Vehicle sales reported by NAAMSA for August show a continued stable trend with total sales of 33 867 units for the month.

"While the market trend remains stable August sales will have been buoyed marginally by a carry over of units that were not reported as sales in July because of strike action in the last few days of the month," says Andrew Kirvy, Toyota's Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing. "Nonetheless the signals in the industry remain positive with dealers reporting improved showroom traffic."

Toyota recorded sales of 7 710 units for the month and was also the leader in export sales with 2 710 vehicles sold to markets outside of South Africa. The Hilux was once again the star performer in the market as the overall best selling vehicle with sales of 2 378 units.