GWM Haval Jolion	1,345	2.6%	+ 20.8%	7	6,164	2.4%	+ 17.0%	8	11
8	Toyota Corolla Cross	1,210	2.4%	– 25.7%	8	5,785	2.2%	– 22.3%	9	5
9	Suzuki Fronx	1,177	2.3%	– 3.4%	9	5,782	2.2%	+ 8.0%	10	10
10	Jetour T2	1,090	2.1%	new	11	4,024	1.5%	new	16	n/a
11	Isuzu D-Max	1,009	2.0%	– 31.5%	10	8,344	3.2%	+ 2.2%	6	6
12	Toyota Starlet	992	1.9%	– 4.5%	17	5,512	2.1%	– 14.9%	11	9
13	Toyota Starlet Cross	944	1.8%	+ 36.0%	22	4,329	1.7%	– 4.6%	13	13
14	Toyota Vitz	881	1.7%	+ 41.2%	15	5,297	2.0%	+ 92.3%	12	16
15	Omoda C5	858	1.7%	+ 24.9%	12	4,318	1.7%	+ 48.7%	14	21
16	Suzuki Ertiga	841	1.6%	+ 16.6%	13	3,860	1.5%	+ 10.0%	19	19
17	VW Polo	713	1.4%	– 7.0%	14	3,883	1.5%	– 4.2%	18	17
18	GWM P-Series	689	1.3%	+ 98.0%	21	3,082	1.2%	+ 83.6%	24	29
19	Kia Sonet	689	1.3%	– 20.8%	19	4,264	1.6%	+ 1.2%	15	12
20	Toyota Rumion	665	1.3%	+ 7.6%	16	3,637	1.4%	+ 60.4%	21	27
21	Mahindra XUV3X0	636	1.2%	+ 19.1%	32	3,623	1.4%	+ 21.5%	22	23
22	Mahindra Scorpio Pik Up	632	1.2%	– 19.6%	23	3,959	1.5%	– 6.2%	17	18
23	Toyota Fortuner	570	1.1%	– 16.1%	20	3,366	1.3%	+ 0.1%	23	20
24	Toyota Hiace	553	1.1%	– 10.4%	28	3,004	1.2%	– 3.6%	25	22
25	VW T-Cross	541	1.1%	– 21.1%	25	2,343	0.9%	– 7.5%	29	24
26	Nissan Magnite	500	1.0%	– 12.3%	24	3,767	1.4%	– 11.6%	20	15
27	Ford Territory	495	1.0%	+ 80.7%	39	1,914	0.7%	+ 41.5%	38	39
28	Toyota Land Cruiser 70	495	1.0%	+ 35.6%	26	2,331	0.9%	– 4.5%	30	26
29	Jetour T1	448	0.9%	new	44	2,073	0.8%	new	31	n/a
30	Renault Kwid	444	0.9%	+ 13.0%	35	1,938	0.7%	– 22.2%	36	25
31	Hyundai i20	432	0.8%	+ 8.3%	29	2,409	0.9%	+ 45.5%	28	38
32	VW Amarok	417	0.8%	+ 47.9%	33	2,004	0.8%	+ 48.9%	34	36
33	Tata Tiago	408	0.8%	new	36	1,180	0.5%	new	n/a	–
34	Suzuki Baleno	386	0.8%	+ 4.0%	38	1,938	0.7%	– 6.0%	37	28
35	GWM Haval H6	374	0.7%	+ 33.1%	31	2,019	0.8%	+ 41.7%	32	31
36	Chery Tiggo 7	333	0.7%	– 24.1%	30	1,808	0.7%	– 13.2%	40	35
37	Renault Triber	333	0.7%	+ 8.1%	27	2,418	0.9%	+ 38.3%	27	37
38	Toyota Prado	323	0.6%	n/a	45	2,015	0.8%	n/a	33	n/a
39	Renault Kiger	310	0.6%	– 37.0%	37	1,942	0.7%	– 8.5%	35	33
40	Suzuki S-Presso	299	0.6%	n/a	40	1,770	0.7%	n/a	n/a	40
41	Suzuki DZire	294	0.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
42	Jetour Dashing	293	0.6%	– 22.3%	42	1,691	0.6%	+ 8.6%	n/a	34
43	Nissan Navara	288	0.6%	– 26.0%	41	1,671	0.6%	– 25.0%	n/a	30
44	Citroen C3	278	0.5%	+ 44.8%	48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
45	Hyundai Exter	263	0.5%	– 28.5%	34	1,845	0.7%	– 4.3%	39	32
46	JAC T-Series	261	0.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
47	Suzuki Eeco	255	0.5%	+ 6.7%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
48	Jaecoo J5	253	0.5%	new	47	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
49	BYD Dolphin Surf	242	0.5%	new	43	783	0.3%	new	n/a	–
50	VW Polo Sedan	220	0.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Source: NAAMSA

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