Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
The case against South Africa’s four major tyre companies and the SA Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) for alleged price fixing commenced before the Competition Tribunal on Monday, more than 10 years after the Competition Commission initiated it.
Most consumers would prefer an in-person experience when purchasing their next vehicle, according to the 2022 Deloitte Global Automotive Consumer Study.
The Competition Commission has referred FirstRand Bank Limited, WesBank, and Toyota Financial Services South Africa Limited (TFS) to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution on allegations of dividing the market by allocating customers or suppliers.
Suzuki Auto South Africa broke virtually every single sales record in one month with huge sales success in January.
The Top 25 Finalists for the 2022 South African Car of the Year (COTY) competition has been announced. This competition, staged by the South African Guild of Mobility Journalists (SAGMJ), has run continually since 1986.
Renault Group, Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, the members of one of the world’s leading automotive alliances, announced common projects and actions to accelerate and to shape their shared future towards 2030.
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) kicked off 2022 with 12 480 sales in January. With this, TSAM matched its pre-COVID-19 figures in the first month of the year.
Waldemar André Christensen is the new Vice-President and Managing Director of the Volvo Group Southern Africa. He replaces Marcus Hörberg, who will be joining the Volvo Trucks team in France.
Franchised dealers made a flying start to a year that promises to build on the upward trend experienced in 2021, says Mark Dommisse, chairperson of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA).
The new passenger car market registered an impressive increase in sales in January 2022, growing by 26.6% to 30 037 units from the 23 732 new cars sold in the corresponding month in 2021.
Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf) has appointed Marcia Noxolo Mayaba as the new department executive for dealer and business development.
Mercedes-Benz is to launch five full battery electric vehicles (BEV) in the South African market in 2022.
Audi South Africa announced a partnership with GridCars to install ultra-fast charging stations across the country and will become the first electric vehicle brand to invest in this technology through publicly accessible sites.
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