auris shipment

The question we're pondering on the blog this week is how do big imports into SA land and get delivered? Well I’ve been learning a little about the process of how the lovely Toyota Auris actually landed here on our shores.

The first ship from the United Kingdom docked in Durban on the 28th of July 2007 with the first 480 Auris units on board. Toyota South Africa gradually released the vehicles to the dealers from the 13 August 2007.

According to Senior Manager in the Marketing Planning Department at Toyota, Reuben Lee, there are now approximately 600 Auris’ that have arrived at their respective dealers and another 450 cars are on their way.” Lee says that there are expected shipments of about 250 vehicles that will arriving in South Africa.

So it’s quite a process to get those beautiful vehicles here in SA but I think the great thing about the Auris cars is that they have been made more specific to the South African market by having numerous parts of the car rigorously tested, and changed to best fit and endure the South African climate. How awesome is that? Considering that the cars are assembled overseas, it’s great to think we got our own engineers to correctly assess the needs of homegrown drivers in order to bring you the best vehicle to market.

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