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The following year, it was merged with Ford South Africa to create the South African Motor Corporation (Pty) Ltd., known as Samcor for short. [15] In 1988, Ford Canada divested its equity interest in Samcor and donated most of it to the Samcor Employees' Trust. [16] However, Samcor continued to build Ford as well as Mazda and Mitsubishi ...
Since 2008, UVM was as a subsidiary of the South African defense contractor Ivema (Pty.) Ltd. [2] As of 2015, the vehicle is produced by Uri Purposely Built Vehicle (PTY) LTD of Rustenburg, also in South Africa [3] whose cofounders, Andre Squire and Raymond Squire, purchased over all intellectual property in 2015. [4]
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.
In 1988, Ford withdrew from South Africa for economic and political reasons. [6] 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]
Birkin Cars; 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 ...
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 ...
Vehicle hire. First Car Rental. First Car Rental is the car rental subsidiary of Combined Motor Holdings Limited. First Car Rental operates out of 49 branches in South Africa. First Car Rental is a SAVRALA member (South African Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association). [3] The company is listed as one of the Top 500 Best Managed Companies in ...
Based on the Capri Perana V8 racing cars were built for the South African Saloon Car Championship. The Z 181 was the only Group 5 car and won 13 of 14 races in the 1970 season and topped the lap records on every course. After a change of the rules to stop this dominance, Basil Green built 6 cars for the Group 2. One of these cars won the ...