Alfa Romeo South Africa

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Alfa Romeo South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
legal form Property Limited
founding 1962
resolution December 1985
Seat Brits , South Africa
Branch Automobile manufacturer Commercial vehicle manufacturer

Alfa Romeo GTV6 for the South African market

Alfa Romeo South Africa (Pty) Ltd was an automobile manufacturer in Brits, South Africa and a subsidiary of Alfa Romeo .

history

In 1958 the first copies of the Giulietta were imported to South Africa. The first vehicles were later assembled in South Africa by Car Distributors and Assemblers (CDA).

Alfa Romeo South Africa was founded in 1962. With CDA's assembly lines at full capacity, Alfa Romeo moved production to Rosslyn Motor Assemblers in 1967 . In 1971, construction began on its own factory in Brits, where production began two years later.

In December 1985 production in South Africa was stopped after heavy losses.

South Africa was at times the most important market for Alfa Romeo outside of Italy. Alfa Romeo was also successful in South African motorsport.

Models

In addition to the Alfasud, the factory in Brits produced the 2nd generation of the Giulietta as well as the Alfetta and Alfa 33 . In addition (from 1978) the Fiat 128 (also as a pick-up) and the Fiat Elita . Other models were the Alfa Romeo GTV and the Alfa 6 . Some models (Alfasud, Giulietta, GTV) were also made that were not available in Europe, for example a Giulietta with 150 bhp (112 kW) or a GTV with 3 l displacement. This GTV, which can be recognized from the outside by a large scoop, developed 174 hp (128 kW), was intended for motorsport and 212 copies were produced from 1984 to 1985. This model was the fastest car built in South Africa at the time.

In the past two years, the Brits factory has also produced nearly 4,500 Daihatsu Charade . These were intended for the South African or the Italian market.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g L'Alfa Romeo in Sud Africa on the Club Alfa Sport website .
  2. ^ A b M. Compton / TJ Gallwey: Motor Assemblies Limited. A small South African Assembly Plant that became a major manufacturer , 2009.
  3. ↑ Du Plessis, Johannes Hendrik, N Analise van Distributiekoste en Besparingsmoontikhede vir die Motoronderdelevervaardigers van die Suid-Transvaal: met spesiale Verwysing na Houerverkeer ( Memento of August 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Johannesburg 1978, p. 26.
  4. ^ European Motor Business , Issues 4–7 (1986), p. 96.
  5. ^ A b c d Adrian Burford: A sporting heart stills beats , in: Automotive Business Review . February 2009, p. 30.
  6. ↑ a b Fred Schnetler: A century of cars , Tafelberg 1997, p. 69.
  7. ↑ Tim Rauen: Alfasud International ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on alfasud.alfisti.net. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / alfasud.alfisti.net
  8. ↑ a b From the archives: Alfa Romeo GTV6 3.0 , in: CarMag.co.za of October 11, 2011.
  9. ↑ Alfa Romeo GTV6 3 liters: la bomb south africaine! , in Boîtier Rouge on April 30, 2015.
  10. ↑ History ( Memento of October 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on www.toyota.com.au.