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- Industry News
- 11 February 2025
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
New vehicle dealer confidence declined by a massive 16 points on a 100-point scale to 47 index points in the third quarter of 2021, according to the RMB/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) business confidence index.
The Peugeot 2008 is the overall winner of the 2021 South African Car of the Year competition by the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ).
Cash-strapped motorists will soon have to fork out more money for online registrations, online appointments for licence renewals and online change of ownership.
Subaru Southern Africa has teamed up with South African NGO The International Math Club Alliance (TIMCA) to improve numeracy and mathematical competence in under-privileged communities around the country.
Four schools in the Brits region received more school equipment, supplies and uniforms worth more than R140 000 from Bridgestone South Africa.
Hyundai and Mini both achieved Platinum Status – the top accolade - in the passenger and light commercial vehicle category of the 2021 National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA) Dealer Satisfaction Index (DSI) survey, which measures dealers’ satisfaction with various automotive brands.
Mercedes-Benz is hedging its bets over the dominant car powertrain of the future.
There is a disparity between new vehicle sales and jobless rates, says Absa.
Good news for the South African economy and especially for the larger Pretoria region is the increase in jobs at Ford’s Silverton Assembly Plant.
Mercedes-Benz Buses and Putco Limited took another step in their partnership as they cut the ribbon in celebration of the official handover of the 100th bus.
Ford South Africa MD, Neale Hill, anticipates vehicle supply disruptions and vehicle availability challenges in the fourth quarter of this year because of constraints in the supply of semiconductors and computer chips.
JSE-listed automotive group, Motus, is projecting an improvement in annual total industry sales of between 450 000 and 470 000 vehicles during the group’s financial year to end-June 2022.
More than 4 million vehicles and 7 decades later… this is the story of Volkswagen South Africa’s manufacturing plant in Kariega.
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