Racing cars for Germany to be built by VW in Kariega
- Industry News
- 7 February 2025
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
The third National Association of Automotive Components and Allied Manufacturers (NAACAM) Show, and the first one since 2019 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be hosted in Tshwane from 30 August until 1 September 2023.
We are not out of the woods yet, says TransUnion.
Days before ending production for the year, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA), celebrated a production milestone when it reached the two millionth unit built locally of its popular Polo and Polo Vivo models.
South Africa’s new vehicle market last month registered its 11th consecutive month of year-on-year growth, according to automotive business council, naamsa.
New vehicle sales continued to astound, says the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (Nada).
Isuzu Motors South Africa announced its new expanded board of directors, effective from 1 December this year. This happens at the back of just 4 years of a journey of end-to-end business transformation to drive growth and expansion for the local OEM.
Nobuhle Renqe is the new Department Executive for Corporate Planning, Strategy and Business Planning at Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf).
Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (SRSA), part of global tyre and rubber company Sumitomo Rubber Industries, has invested more than R2.1 billion in a “state-of-the-art”, purpose-built 180 000 m2 tyre manufacturing facility.
Improved new vehicle sales in the fourth quarter of this year were insufficient to markedly improve the confidence of vehicle dealerships in the quarter, according to the RMB/BER business confidence index (BCI).
Barloworld has confirmed the planned unbundling of its car rental and leasing business via a JSE listing.
Isuzu Motors South Africa is on a drive to assist small businesses with easier accessibility to commercial vehicles.
The SATMC (South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference) has appointed Lubin Ozoux, CEO of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd, as the new SATMC chairperson.
Ghana Msibi, CEO of WesBank, is optimistic over the prospect of vehicle affordability in South Africa, following the successful naamsa/ South African Auto Week.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
George Carlin