In the recent HyperMobility virtual conference, I got to address the burning question: Is South Africa ready for future mobility? But ahead of me answering the question, We need to agree that it has become #MobilityUnusual especially now with the COVID_19 pandemic and lockdown and its effects on the automotive industry in South Africa. Let’s [...]
I recently took part in the Smarter Mobility Summit in partnership with Generation.e where I spoke about whether South Africa is ready for electric vehicles (EV) and I can safely say that we are almost there. Electric vehicles (EV) may soon overtake ICE vehicles – I know some may think that we are way behind [...]
Car retailing in South Africa as we know it has changed how we buy cars. I don't have a crystal ball to tell you what's going to change in the future, but I can tell you what's not going to exist. Two important factors that influence us as we buy cars: A car is a [...]
Over the years I’ve come across car dealerships who believe that car sales occur on social media, is this true? Car buyers could buy cars on social media in some instances but I’m not convinced. What is social media? I believe there’s no such thing as social media – it’s a term that society has [...]
I had an interview on Newzroom Afrika with Stephen Grootes on how COVID-19 has impacted the automotive industry, particularly its effects on car buying trends in South Africa. South Africa is STILL buying cars One of the things that is evident in the data is that South African car buying consumers are STILL buying cars [...]
Gone are the days when consumers used to drive around from car dealership to car dealership looking for the best deal money can buy. Now car buying consumers do all of that at the click of a button via the internet. We need to acknowledge that car buying consumer behaviour has changed. Car buying is [...]
I caught up with the co-founder of DigiCars, Abdullah Veraschia. He has a fascinating story specifically behind the birth of DigiCars – a car dealership driven to make an online difference for the South African car buyer. Friendships become business partners At the back of an iconic 2010 in South Africa's history, Abdullah Veraschia met [...]
Used car sales data adds insight to the automotive industry. While used car sales in South Africa dwarfs new car sale, new car sales are an important feeder to the used car retail market place. I was recently joined by Mike Mabasa, Naamsa CEO, and Richard Rice, Kantar Business Development Director, to speak about the [...]
Car dealerships continue to find opportunities in lockdown I recently spoke to Bobby Petkov from MitMak Motors to find out how trading during lockdown has been so far. Even with fewer car buyers on the dealer floor, it seems like car dealerships are not only resilient but continue to find opportunities even in lockdown, by [...]
Car buying search behaviour has show a total of 401 million online searches for used cars (including electric cars) has took place last year (an all-time record and a 40% increase year-on-year). In addition, the average selling price of a used car in the last year was R289 312, an increase of R9 003 from [...]
