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- Industry News
- 31 March 2025
Dealer industry news from around Southern Africa
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa has begun full-scale production of the first-ever Ford Ranger Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) at its Silverton Manufacturing Plant.
A vehicle dealership has been fined R200 000 for contravening sections of the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) by refusing a consumer’s request to cancel his vehicle purchase transaction two days after the purchased vehicle’s engine seized.
On Thursday, 27 March from 18:30, Creative Rides will be offering six of the most iconic BMWs of all time at its auction, which is taking place at its showroom in Main Road, Bryanston.
The crime stats for quarter three of last year (October to December) were recently released, and although vehicle related crimes show a decrease in most areas, it still remains very high, says MasterDrive. Other areas, however, saw increases, including the carjacking of business-owned vehicles.
Motus, the JSE-listed integrated automotive business, says the trading environment, including the automotive sector, is expected to remain challenging owing to ongoing economic pressures in its geographies.
At NADA Connect 2025, Dr Jay van Zyl, a South African-born computational social scientist, delivered an enlightening talk on the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) in the automotive retail industry.
At the NADA Connect 2025 conference, economist Dawie Roodt delivered an insightful, albeit controversial, talk on the global economic and political landscape.
As the world unites to celebrate International Women's Day this March under the theme “Accelerate Action”, Digi Cars Group reaffirms its commitment to championing, supporting and empowering women in the automotive sector.
Chery reached a landmark milestone earlier this month when it exported the one-millionth Tiggo 4 to global markets. The vehicle departed from Dalian Port in China, where a special event celebrated this significant achievement.
The Supertech Torque Motoring Festival 2025 is revving up for the first time at Port Shepstone’s Dezzi Raceway in KwaZulu-Natal on 19 and 20 April.
Skills development and the promotion of local supplier growth are at the centre of a Memorandum Of Agreement (MOU) just signed.
Mahindra South Africa is starting its third decade in South Africa with a bang.
Passenger car buyers in South Africa seemed undeterred by some of the economic concerns if one studies the retail vehicle sales figures for February, which show that car sales were up by 17.1% when compared to February 2024,” says Brandon Cohen, Chairperson of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA).
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