Da’car builders in Pietermaritzburg

Among the world’s cross country racers, three South African companies are well known for producing race-winning bakkies.

• 19 October 2020

October is Transport Month

We are halfway through the month of October, known since 2005 as Transport Month, and this year the Department of Transport (DoT) has announced that the theme will be “Together shaping the future of transport”.

• 19 October 2020

Second gross: More important than ever

Dealers are turning to value-added products and services to help improve their profitability but there is still plenty of room for improvement, says Seriti Solution’s Anri Carney.

• 16 October 2020

Lockdown hurt Cartrack's installations

Cartrack Holdings, the listed fleet management, stolen vehicle recovery and insurance telematics group, was hurt in the six months to August 2020 by an inability to instal devices in vehicles because of the COVID-19 lockdown.

• 16 October 2020

Cars.co.za launches Match! to dealers

Cars.co.za, arguably South Africa’s largest automotive platform, has launched its new match-making service for private sellers and dealers after trailing it across Gauteng over the last couple of months.

• 15 October 2020

More job losses expected in auto retail, aftermarket sector

A total of 16 183 jobs were lost in the retail aftermarket between March 1 and September 30 this year, the peak period of the Covid-19 lockdown, according to Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO) statistics.

• 13 October 2020

Discovery Insure now provides vehicle warranty cover

Discovery Insure recently announced the launch of a "world-first" telematics-based vehicle warranty cover. The product is available to qualifying clients who book a service at any Motus dealership or Bosch service centre.

• 8 October 2020

Prepare for a 12-month income gap

Vehicle dealers are facing a 12-month “income gap” because of the disruption of new-vehicle sales by the COVID-19 lockdown and the defleeting of car rental companies.

• 7 October 2020

CMH down in first half

The COVID-19 lockdown has taken its toll on the financial performance of JSE-listed Combined Motor Holdings (CMH), which anticipates reporting a loss for the six months to end-August.

• 2 October 2020

Vehicle sales "better than expected""

New vehicle sales trends showed an encouraging improvement last month (September) despite still declining overall by 23.9 percent to 37 403 units from the 49 140 vehicles sold in September 2019.

• 1 October 2020

More vehicle tax will equal less tax revenue, says NADA

Any increase in the taxes paid on new and used vehicles will increase the overall cost of motoring and have a negative impact on vehicle sales and tax revenue, says National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA) chairman Mark Dommisse.

• 1 October 2020

Motus creates online used car portal

Motus, the vehicle business of Imperial Holdings that was unbundled and separately listed on the JSE, has developed a new online portal where prospective customers will be able to access all the pre-owned vehicle stock in the group.

• 30 September 2020

Flying cars? You better believe it

Most people in the business of selling vehicles think flying cars are pure science fiction, but the first sales of airborne autos is scheduled to happen in 2020.

• 30 September 2020