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2015 Overall Africa Region Auto Industry Sales Figures

Country-level sales figures for total passenger cars in Africa

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Africa Passenger Car Sales for 2015

In 2015, the African automotive market had a soft year. Seventeen out of the twenty eight countries we track had declining new passenger car sales. South Africa, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and just about everybody else in the top ten markets saw a decline.

The indicator estimates the number of new passenger car registrations and sales that took place within a country in a year. Passenger cars are road motor vehicles, other than a motor cycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons (including the driver).

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