16-763: BMW South Africa (Pty) Ltd. is an automobile manufacturer based in Rosslyn , South Africa . The company is part of the BMW group. As early as 1929, the first BMW motorcycle was imported to South Africa by a private individual. The first cars of the brand in 1952 was a BMW 501 . However, the assembly of BMW automobiles did not begin until 1968 by Praetor Monteerders in Rosslyn. The company also assembled Jeep models. In 1970, BMW bought shares in Praetor Monteerders to completely take it over in 1975, thus establishing BMW South Africa, and
32-508: A greater diversification of the assembly. Other sources name the year 1965 as the opening year. The company was renamed Datsun Nissan South Africa Ltd. in 1973 and, according to one source, focused on the sole production of Nissan products sold under the Datsun brand. Ten years later (1983) the name of the company was changed to Nissan SA. With the start of production of the Fiat Uno in 1988,
48-588: A new parent company called Automakers SA Ltd. was founded. This company was located in Sandton . In one source, this company is also referred to as Nissan Automakers SA . In the year 2000 (or already 1997 ), Nissan acquired a 37% stake in Automakers SA Ltd. One year later, the name was changed to Nissan South Africa Pty. Ltd. . The Rosslyn plant employs around 2,000 people. In addition to Datsun models that were produced between 1967 and 1973, vehicles of
64-458: A plant in the area. In 2012, vehicle manufacturing plants in South Africa contributed about 6.2% to the country's gross domestic product. This Gauteng location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nissan South Africa Nissan South Africa Pty Ltd is an automobile manufacturer based in Rosslyn , South Africa , and a subsidiary of Nissan . In
80-488: The Alfa Romeo brand were also produced. Added to this were Rambler vehicles (January 1968 to 1969) and Renault models (from 1968). In the next few years, the product range was supplemented by vehicles from the brands Peugeot and Citroën . From 1971 to 2008, the pick-up model Nissan 1400 was built exclusively in South Africa (initially as Datsun 1200, then as Datsun 120Y or 1400). In total, around 275,000 copies of
96-644: The Alpina B6 . 204 to 215 vehicles were built. Another designation called the 325is was also only made for the South African market. South African BMW 3 Series models have also been exported to Australia since 1994 and to other countries since 1999. After the take over of the Rover Group , the marketing and producing of Land Rover vehicles began. Since 2018, the X3 (G01) series has been manufactured in Rosslyn (in addition to
112-483: The BMW 5 Series was produced in South Africa from CKD kits. The original 5 series was produced until 1985, after which the interior and the engines of the new series E28 were received from 1982. The new series E28 was also replaced later than in Germany (1989) by the series E34 , which was the last 5 Series produced in South Africa. The BMW 530MLE in 1976 was the second car that BMW’s fledgling M division produced, and it
128-568: The Gauteng province of South Africa . This industrialized area is best known for its automotive industry , in particular the BMW South Africa factory, which opened in 1968. It was BMW's first factory outside of Europe. Nissan South Africa also maintains a factory there, manufacturing a vast range of motor vehicles, trucks, light delivery vans (locally known as "bakkies") and 4X4 offroaders. The Italian transport company IVECO also operates
144-412: The 1960s, the brothers Thys and Andries Bekker imported the first Datsun 1000 pick-up to South Africa. In 1965, the assembly of Datsun automobiles began at Motor Assemblies. The Datsun 1200 was the first Japanese passenger car to be imported in South Africa in 1966. Other sources cite the year 1959. After the assembly plant Motor Assemblies, in which models of different brands were produced,
160-697: The Nissan 1400 were sold. Other models made only in South Africa were the Datsun 140Z (mid-1970s) and the Datsun 160Z (1978-1980). From 1990 (or 1988) to 2005, the Fiat Uno was manufactured. The end of production is also stated in 2004. Other Fiat models produced by Nissan South Africa have been the Fiat Palio (since 1999), the Fiat Siena (since 2000) and the Fiat Strada (since 2005). The assembly agreement with Fiat
176-671: The production in Spartanburg). At the same time, the production of the 3 series ended after 1,191,604 units and five model generations. BMW models have already been named Car of the Year by the South African Motor Journalists Association (SAGMJ) seven times. Rosslyn, Gauteng Rosslyn is an industrial suburb of Akasia , 29 km north-west of Pretoria and part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in
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#1732852479954192-438: The time was the fastest BMW 7 in the world. By 1986, 192 vehicles of this type were manufactured. The E30 BMW 333i with the 6 cylinder 3.2 litre M30B32 engine was produced from 1986 (according to another source 1985 to 1987) and was uniquely offered in South Africa in lieu of the left-hand drive only 4 cylinder M3 of other markets. Development was done in collaboration with Alpina and the vehicle shared many components with
208-485: Was also the first BMW plant outside of Germany. After an investment of 3.5 billion rand at the beginning of the new millennium, the Rosslyn plant was regarded as the most modern automobile plant in the southern hemisphere. In 2006, the BMW Group in South Africa had the largest market share outside Germany, with 7.8% (2006). This figure subsequently dropped to about 3% in 2023. In 2011, around three quarters of production
224-449: Was designed to compete in South Africa's Modified Production Series instead of the regular E12 528i. 100 homologated road cars had to be produced by BMW South Africa under the regulations, with 105 to 110 of these eventually being sold to the public. Production of the uniquely South African E23 BMW 745i began in 1983. The vehicle was powered by the 3.5-liter M88 engine of the BMW M1 and at
240-460: Was exported. The production was limited to the 3 series. The first models produced were the BMW 1800 SA (from 1968) or 2000 SA (from 1969) derived from the Glas 1700 . First, the assembly took place from complete knock down (CKD) kits, which were sent to the production facilities to South Africa. In 1973, the optically revised models 1804 and 2004 followed, which were only built for one year. From 1974,
256-518: Was taken over by Toyota end of 1964, it came to the founding of the Rosslyn Motor Assemblers Ltd. and to the construction of an assembly plant mainly for Datsun models in Rosslyn . Opened in 1966, the factory was initially a free assembly plant for the South African market, as the Bekker brothers awarded the Nissan concession to the mining company Messina Transvaal , which was interested in
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