Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
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).
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.
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