{"id":819145,"date":"2025-04-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=819145"},"modified":"2025-04-01T16:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:54:46","slug":"new-chinese-carmaker-coming-to-south-africa-with-help-from-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/819145\/new-chinese-carmaker-coming-to-south-africa-with-help-from-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Chinese carmaker coming to South Africa with help from Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cars from Chinese-based Changan Automobile will soon enter the South African market via a partnership with Saudi Arabian-based Jameel Motors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changan Automobile is one of China’s four largest automotive groups, with a presence in 70 countries and sales of 2.7 million units in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brand is known for its focus on safety, innovation, and technology. It has over 1,800 engineers and technicians working across R&D centres in 10 cities and six countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company has established itself among its competitors, consistently ranking in J.D Power’s Initial Quality study since 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jameel Motors will act as Changan Automobiles’ South African distributor, marking its entrance into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company operates in 10 countries, including the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, and, most recently, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It said that the South African market represents a long-term investment opportunity, as it is the largest automotive market in Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2024, new vehicles in South Africa totalled over 500,000, and there is growing demand for affordable vehicles with the latest technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement will see Jameel Motors distribute sports utility vehicles, sedans, pickups, and new-energy vehicles (NEVs) in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jameel Motors said that its commitment to South Africa will create jobs and develop local dealerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New brands on the way <\/h2>\n\n\n
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Deepal S07<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Jameel Motors will primarily focus on the distribution of Changan and Deepal products. CHANGAN will offer sedans, SUVs and pickup combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. DEEPAL will focus on NEVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jameel Motors said the vehicles are ideal for South Africa’s diverse terrain and road conditions. They are planned to be available for purchase in Q4 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is a new milestone for our business in South Africa. Changan Automobile, as a leading Chinese automotive company, has been committed to building a world-class automotive brand.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are confident that, through the strategic cooperation with Jameel Motors, we will be a key player in the South African market,” said XIAO Feng, General Manager, Changan Automobile Middle East and Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I am honoured to join a business that is building on 70 years of automotive excellence, as we introduce Changan and Deepal vehicles to South Africa,” added Marinus Venter, Country Manager for Jameel Motors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“By leveraging Jameel Motors’ extensive experience and Changan Automobile’s renowned focus on safety, quality, and technology, we can meet the diverse automotive demands of South African drivers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venter has 18 years of experience leading automotive brands. He has introduced several new models to the market for Nissan and Mercedes-Benz Vans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has experience in after-sales, marketing, business planning, product management, customer service and parts. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Changan Hunter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Changan X7 Plus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Chinese cars gaining ground<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Asian carmakers continue to perform well in South Africa, with the latest data from TransUnion showing major growth for India’s Mahindra, China’s Chery and Japan’s Suzuki. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These three brands recorded the highest year-on-year growth in Q4 2024, increasing by 37.4%, 23.7%, and 22%, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rise of Chery’s sub-brands, Omada and JAECOO, and the growing popularity of BAIC have further solidified and strengthened the dominance of Asian carmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Naamsa’s total 2024 sales data, Chinese brands are brushing shoulders with the best-selling car brands in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chery was the sixth-best-selling brand in the country with 1,867 vehicles sold in 2024. GWM was the seventh-best at 1,686 sales. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking back at 2023, only Haval, which is now part of GWM, made the top 10 in terms of yearly sales. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Changan and Deepal cars will soon be sold in South Africa via Saudi Arabian-based Jameel Motors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":819162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[22186,10479,22187,17645,22185],"class_list":["post-819145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-changan","tag-chery","tag-deepal","tag-haval","tag-jameel-motors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819145"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":819191,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819145\/revisions\/819191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}