The Volkswagen Polo is still South Africa’s most popular passenger car. Figures released today show the Polo sold 1 492 units in the month of April 2009 to cap a total of 3 843 passenger cars for VW last month. The nearest rival to VW sold 1 000 fewer cars than the German group.
“Audi, despite tough market conditions,” said VWSA Sales and Marketing Director Mike Glendinning, “continued its momentum in the Premium segment with the sale of a noteworthy 650 units during April, capturing 3.9% share of the passenger market and 20% of the Premium market.”
The total market for passenger cars was 16 748 in April which was a 38.8% dip on April 2009 and 28.3% down on March 2009. The market it seems, is still not ready to recover despite successive rate cuts by the Reserve Bank. South Africans are just too much in debt to be thinking about buying new cars.
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