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The South African Motor Corporation, more commonly known as Samcor, was a South African car manufacturer created in 1985 through the merger of Ford Motor Company of Canada's South African subsidiary and Sigma Motor Corporation (previously known as Amcar), [1] which produced Mazdas for the local market.
Peugeot and Citroën South Africa (PACSA) was taken over by Sigma in early 1979 [6] and French car production was moved from the former PACSA plant in Natalspruit near Alberton to their "Sigma Park" plant east of Pretoria. [7] [8] Sigma's Mazda and Peugeot light commercials were briefly assembled by Sigma Leyland at Blackheath, Cape Town. [8]
[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.
Samcor produced car and commercial vehicle models of the Ford and Mazda brands as well as the South African version of the Mazda 323 as Sao Penza. A source confirms the sale of the Mazda 323 under the Sao Penza brand name in the UK between 1991 and 1992. [7] With the renewed takeover of Samcor shares (45%) in 1994 Ford returned to South Africa. [8]
Basil Green Motors (VIN: BG) is a former car manufacturer and racing team which is located in Edenvale, Gauteng near Johannesburg, South Africa.The company has specialised in Ford vehicles, in which the manufacturer's models are recognised by the brand name Perana added to the model name.
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 ...
In Japan, the B-series was referred to as the Mazda Proceed for much of its production, with several other names adopted by the model line. In Australia and New Zealand, the B-Series was named the Mazda Bravo and Mazda Bounty, respectively; South Africa used the Mazda Drifter name. Thailand used the Mazda Magnum, Thunder, and Fighter names.
1971-1991 Mazda Savanna sports car; 1972–1997 Parkway minibus; 1973–1997 929 full-size car; 1978–2002 RX-7 sports car; 1978–2003 626, export version of the Mazda Capella; 1988–1992 Persona mid-size car; 1988–2002 121 compact car; 1988–1997 MX-6 coupé; 1988–2016 MPV/Mazda8 minivan; 1990–1998 Sentia luxury car; 1990–1998 MX-3 ...