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- Industry News
- 7 February 2025
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
NADA welcomed the improvement of 4.8% in new vehicle sales for January 2023.
Armed with several new strategies, Mitsubishi Motors South Africa is looking ahead to a successful 2023.
On 30 January the Renault Group announced in a statement that, subject to the approval of its board of directors, it has reached an important milestone in its discussions on defining new foundations for the group’s partnership with Nissan Motor Co, Ltd.
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) is to make vehicle theft much more difficult with new technology that will stop criminals who are currently using sophisticated methods to steal cars.
South African auto industry stakeholders can look forward to a compact schedule of highly focused events over a time span of two weeks in August/September.
The year 2022 has been wrapped up, and automotive site Motor1 has crunched the numbers to determine the world’s top selling vehicle models.
Towards the end of last year, dealers we spoke to told Dealerfloor that we had reached the end of the used car price madness.
Ford South Africa has a multitier CSR programme that saw the organisation donate approximately R26-million towards various community projects and initiatives over the course of 2022.
Daimler Truck Southern Africa Ltd (DTSA) has shown its commitment to South Africa with the purchase of Sandown Motor Holdings (Pty) Ltd (SMH).
Enviro Automotive, the importer and distributor of Dongfeng Sokon Automobile’s (DFSK) battery-electric vehicles, announced plans for local production in December 2022.
Wilfried Porth is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mercedes-Benz South Africa. He follows in the footsteps of Dr Joachim Schmidt who retired at the end of 2022.
FAW Trucks South Africa sponsored the third Phatje Youth Annual Sports tournament, which kicked off in October 2020 and is the brainchild of Phatje Justice Pitso, as a yearly event.
The continuing growth in new vehicle sales in South Africa continues to confound forecasters, says the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA).
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