In September, Toyota maintained its popularity despite suffering severe production losses due to the strike in the manufacturing industry and the current strike in the component manufacturing industry.

The brand recorded sales of 9751, and further managed to export 1913 units. Strong sales came from the passenger car market and were spearheaded by the Etios which increased sales by 506 units from August.

The decline in sales will weigh heavily on overall vehicle sales growth for 2013 which has dropped to 5% compared to the same period last year. This is well below many initial industry growth estimates of 10% or more, explains Calvyn Hamman, Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Toyota.

Here is a breakdown of Toyota sales summary for September 2013 including Top 5 model sales, and the brands top 5 used cars according to views on cars.co.za.

Toyota new car sales summary for September 2013

Total new car sales: 9751 units

Total market share: 17.9%

Total passenger vehicle sales: 5654 units

Total Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) sales: 3799 units

Top 5 Toyota new passenger car sales – September 2013 (compared to August 2013)

Toyota Hilux – 2739 units (3339)Toyota Etios – 2358 units (1852)Toyota Corolla/Auris – 1005 units (821)Toyota Fortuner – 821 units (945)Toyota Quantum – 676 units (1122)

Most popular used Toyota cars in South Africa for September 2013 (in terms of views on Cars.co.za)

Toyota CorollaToyota HiluxToyota YarisToyota FortunerToyota Tazz

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