Toyota Hilux or Ford Ranger? The battle for the title of South Africa's best-selling bakkie continues. So, what happened with June's sales?

We've already reported that new vehicle sales in South Africa fell some 10,6% to 44 939 units in June 2016.

And we've also taken a look at the individual figures released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa), picking out the 10 best-selling passenger cars for the month.

Now, we're turning our attention to the light commercial segment, and have identified the 10 best-selling bakkies of June 2016.

The Toyota Hilux stayed on top in June, with the gap to the second-placed Ford Ranger narrowing to 224 units. The Nissan NP200, meanwhile, climbed two places to claim third.

That saw the Isuzu KB drop one spot to fourth, ahead of the Chevrolet Utility, which likewise fell one to fifth. The Nissan NP300, meanwhile, held steady in sixth, while the Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up and Volkswagen Amarok again claimed seventh and eighth respectively.

The new Fiat Fullback (look out for our first test in the August issue of CAR magazine) made its first appearance on the list – at ninth – despite going on sale very late in the month, while the Mahindra Scorpio Pik-Up returned to round out the table.

That means there's no space for the Mahindra Bolero (64), Nissan Navara (50), Mazda BT-50 (46) and Mitsubishi Triton (with just a single unit sold).

See the top ten list below, and have a look at May’s figures here.

South Africa's 10 best-selling bakkies of June 2016

  1. Toyota Hilux – 3 072

  2. Ford Ranger – 2 848

  3. Nissan NP200 – 1 076

  4. Isuzu KB – 1 043

  5. Chevrolet Utility – 964

  6. Nissan NP300 – 664

  7. Toyota Land Cruiser Pick-up – 392

  8. Volkswagen Amarok – 207

  9. Fiat Fullback – 70

  10. Mahindra Scorpio Pik-Up – 66

Original article from Car