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- Industry News
- 20 November 2024
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
Volkswagen has reaffirmed its commitment to the development of the automotive industry in Ghana with the opening of a new vehicle assembly facility in Accra, in the West African country.
The world’s premier mountain bike stage race, the Absa Cape Epic, and Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) announced a new partnership wherein the latter becomes a headline sponsor of the event until 2025.
While it is easy for auto manufacturers to make flowery claims about fuel consumption, ISUZU Motors South Africa has decided to do a real-world experiment to prove its claims about its bakkie range, especially the 1-9Ddi models.
On Friday, 9 March, the top three finalists in each category of the 2023 World Car Awards were announced, and Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 featured in three categories.
Stellantis has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) to develop a manufacturing facility in South Africa.
The Kariega plant of Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) kicked off March by reaching yet another milestone: the 100 000th unit of the current Polo for the local market.
A fleet of ten Volkswagen Polo Vivos have been handed over to the Centre for Early Childhood Development (CECD) and the Ntataise Trust to assist early childhood development.
Learners in underprivileged areas benefit from Renault SA in partnership with the Motus Imperial Trust, through the donation of the second of two fully equipped mini-libraries.
One of South Africa’s favourite motorsport events, the Simola Hillclimb in Knysna, will see a record number of manufacturers joining in the action this year.
The latest Naamsa CEO index reveals that 67% of Naamsa CEOs believe domestic new vehicle sales will increase in the next six months.
Learning to read and the joy of reading received a boost with Ford joining a campaign that has been going for 25 years assisting learners and teachers in this regard.
An annual survey on autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles has found that Americans’ fear of these vehicles has risen by 13%.
German company, Sono Motors, announced late in February that the group was abandoning the development of a solar-powered passenger vehicle.
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