2012 Toyota Aygo

Toyota Aygo

Toyota’s Aygo was always pitched at urbanites with tight budgets and even tighter parking spaces, and in South Africa, that’s never been a small audience. Sold new from 2012 to 2018, it’s now a used-only proposition, with just five up for grabs nationwide — all wedged between R88,500 and R154,900. That’s less about spec and more about mileage and how well each has survived Jozi’s potholes or Cape Town’s endless street parking battles. The Aygo’s chief rivals, Volkswagen’s Citigo and Hyundai’s i10, match it for footprint and price once you factor in age. All the Aygo listings are 1.0-litre three-pot manuals—no CVT or auto here, which is a pity if you’re crawling Sandton traffic. But if you want a car that’s cheap to run and easy to squeeze into a mall bay, it ticks the right boxes. On paper at least, the 1.0 X-Play five-door is the more desirable variant, showing up three times between R109,995 and R154,900. The 1.0 Wild three-door is cheaper at R88,500 to R99,500, but you’ll probably be sacrificing some convenience. Average mileage sits at 100,373 km, which is par for the course in a city runabout — and that matters, because cars like this that haven’t been hammered on long-distance commutes tend to wear their age better. What keeps Aygo owners loyal? Simple: it never overpromised. You knew space was tight, so there was no disappointment down the line. No new stock means if you want in, you’ll have to hunt, and with only five available across SA, you’ll need patience or luck.