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There
is less than six months to go before the
Johannesburg International Motor Show, which is set to take place from
30 October through 9 November. In addtion, CAR Magazine will host its
biennial CAR Conference on 5 November - diarise the date now!
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STOP
PRESS: VWSA EXPORT PROGRAMME BOOST
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VWSA
is the latest South African automotive manufacturer
to announce an expansion in its built-up
vehicle export programme, which makes a
welcome change to the doom and gloom in
the local vehicle market due to declining
passenger vehicle sales.
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STOP
PRESS: CHERY POPS INTO SA
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McCarthy
Motor Holdings has announced the launch
of Chery, China's largest domestic auto
manufacturer in South Africa and its product
lineup includes the most affordable new
passenger vehicle in the market.
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LOWE
NEW RS&P MD
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Ramsay,
Son & Parker recently announced that
Stuart Lowe would succeed Harold Eedes as
the company's managing director. As a result
of Lowe's appointment, the Cape Town-based
publishing house is seeking a new Publisher
for RS&P's Automotive division.
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'DOWNTURN
WON'T LAST LONG' - PRETORIUS
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The
current downturn in vehicles sales in South
Africa will not last too long, McCarthy
retail motor group chief executive Brand
Pretorius claims.
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SA
TO HOST AUTOMECHANIKA IN '09
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South
Africa will stage the country's first international
trade fair for automotive parts, equipment
and service providers when Automechanika
South Africa is held at the Johannesburg
Expo Centre, Nasrec, on March 18 to 21 next
year.
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INDUSTRY
FACES BIGGEST UPHEAVAL
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At
a recent presentation of KPMG's global automotive
survey results, Dr. Johan van Zyl, president
of NAAMSA and president and CEO of Toyota
SA expressed his views on the global motor
industry, and the position that South Africa
finds itself in, in this industry.
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WRAP UP:
FIRST QUARTER 2008
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It
seems the SA motor industry's
rather short-lived "honeymoon"
period is over and the road now goes uphill.
Not only has the overall market (including
non-reporters from Associated Motor Holdings)
slumped by 14,3 per cent in the first quarter
of this year, compared with the same period
last year, but industry has been negatively
affected by a multitude of other factors.
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