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yundai Motorsport has revealed a four-
crew, three-car line-up for the 2023 FIA
World Rally Championship (WRC), with
new and returning faces contesting the compa-
ny’s tenth season in rallying’s top competition.
Joining the already confirmed Thierry Neu-
ville for a complete season will be Finnish driver
Esapekka Lappi. The 2017 Rally Finland winner
has claimed three podiums in a part-time 2022
campaign, finishing third on snow in Sweden, on
gravel in Finland and on tarmac in Ypres.
A third Hyundai i20 N Rally1 will be shared
between the highly experienced Spaniard Dani
Sordo and Irishman Craig Breen.
Sordo has been with Hyundai Motorsport
since the company’s inaugural season in the
WRC and has played an integral part in its
growth and development. Breen formerly drove
for the team between 2019-2021, taking four
podium finishes.
Hyundai Motorsport president Sean Kim said:
“Experience has been the priority for our 2023
WRC line-up. With Thierry, Esapekka, Dani and
Craig, we have a strong combination of drivers
who can lead us into a new season. We ended
the 2022 championship with a 1-2 result in Rally
Japan, but next year we will face fresh competi-
tion from our rivals. We fully expect the experi-
ence and talent of our crews to help us perform
at the highest level in all events.”
aamsa has released their quarterly review
of business conditions for the South Afri-
can motor vehicle manufacturing indus-
try, for the third quarter of 2022, as submitted
to the Director-General, Department of Trade,
Industry and Competition.
Industry vehicle sales, export, and import sta-
tistics for 2013 through 2021, together with current projections for 2022
and 2023, are reflected in the document. Highlights from the third quarter
of 2022 include;
The strong performance in new vehicle sales increasing by 16,9 percent
compared to the corresponding quarter in 2021 and 17,6 percent compared
to the previous quarter should be seen in the context of the impact of the
adverse economic disruptions that occurred during the third quarter 2021
and the recovery from the impact of the severe flooding in KwaZulu-Natal in
the previous quarter 2022.
New energy vehicle [NEV] sales by 13 industry brands increased by 29,1
percent from 738 units in the second quarter to 953 units in the third quar-
ter 2022.
Third quarter 2022 industry employment reflected an increase of 690
jobs to reach 34 300 positions at end September 2022.
Average industry capacity utilisation levels during the third quarter 2022
reflected an overall increase in line with the recovery in vehicle production
following the impact of the KwaZulu-Natal flood-
ing disaster during the previous quarter
Aggregate capital expenditure by the major
vehicle manufacturers in 2021 recorded its sec-
ond highest level on record at R8,8 billion.
South African vehicle production during the
third quarter 2022 reflected a substantial increase
of 49,2 percent compared to the corresponding quarter 2021 when vehicle
production was negatively affected by the cyber attack on Transnet’s opera-
tions as well as the adverse economic disruptions in the country at the time.
Third quarter 2022 vehicle exports increased by a massive 92,2 percent
compared to the corresponding quarter 2021 which was characterised by
the cyber attack on Transnet’s operations and force majeure declared which
negatively impacted port operations at the Durban port and consequently
the industry’s vehicle export performance at the time.
The naamsa CEOs Confidence Index, as an in-house leading business
confidence indicator of current and future developments in the domestic
automotive industry, reflects the sentiment expressed by the naamsa CEOs
for the third quarter 2022 compared to the third quarter 2021 as well as
automotive business conditions and the country’s economy in general for
the next 6 months.
View the full report
Naamsa releases third quarter
review of business conditions
Hyundai announces new WRC
line up
inDustry news
ngen is set to delight customers with an exciting new offering called Café 365
which will be housed in Engen’s new look Quickshop & Co premium stores.
The first two stores opened in the Western Cape during November at Engen
Protea Heights Convenience Centre in Brackenfell and Engen Tierberg Convenience
Centre in Parow.
“Café 365 has been thoughtfully designed with South African lifestyle needs in
mind, meaning whoever you are, or wherever you’re headed, you will feel at home
and very welcome at Café 365 every day of the year,” comments Enoch Hermanus,
Engen’s General Manager: Retail.
Engen is targeting an extensive national rollout of Café 365 across its market lead-
ing 1 000+ South African retail service station network by the end of 2023.
“This will bring the Café 365 experience to patrons across South Africa ensuring
ready access to its friendly and convenient food experience, which features a range
of everyday treats, tasty baked goods and healthy snacks, accompanied by Engen’s
unique blend of coffee that originates from Guatemala, Brazil and Tanzania,” says
Hermanus.
With a business strategy that places the customer front and centre, Engen is firmly
focused on continually evolving its food convenience offerings and forecourts to meet
customers’ changing needs.
ogner Motor City Workshop in Edenvale, Gauteng, is the first
MIWA member to become a fully equipped gas conversion fit-
ment center.
Owner Andrea Bogner Botha explains that the workshop worked close-
ly with Attie Serfontein (ARA National Director) and Frank Mac Nicol (ARA
National Chairman and ARA Free State and Northern Cape Regional Chair-
man), who were the early initiators and are the current custodians of the
gas project, to achieve this accomplishment, which sees them taking a sig-
nificant step into the future. “We’ve known for a long time that there is a
clear need to diversify and specialise and as a result of the fallout of the
COVID pandemic, coupled with challenges like rising fuel prices and our ev-
er-changing economy, this was made even more apparent,” says Bogner.
ARA first piloted its powered by gas programme in June 2020 at two of
its workshops in Randburg, Gauteng and Virginia in the Free State.
“Bogner Motor City Workshop needs to be applauded for being the
first of our MIWA members to successfully complete the conversion,”
says MIWA National Chairman Dewald Ranft.
Bogner believes that many more MIWA workshops will be equipping
themselves to do gas conversions in the coming years, especially as gas
is more affordable than petrol and has several other advantages. “It of-
fers similar performance to petrol, for example, and has good fuel effi-
ciency, but also assures longer engine life and high daily mileage. With
this in mind, we believe there will be a significant switch over in the near
future – which means that the time to prepare for this change is now,”
concludes Bogner.
bogner motor city workshop in edenvale, gauteng, is the first of the
motor industry workshop association (miwa) members to become a fully
equipped gas conversion fitment center. pictured here are andrea bogner
botha and the team from bogner motor city workshop.
Bogner Motor City Workshop
embraces gas conversion
Engen’s all new Café 365 set to
further delight South Africans
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