Where are your new-vehicle profits hiding?
- Dealer News
- 26 November 2024
Dealerfloor recently met with Annelie Viljoen, Dealer Principal at Nissan, Lichtenburg. We asked her about life as a woman in a man’s world…. Or is it no longer a man’s world?
Dealerfloor recently caught up with Hugh Morgan, Managing Director of the Morgan Group, to talk about cars, running dealerships in the city and the countryside, as well as life away from work.
Dealerfloor chatted with Marius du Toit, Managing Director of the 4Wheels Motor Group, with dealerships in Mahikeng, Vryburg and Lichtenburg, about his other passion of doing business, on-line vehicle auctions. But is not your traditional way of selling new vehicles on-line.
Zane Crawford with the Africa Twin, the adventure bike he prefers to sell.
It all started sixty years ago when Bloemfontein businessman, Barnie Human, founded the Human Auto Group.
The road to the corner office of Lindsay Saker on Katherine Street in Sandton – Audi’s flagship dealership – was not a straight one for Thembinkosi Pantsi.
Dealerfloor recently met with Piet Botha, Dealer Principal at Westvaal Motors in Welkom. This dealership, with its landmark building in the centre of the city’s motor-heartland, recently replaced its Opel franchise with Suzuki. Isuzu, however, remains a mainstay of this dealership.
In June 2020, as most market commentators bemoaned the pedestrian state of vehicle sales, Penta Motors Suzuki in Menlyn sold 105 new cars and set a new all-time sales record for the branch and for Suzuki as a brand.
The busy Hino dealership in Pietermaritzburg saw off stiff competition from Unitrans Volkswagen Commercial in Alberton and Hino Pinetown to remain the MSX NADA Business of the Year in 2020.
On a recent visit to interview the Dealer Principal and other staff at Thorp Motors in Tableview, Dealerfloor shared the waiting room with an older customer, patiently waiting for his car, which was being serviced there.
The Free State was well represented on the winners’ podium at the recently held VW Grand Prix Awards. The awards ceremony, which were held in June, was done via live streaming because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In May this year, as the lockdown eased, Maserati South Africa announced the appointment of its top salesperson, Nagesh Naidoo, to the role of Dealer Principal of Maserati Johannesburg.
As a young man, Ashir Singh (33) had a need for speed that saw him compete in drag races in his Opel Superboss and sign up for numerous advanced driving courses at Kyalami.
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A light on my car’s dashboard came on, and instead of fixing the problem, I waited for the bulb to burn out. Crisis solved.
Jarod Kintz