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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]
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 ...
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) – Prospecton, Durban – Corolla, Corolla Cross, Fortuner, Quantum, Hilux and an assortment of Hino Trucks. Assembly began in 1962, by Motor Assemblies who also built Volvos and Ramblers . [ 31 ]
BMW South Africa; Brandt BRV; Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa; Harper; Isuzu South Africa; Land Systems; Motorite Racing; N4 Trucks; Nissan South Africa; OSI Vintage; SAMIL Trucks; Paramount Group; Puma; Toyota South Africa Motors; Former AMCAR; Delta Motors; Peugeot and Citroën South Africa (PACSA) General Motors South Africa; Glass ...
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 ...
Kyoho kai group – Auto parts company – 211 companies. Kyouei kai group – Logistic/facility company – 123 companies. KDDI (Toyota owns 11.09% of the company); Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Toyota owns 34.6% and is the largest single shareholder in the company; 36.9% of the stock are directly and indirectly (through TV Asahi Holdings Corporation) owned by Asahi Shimbun, making it the ...
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In 2016, van Zyl was appointed chairman of Toyota Motor Sales South Africa and senior managing officer of Toyota Motor Corporation in 2017. He also dealt with the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. [1] He retired from Toyota Motor Europe in April 2021, but remained chairman of Toyota South Africa Motors. [2]