Where are your new-vehicle profits hiding?
- Dealer News
- 26 November 2024
Their love for Nissan and the retail motor business is a family affair. With dad, mom, son, daughter and son-in-law all involved in the motoring trade, true passion is not hard to find in this family.
The recovery in the demand for new vehicles after the initial lockdown scare, is surprisingly good, especially in Rustenburg.
“Being an independent new car retail dealership has its advantages”, says Anru de Wet, the co-owner and Dealer Principal of Klein Karoo Toyota in Oudtshoorn.
For more than a century, Vereeniging and the surrounding Vaal auto enthusiasts have been proudly serviced by Team Vaal and its subsidiaries, which currently include Mazda Vereeniging, Vereeniging Motors and Dutton Motors in Sasolburg.
Kia South Africa – through its local holding company, Motus – is participating in the Youth Employment Service (YES) programme, which calls on business to assist government in creating critical work experience opportunities for young people across the country.
Travelling on the N3 on your way to the south coast is an experience many if not most people living inland are all too familiar with. And the trip wouldn’t be the same without a stopover in the Free State town of Harrismith just before crossing into KwaZulu-Natal.
Be better tomorrow than today and be better today than yesterday. This is the motto he adheres to in his day-to-day running of the dealership he has been put in charge off.
A story of a dream come true for Robert Maposa (43), a gardener at one stage and now an LLB-graduate receiving his first car.
Vernon Landsberg is a rare breed in the car business. He knows a lot about signage and previously sold boats for ages before turning to Toyota.
Apparently, a Jamaican Proverb says, “Mi old, but mi nuh cold”, meaning – do not underestimate the value of the elderly.
To be pro-active is the way to do business in the difficult circumstances car dealers face during this time and even more so when you are new to a region.
A family business dating back to the 1940s in the Karoo town of Victoria West led to the establishment of two Ford dealerships in the town and neighbouring De Aar.
For the second time in the history of Volkswagen’s Grand Prix Awards, the ceremony, which was themed ‘Drive Your Future’, was streamed on a virtual platform owing to COVID-19 safety regulations.
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