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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]
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 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]
Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa competes in the Dakar Rally. Between 2002 and 2009, the Toyota Racing team competed in Formula One. Toyota won the highest class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 5 consecutive times from 2018 to 2022, competing with the Toyota TS050 Hybrid and Toyota GR010 Hybrid.
The SA was Toyota's first new passenger car design (as opposed to updating the AA) after World War II.It was the first in a family of vehicles before the introduction of the Crown.
The South African Rally Championship has seen the exciting development of the new Africa Rally 1 (AR 1) category car, competing in the NRC 1 class. A normal Aspirated 1600 Turbo, AWD car. The newcomers to this class are the Hyundai i 20 , Mazda 2 and Toyota Starlet .