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Class-leading credentials for Tata Ultra

TATA’S RECENTLY launched Ultra line-up consists of
well-chosen business utility vehicles that compete in
the 4,5- to 5,5-ton truck segment. The Ultra is
the fi rst truck in this market sector to off er
a two-year/120,000km service plan. This,
together with the aerodynamic advantages,
as well as modern, fuel-effi cient common
rail diesel engine and longer than usual
service intervals, makes the Ultra a class
leader in running costs. As well as value,
the Ultra also boasts numerous style,
safety, engineering and performance
attributes.
Assembled at Rosslyn, near Pretoria,
from knocked down kits imported from
its parent company in India, derivatives
in the Ultra range are billed as effi cient
and economical utilities that have been
fashioned to drive profi tability for their owners,
with test builds done over the last year to ensure
optimum manufacturing quality. •

VW exec warns of possible Brexit effect on Uitenhage

Courtesy www.ftwonline.co.za

SOUTH AFRICA’S
manufacturing sector will
have to pay careful attention
to future job protection in
the run-up to Brexit and
its October 31 deadline,
Volkswagen’s top executive
for its local operations has
said.
Speaking at an industry
indaba in Sandton, VW SA MD
and Chair Thomas Schaefer
stressed that 70 percent of
the 160,000 cars that were
manufactured annually were
exported. “Of that fi gure, VW SA Executive, Thomas Schaefer. Photo by Eugene Goddard
about 50,000 go to the UK.”
He said that the number of
cars destined for the UK market just from VW’s a generally agreed private sector desire for
plant in Uitenhage “requires an entire shift of stepped-up involvement by government to
about 2,000 people.” He added, “It’s worrying ensure that the local automotive industry,
to think what might happen if Brexit disrupts which contributes 7 percent to South Africa’s
that.” GDP, is protected against threats such as
The remarks were made in the context of Brexit. •

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