VFACTs October 2023: Ford Ranger posts best monthly sales result so far in 2023

The Ford Ranger posted its best monthly sales result so far in 2023, with the Blue Oval shifting a total of 5949 new 4x4 vehicles in October.

When combining these 4x4 sales with 4x2 figures, the Ranger ranks as the best-selling new vehicle in the country for the month, with a total of 6215 units delivered. This places it ahead of its perennial rival, the Toyota HiLux, which registered a total of 5766 sales (4829 of which were 4x4 variants).

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Isuzu’s D-MAX rounds out the top three on the overall sales charts and continues to be a success story for the Japanese marque. Isuzu delivered a total of 3198 D-MAX models in October (2591 of which were 4x4 variants), with the ute surpassing 20,000 4x4 sales so far in 2023.

The Toyota Prado regained the mantle as the best-selling SUV on the 4x4 charts, outselling the Ford Everest and LandCruiser 300 Series in October.

Absent from the top 10 charts last month, both the Triton and Amarok reappear with 1324 and 1024 sales respectively. Still missing from the charts, though, is the Nissan Navara, with just 374 sales posted in October.

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The GWM Ute leapfrogged the LDV’s T60 to become the best-selling budget buy, registering a total of 553 sales compared to 463 for the T60. A total of 268 SsangYong Musso 4x4s were delivered in October, while GWM also shifted 99 Tank 300s for the month.

In the battle of the brutes, the RAM 1500 outsold the Chevrolet Silverado by 282 units to 217.

More than one million new vehicles have now been delivered so far in 2023 continues to break all-time sales records. In October, 38.3 per cent of sales were either in LCV, large, or upper large SUV categories.

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Top-selling 4x4s in October 2023

Top-selling 4x4 models YTD 2023