SA’s top Kia dealership shares its vision and aspirations
- Dealer News
- 11 February 2025
Times maybe difficult, but new model releases and model upgrades could boost dealerships’ sales volumes tremendously.
A decade or so ago, prospective buyers called or walked into Mercedes-Benz Paarl and asked the young blonde woman on the sales floor to talk to a salesman. Over the last four years everyone insists on talking to Desiré van Deventer and no one else.
Selling new luxury vehicles in coastal towns is not the easiest task on hand.
Notwithstanding the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to all sectors of the economy, one dealership can boast that its sales are already getting close to its average for the last seven years.
A master technician from Mitsubishi, who cut his automotive teeth on the East Rand, recently became the first Mitsubishi Top 10 Globally Certified Training Instructor in South Africa.
When Charles Pratt, one of KwaZulu-Natal’s most influential car salesmen, retired after 50 years in the business — he says he had yet to sell a single car.
Towards the end of last year, Peugeot Citroën South Africa appointed its new dealer for the Somerset West/Helderberg region, which opened its doors in November 2019.
Selling VW parts out of an old church building while wearing a white, short safari suit, the official workwear, are some of the fond memories Otto Schoeman recalls.
Volkswagen recently hosted its annual Grand Prix Awards online and recognised the best performing dealers in its South African network.
The listed Motus group has said that it may have to close some of its dealerships.
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