Good kick-off to 2025 with increased vehicle sales
- Industry News
- 4 February 2025
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
Despite the doom and gloom sentiment caused by economic issues and geopolitical perceptions, aggregate new vehicle sales increased year-on-year by 10.1% last month, and year-to-date sales to May 2023 are 3.0% higher than for the same period last year.
Originally scheduled for Abidjan, the third Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) has a new host city and dates.
The coming together of two well-known forces in the vehicle retail sector will in future not only benefit dealerships, but also their customers.
Jeffrey Molefe has been appointed Labour Director of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI). He holds a Bachelor of Law Degree and a postgraduate qualification in Labour Law.
Volvo Car South Africa announced the appointment of Vusi Machie as its new Product & Pricing Manager.
On 17 May, Deloitte hosted a webinar to present its findings on the 2023 South African Automotive Consumer Study.
Reuters reported on 23 May that France, Italy and the Czech Republic are among eight countries pushing to weaken new EU emissions limits for cars.
Several vehicle manufactures used the yearly Nampo Harvest Day held outside Bothaville, to launch and showcase new vehicles and special editions of existing models.
The combination of soccer sessions and life skill lessons unlocks the potential of young women and encourage them to aspire to greatness.
Hyundai and Kia are going to cough up more than $200 million to owners of about 9 million vehicles after a Tik-Tok trend led to a class action lawsuit.
The Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) has expressed concern about the transition to occupational qualifications for apprentice training in the retail motor industry sector in South Africa.
The South African Motor Body Repairers’ Association (Sambra) has appointed Jacques Viljoen as its new National Director.
Stellantis says it is on track and full steam ahead on the way to achieving its goals set out in the company’s Dare Forward plan.
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