South Africans are increasingly prioritising value when buying new cars, with affordable base-spec models dominating the top-selling derivatives in the second quarter of 2026.

South Africans are increasingly prioritising value when buying new cars, with affordable base-spec models dominating the top-selling derivatives in the second quarter of 2026.

There is a strange contradiction sitting at the heart of South Africa's automotive sector in 2026. By one measure, it has never performed better: naamsa's Automotive Trade Manual…