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• South Africans love their bakkies and the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger are the two most popular.
• AutoTrader analysis reveals the 10 most driven bakkies with a 2019 record year.
• The Fiat Fullback was first launched locally in 2016.
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While the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger may dominate the new vehicle sales statistics, the Fiat Fullback is currently the most driven bakkie on South Africa’s roads.
This has been revealed after an analysis of data pertaining to bakkies listed on AutoTrader. The analysis reveals the 10 most driven bakkies with a 2019 record year (which were listed in October 2020). AutoTrader It is the largest digital automotive market in South Africa. As such, it provides unmatched insight into car buying patterns in the country.
The Fiat Fullback ranked first, with an average mileage of over 50,000 km, while the Hilux (the best-selling new vehicle in South Africa) came in seventh and the Ford Ranger (the best-selling used vehicle in South Africa) ranked eighth.
The ranking of the Fiat Fullback, which was first shown to the world at the 2015 Dubai International Auto Show and then launched in South Africa in mid-2016, is perhaps surprising as it has never topped the sales rankings in this country. .
However, for the first time in a long time, it made the top 10 best-selling new bakkies list last month (October 2020). With 59 units sold, it reached the tenth position.
Fiat Fullback: 59 new units sold in October 2020
According to George Mienie, AutoTrader CEO, although the Fiat Fullback is not one of the best-selling new bakkies in South Africa, its performance in the most driven rankings is a clear indication that the owners of these bakkies have confidence in them. “The rating indicates the Fiat Fullback’s perceived reliability as a workhorse. Owners are perfectly happy to put mileage on these willing and capable commercial vehicles,” he notes.
The Fullback is available in 4×2 and 4×4 versions, and as a single or double cab. It is powered by a 2.4-liter gasoline engine and 2.4 or 2.5-liter turbo-diesel engines.
Owners of the Toyota Land Cruiser 79, the sixth best-selling new bakkie in October 2020, clearly feel the same way. It is currently the second-most-driven bakkie in South Africa, with an average mileage of just over 49,000 km.
The Isuzu D-Max and Mahindra Bolero also get the nod in terms of customer confidence, coming in third and fourth when it comes to the most driven bakkies. The appearance of the D-Max is no surprise; it consistently ranks in the top five for new bakkie sales in South Africa. Last month, for example, it ranked fourth with 1,131 sales.
Source: October 2020, Autotrader
