Two machines,
one community.
The two vehicles the club is built around — and what owning one is actually like.
The club exists for two vehicles — the T1 as the daily with genes, and the boxy T2 the trail runs are built around. Full trim ladders, real SA specs and pricing, and the member notes the brochure won't tell you.
The daily that never misses a run.
The one the convoy forms around.
Where they actually stand.
Jetour T2 — South African Car of the Year 2026
Announced 27 May 2026 by the South African Guild of Mobility Journalists, judged from 18 finalists by a 25-juror panel. The first Chinese brand to take the title in the award's 40-year history.
Source · SA Guild of Mobility Journalists, via The Citizen (29 May 2026)
- T2 sales, first half of 2026
- 4 942
- T1 sales, first half of 2026
- 2 471
- Jetour SA, July 2026
- 2 034 units
- Chinese brands, share of SA passenger market
- 16.8%
- Crossover and SUV share of light-vehicle sales
- 43.5%
- Jetour dealer network
- Over 55
The 4th best-selling Chinese vehicle in South Africa over the period.
NAAMSA registrations via cars.co.za · Jan–Jun 2026
6th best-selling Chinese vehicle over the same period.
NAAMSA registrations via cars.co.za · Jan–Jun 2026
9th of all brands in South Africa that month, and the 3rd-largest Chinese brand behind Chery and GWM.
NAAMSA Flash Report, July 2026 · Jul 2026
Up from 11.2% the year before. NAAMSA described the shift as a structural reset rather than a surge.
NAAMSA annual data, via Reuters · Full year 2025
The largest bodyshape in the country, and the fastest growing. The T1 and T2 are monocoque crossovers, so they sit in this set rather than with the ladder-frame Fortuner group.
Lightstone Auto · H1 2025
Grown from the 40 dealerships the brand launched with in September 2024.
Jetour South Africa · Apr 2026
How well do the T1 and T2 hold their value?
Nobody can answer this yet, and anyone who gives you a number is guessing. The models only reached South Africa in November 2025, and residual-value studies here work on a three-year window — so the first real figures cannot exist before roughly late 2028. What is published, for the category rather than these models: three-year depreciation on established Chinese SUVs measured to 2025 came in around 25–30%, which held up well against comparable legacy rivals.