Car industry to recover faster?

A lot has been said about the lockdown owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the current economic contraction and reduced income for many people in South Africa, leaving the question whether all industries, and specifically the car industry, will be able to recover and if so, how quickly.

• 3 August 2020

Mitsubishi halts all new model introductions to Europe

Mitsubishi Motors, part of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi triumvirate, recently announced that it is freezing all new model introductions to Europe.

• 3 August 2020

Mike Whitfield at the helm of AAAM

Mike Whitfield, second-generation chairman of Nissan South Africa, has just been elected president of the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) at the organisation’s recent annual AGM.

• 29 July 2020