Cape Town - New vehicle sales in South Africa showed a "positive trend" with 48 113 units sold in February 2017, reports Naamsa (National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa).
Naamsa said: "The positive trend in new vehicle sales had been maintained during the month, characterised by noteworthy gains in light commercial vehicle, as well as medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales."
The consumer driven new car market has, however, shown a drop in sales.
Unchanged sales
February 2017 aggregate new vehicle sales at 48 113 units has been virtually unchanged from the 48 144 vehicles sold in February 2016. Similarly, February 2017 export sales were also virtually unchanged from last year and reflected an increase of 65 vehicles or a gain of 0.2% compared to the 29 323 vehicles exported in February 2016.
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