{"id":40855,"date":"2025-11-04T03:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/strong-demand-drives-south-africas-vehicle-sales-to-decade-high-levels-in-october\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T03:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:16:10","slug":"strong-demand-drives-south-africas-vehicle-sales-to-decade-high-levels-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/strong-demand-drives-south-africas-vehicle-sales-to-decade-high-levels-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Demand Drives South Africa\u2019s Vehicle Sales to Decade-High Levels in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African motor industry continues to defy expectations, posting another month of exceptional growth. According to naamsa | The Automotive Business Council, total vehicle sales in October reached 55,956 units &ndash; the highest monthly total since March 2015 &ndash; while passenger car sales of 39,610 marked the strongest performance since October 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These figures are even better than we anticipated,&rdquo; said Brandon Cohen, National Chairperson of the National Automobile Dealers&rsquo; Association (NADA). &ldquo;Foot traffic in franchised dealerships was encouraging throughout October, but the magnitude of these results, achieved despite tight household budgets and historically low consumer confidence, is remarkable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The FNB\/BER Consumer Confidence Index fell to -13, signalling ongoing consumer strain amid inflation, job concerns and tighter household budgets. Yet, as Cohen notes, &ldquo;interest rate cuts earlier this year, easing fuel prices, and a stronger&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=75146&#038;page=strong-demand-drives-south-africa-s-vehicle-sales-to-decade-high-levels-in-october\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African motor industry continues to defy expectations, posting another month of exceptional growth. According to naamsa | The Automotive Business Council, total vehicle sales in October reached 55,956 units &ndash; the highest monthly total since March 2015 &ndash; while passenger car sales of 39,610 marked the strongest performance since October 2012. &ldquo;These figures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Checklists%20to%20follow%20when%20Buying%20a%20Used%20Car.JPG","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/Checklists%20to%20follow%20when%20Buying%20a%20Used%20Car.JPG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}