Manufacturers active on different fronts
- Industry News
- 13 June 2025
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
Metair Investments, the JSE-listed automotive components and energy storage manufacturer, is taking steps to "EV proof" the business and is backtracking on initial plans to split the group in two.
BMW Group's Mini brand will be exclusively fully electric by the early 2030s and it will release the last Mini model with a combustion engine variant in 2025.
Nissan has appointed Guillaume Cartier as its new chairperson for the Africa, Middle East, India, Europe And Oceania (AMIEO) region effective 1 April 2021.
The Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa has established a new dedicated state-of-the-art technical training centre close to its vehicle production plant in Silverton, Pretoria.
The customer’s right to repair a vehicle at any aftermarket workshop will become official in South Africa on 1 July 2021.
The total number of franchised new vehicle dealerships in South Africa has declined by about 40 since April 2020 – after the COVID-19 lockdown was introduced – and January 2021, according to the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA).
National Automobile Dealers Association (Nada) chairperson, Mark Dommisse, says new vehicle sales in February were better than expected, but he does not see any need to amend the sales forecast for the 2021 calendar year following the release of South Africa’s latest GDP figures.
Volvo Cars aims to be a fully electric car company by 2030, with all of its models only available online.
Although many blame the COVID-19 pandemic for the changes in the auto market, where consumers are making significant changes in their choice of vehicle, the CEO of Motus Retail and Rental, Corné Venter, says it comes as no surprise.
Automotive business council, Naamsa, has confirmed it will support the Competition Commission’s guidelines for competition in the South African automotive aftermarket.
The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on new vehicle sales is still strongly evident in the latest sales statistics.
Rubicon, a major player in the sustainable energy space in South Africa, is making a big play to expand the electric vehicle charging infrastructure in South Africa.
The South African automotive industry faces a challenging 2021, with new-vehicle prices continuing to climb well above the inflation rate in a market already severely constrained by the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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