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Nissan South Africa also maintains a factory there, manufacturing a vast range of motor vehicles, trucks, light delivery vans (locally known as "bakkies") and 4X4 offroaders. Iveco also operates a plant in the area. [4] In 2012, vehicle manufacturing plants in South Africa contributed about 6.2% to the country's gross domestic product. [5]
From 1971 to 2008, the pick-up model Nissan 1400 was built exclusively in South Africa (initially as Datsun 1200, then as Datsun 120Y or 1400). [20] [21] In total, around 275,000 copies of the Nissan 1400 were sold. [20] Other models made only in South Africa were the Datsun 140Z (mid-1970s) and the Datsun 160Z (1978-1980). [22]
In 2013, Nissan launched the Qashqai SUV in South Africa, along with their new motorsport Qashqai Car Games. [when?] It is the same year when the Datsun brand was relaunched by Nissan after a 27-year hiatus. [123] Nissan launched their Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision in 2016 by revealing the IDS Concept at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. [124]
In South Africa the N14 (aka ES) was built locally by Nissan South Africa. It was only available with FWD as a four-door sedan (badged Sentra) and five-door hatchback (badged Sabre). Originally released in 1994 and given a cosmetic facelift in 1997 rather than being replaced with the N15, it was produced until 2000 and was also exported to ...
Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only 1.5% of the country's land area, it is the most populous province in South Africa, with more than a quarter (26%) of the national population; [7] the provincial population was approximately 16.1 million, according to mid ...
The model in South Africa received a 1.4-liter engine (code A14) in 1980 (or 1984) and was renamed to Datsun 1400 and 1982 respectively to Nissan 1400. [1] [3] [5] In 1985, the Nissan 1400 received a 75 mm higher cab roof and front disc brakes. [5] [6] At about the same time, local (South African) parts content had reached 100 percent. [7]
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The Gauteng Province's total GDP for 2022 was R2.2 trillion (US$ 135 billion), making the province the single largest contributor to South Africa's GDP with a contribution of 33%, [1] despite having only 1.4% of South Africa's land area. [8] Gauteng's Gini coefficient of 0.62 makes it more equal than South Africa (the Gini coefficient of which ...