By Otsile Kadiege

Lately, Suzuki Auto South Africa has been breaking sales records thanks to the brands popular models like the Swift and Baleno to name a few. The automaker’s local arm continued with the momentum last month after 4 309 vehicles were sold in the short month of February, a jump of 33% over the same month last year. Suzuki ended February with a 13.85% share of the passenger vehicle market.

According to naamsa, the automotive business council, the auto industry grew by 2.6% in January with total sales of 45 352 units. Of this, 29 976 units were passenger vehicles. In February, the Suzuki Swift found 1 367 new homes, followed by the Suzuki Baleno (655 units) and Suzuki Jimny (129 units). The new generation Suzuki Celerio sold 127 units.

The naamsa sales report also noted that Suzuki’s dealer network sold 3 401 units, a new dealer record and the second-most vehicles through this channel in the industry.