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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.
Beijing Automotive Group developed a factory in 2018 outside Gqeberha.The facility claims a production capacity of 50,000 units per annum. As of July 2024, no vehicles are in full production, with the facility running a skeleton staff, although it plans to fully assemble the Beijing X55 locally, and begin constructing the Foton Tunland G7 from 2027.
It is approximately 15 km (9 miles) east of Church Square, the centre of Pretoria. The township of Mamelodi is nearby, and many of Samcor's labour force came from there. On the main site is the assembly plant itself and two office administration buildings. Adjacent is the Parts & Accessories warehouse which includes the Customer Service offices.
NAPCO continued making 4x4 kits for a few more years, then refocused on heavy-duty trucks, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 tons and larger. Eventually, NAPCO sold the rights to their 4x4 business to Dana, a manufacturer of transfer cases and Spicer brand driveline components. All the archives, documentation and parts were all absorbed by DANA. who originally ...
1938 Datsun 17T truck. The Datsun truck line began with the Type 13 truck of April 1934, and was later used as the basis of the Datsun DC-3 roadster.A series of small trucks based on their passenger car counterparts, the 14T, 15T, and 17T, continued to be built until early 1944.
Centurion (previously known as Verwoerdburg and before that Lyttelton) is an area with 236,580 inhabitants (2011 census) in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, between Pretoria and Midrand.
The Mercedes-Benz X-Class (W470) is a pickup truck that was sold by the German automaker Mercedes-Benz, a division of German multinational company Daimler AG.Unveiled at a world premiere in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2017, the pickup took its chassis from the Nissan Navara and employed many Mercedes-specific features and technologies, including some engines not shared with the Navara.