Racing cars for Germany to be built by VW in Kariega
- Industry News
- 7 February 2025
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
It’s an almost all-electric affair at this year’s World Car of the Year Awards.
Audi South Africa recently launched their fully electric e-tron brand in South Africa along with a thought-provoking launch campaign, the “Story of Progress”, aligned to local industry shapers and pioneers who are showcasing their efforts within the futuristic fields of digitalisation, design, performance and sustainability.
Michelin Tyre Company SA has attained Level 1 Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) certification.
Supplies of new locally produced Toyota vehicles to the brand's dealer network are expected to be negatively impacted by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal.
A brand-new, state-of-the-art Nissan Navara assembly plant was opened in Ghana by the country’s president, HE Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo. The new plant is located in Tema, just outside Accra, the capital city of the country.
The National Automobile Dealer Association (NADA) is amazed by the buoyancy of new vehicle sales.
The new vehicle market’s performance continued to exceed expectations during the month of March 2022, says automotive business council, naamsa.
Two significant projects by Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA), both of which are aimed at ensuring functional literacy by the age of 10 for Kariega learners, reached milestones worth celebrating.
Lubin Ozoux recently completed his first year as CEO of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (SRSA), manufacturer of the Dunlop, Sumitomo and Falken tyre brands. He took up the position during the height of South Africa’s second COVID-19 wave, facing and conquering some interesting occupational trials.
WesBank CEO, Chris de Kock, has decided to retire at the end of June.
Jean-Philippe Parain is the new Senior Vice-President Sales Regions Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa for BMW.
It has been a bumpy ride for a couple of years for the South African motor industry, with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and stock shortages exacerbating an already bleak situation underpinned by a poorly performing local economy.
Stellantis, which was established last year through a merger between the French-based PSA Group and the Italian-American conglomerate, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), has an ambitious growth strategy for the South African market.
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