Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
An astounding 92.9% of member companies’ CEOs of automotive business council naamsa believe domestic new vehicle sales will increase in the next six months.
A local fleet manager walked away with the honour of being named the ‘first’ Best Fleet Manager in the country along with a R10 000 cash prize. Additionally, a South Africa organisation won the title of the Best Company based on their road safety policies.
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) announced the launch of the Toyota Manufacturing Academy (TMA) at the Coastal KZN TVET College in Mobeni, Durban.
The pace of recovery in the new vehicle sales industry outperformed expectations in the first quarter of 2022, according to automotive business council, naamsa.
Toyota will scrap and crush around 4 000 vehicles that were damaged at the manufacturer’s Prospecton plant in Durban during the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal.
Penelope (Penny) Jabulile Mkhwanazi has been appointed as the Senior Vice President for Revenue Generation Rest of Africa and International Markets by Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf).
Ctrack, with years of experience in vehicle tracking and fleet management, is now taking its product offering to new heights by launching its new data management solution.
The Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) has given its support to Automechanika Johannesburg, South Africa’s leading international trade fair for the automotive service industry, which will be taking place at the Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec, from 7-10 June 2022, sponsored by Absa.
Bridgestone Southern Africa (BSAF) has been certified a Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) contributor.
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) anticipates that it will lose about 45 000 units in production because of flood damage and the subsequent suspension of production at its plant in Prospecton in Durban.
It appears increasingly likely that Toyota South Africa Motors’ (TSAM) production plant in Prospecton south of Durban will not resume production for at least 12 weeks while clean-up operations take place at the plant.
South Africa’s motor industry showed immense resilience in April 2022, which was a month of severe disruptions, says the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (Nada).
JSE-listed vehicle retailer, Combined Motor Holdings (CMH), delivered “exceptional” financial results for the year to end February 2022 despite the national shortage of inventory during the second half of the year.
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