Toyota South Africa Motors

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Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd.
legal form Property Limited
founding 1961
Seat eThekwini , South Africa
Number of employees 8500 (2014)
Branch Automobile manufacturer Commercial vehicle manufacturer
Website www.toyota.co.za

Toyota South Africa Motors (Pty) Ltd ( TSAM for short ) is an automobile manufacturer based in Prospecton in the South African metropolitan municipality of eThekwini and a subsidiary of Toyota .

history

In 1959 the first Toyota model (a Land Cruiser) was exported to South Africa, followed two years later by ten of the Stout .

The production of Toyota models at Motor Assemblies began in 1962 or 1963. At the end of 1964, the sales organization Toyota SA, founded three years earlier, took over the majority of Motor Assemblies.

In 1978 (or 1979) TSAM finally acquired 100% of the shares in Motor Assemblies.

The Japanese Toyota Motor Corporation initially acquired 27.8% of the shares in TSAM in 1996, increased this stake to 75% in 2002 and finally to 100% in 2009.

In 2006, Toyota SA replaced BMW South Africa as the country's largest automobile exporter.

In 2014, Toyota had 8,500 employees in South Africa.

Models

At Motor Assemblies, Toyota flatbed trucks such as the Toyopet Stout were initially produced. In 1966, the Corona began manufacturing the first Toyota-branded passenger car. Engine production began in November 1966.

The Hilux has been manufactured in South Africa since 1970, and Hino commercial vehicles have also been produced since 1974. Production of the Corolla began in May 1975.

The models manufactured by TSAM are also exported: the Corolla to Australia since 2003 and to Europe since 2007, the Hilux Pickup to Europe and Africa since 2005.

With the Toyota Conquest and Tazz , TSAM followed a similar approach (long construction period of an outdated model, relatively little model maintenance) as Volkswagen with the Citi Golf and Nissan South Africa with the Nissan 1400 . The model was sold as the Conquest from 1986 and as the Tazz from 1996 to 2006 . From 1996 to 2006 alone, TSAM sold 207,169 copies of the Tazz and was market leader in its class for eight (of eleven) years during this period. The smaller Aygo and Etios are regarded as successors to the Tazz .

In 2013, the one millionth Corolla was manufactured in South Africa.

In 2014, the Toyota plant in Prospecton near Durban produced the Hilux, Fortuner, all Hino models and Ses'fikile taxis from kits.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c 75 Years of Toyota: Activities by Region - Africa. In: toyota-global.com. August 1, 2016, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  3. ^ A b c d e f M. Compton, TJ Gallwey: Motor Assemblies Limited. A small South African Assembly Plant that became a major manufacturer , 2009.
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  7. ↑ Norman Lamprecht: The impact of the Motor Industry Development Program (MIDP) on the export strategies of the South African light motor vehicle manufacturers (1995-2008) , dissertation at the University of South Africa, Pretoria 2009.
  8. ^ "South African Automotive Policy Evolution", in: automechika. Catalog 2013 ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2017 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. , Pp. 62-71. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.automechanikasa.co.za
  9. ↑ Toyota ditches Tazz. In: Wheels July 24 , 2006, accessed February 5, 2017 .
  10. ^ A b Jeanette Clark: Toyota launches Tazz replacement , in: Moneyweb of May 21, 2012.
  11. ↑ Irma Venter: Toyota hopes to fill Tazz void with new Aygo. In: engineeringnews.co.za. April 11, 2011, accessed February 1, 2017 .
  12. ^ New Milestone for Toyota SA Motors , press release from Toyota SA Motors dated November 27, 2013.