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- Industry News
- 10 February 2025
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
Finance and Insurance managers are an integral part of every vehicle dealership, new or pre-owned. They do not only enable customers to receive a full service in terms of financing and insurance for a vehicle purchase, but also drive dealership profitability.
FUSO Trucks and its authorised general distributor, ZIMOCO, celebrated their newly formed partnership with Baker’s Inn with a substantial delivery of 50 brand-new FUSO FE7-136 trucks in Zimbabwe.
A new player in the commercial vehicle sector is getting ready to enter the market with up to ten dealerships. The aim is to kick off with a dealership in each province and in all the major centres.
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.
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