Ford to assemble Ranger in Nigeria

[FiestaST]

"Ford is set to begin assembling the new Ranger in Nigeria later this year in a move that will bolster its presence on the continent, without any real negative impact on the South African plant."

"Ford has partnered with Coscharis Motors to assemble the bakkies from semi-knockdown kits imported from South Africa. Nigeria thus becomes the first African country outside of SA to produce Ford vehicles and the new plant, based in Ikeja, will produce for its home market only."


Let's see....

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[Rickster]

Buuuut arnt they poor?

 

[FiestaST]

Buuuut arnt they poor?

But...but...419 scams are money for jam...c'mon

 

[cr@zydude]

Disappointing that SA can't get an expanded plant. The PE plant is tiny compared to what it was in the 1970s.

The worry is that Nissan also set up a plant in Nigeria, hopefully it isn't the start of a trend.

 

[ToxicBunny]

This actually makes a lot of sense for the manufacturers if you ask me, and its not a huge negative for us.

These are SKD kits that seem to be manufactured in SA so all Nigeria is doing is putting it together and thus that last portion of the process is happening closer to the market. It will reduce their shipping costs and logistics difficulties quite substantially

 

[Colin62]

The worry is that Nissan also set up a plant in Nigeria, hopefully it isn't the start of a trend.

I suspect it will be - Nigeria's economy is bigger than ours now, and I'm willing to bet that their labour laws are less liberal than ours and easier for a company to work with.

 

[cr@zydude]

This actually makes a lot of sense for the manufacturers if you ask me, and its not a huge negative for us.

These are SKD kits that seem to be manufactured in SA so all Nigeria is doing is putting it together and thus that last portion of the process is happening closer to the market. It will reduce their shipping costs and logistics difficulties quite substantially

Similar to what GMSA does with the Chev UTE. It comes over as a kit from Brazil and put together in PE. Still, my worry is that SA is not going to be the default Sub Saharan African country for car manufacturers any more.

I suspect it will be - Nigeria's economy is bigger than ours now, and I'm willing to bet that their labour laws are less liberal than ours and easier for a company to work with.

Maybe it won't be so bad. Africa's demand for cars is growing.