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The Japanese Toyota Motor Corporation initially acquired 27.8% of the shares in TSAM in 1996, increased this share to 75% in 2002 and finally to 100% in 2009. [1] [3] [4] In 2006, Toyota SA surpassed BMW South Africa as the country's largest automobile exporter. [5] In 2014, Toyota had 8,500 employees in South Africa. [6]
[1] [2] In 2013, the Auto Trader Group sold their South African business, Auto Trader South Africa, which then became a wholly South African-owned business. [3] [4] The autotrader.co.za website is South Africa’s largest automotive marketplace website for buyers and sellers of both new and used cars and other types of vehicles.
Albert Wessels (1 October 1908 - 22 July 1991) was a South African industrialist and the founder of Toyota South Africa. Toyota South Africa can trace its roots back to 1961, when Wessels obtained a permit to import ten Toyopet Stout pickup trucks (popularly known as bakkies in South Africa) from Japan. Toyota products proved to be very popular ...
In 2004, South Africa was responsible for the manufacture of 84% of all vehicles produced in Africa, 7 million of which are on the South African roads. Also in 2004, the industry made a 6.7% contribution to the GDP of South Africa and 29% of all South African manufacturers made up the country's automotive industry. 2004 also saw 110,000 ...
First-generation Ford Bantam (facelift) The first-generation Bantam was introduced in South Africa in 1983. It was intended to compete for market share that was, at the time, almost entirely monopolised by Nissan's B140 1400 Bakkie (which had been derived from the B110 sedan), with the remainder accounted for by the recently released Volkswagen Caddy.
The 1400 Bakkie was assembled by Nissan in Rosslyn, South Africa . [8] Another assembly location for the model was the Aymesa plant in Quito, Ecuador which assembled it under the Datsun brand name as the 1200 PickUp. Further facelifts took place in 2002 and 2005. [6] Later models of the Nissan 1400 had a five-speed gearbox. [9]
Bakkie may refer to: Pickup truck, a South African and Dutch informal term for a pickup truck; Bakkie, Suriname, a resort and town in Suriname; See also.
As of 2016, Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) would export more than 55,000 Hilux and Fortuner units to 74 countries, including Africa (43 markets), Europe (28 markets) and Latin America (three markets). Hilux vehicles sold in South Africa are marketed as 2.4 and 2.8 GD-6 respectively which signifies engine displacement, the GD engine series ...