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A new "African car brand" has emerged./
African car brand? Mureza debuts Prim8 (and plans half-tonne bakkie)
Mureza Auto Company, which describes itself as a “new African car brand”, says its first product for South Africa will debut later in September 2019.
The first model will be badged “Prim8” and will take the form of a cross-hatchback assembled initially from semi-knocked down (SKD) kits in the Automotive Supplier Park in Rosslyn, and later at the Willowvale assembly plant in Zimbabwe as well as the ex-Hyundai plant in Botswana.
The new model will make its debut at Automechanika Johannesburg in prototype form. The unit in question has been converted from left-hand drive to right-hand drive locally, but Mureza says the future SKD and completely knocked down (CKD) kits will be “set up for right-hand drive”.
Power for the Prim8 comes from a 1,5-litre petrol engine developing 87 kW and driving the front wheels through either a five-speed manual or a continuously variable transmission (CVT). The target, says the new company, is to offer the best-equipped version of the new model at “between R180 000 and R200 000”.
The specification of the top model will include keyless entry, a seven-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, navigation, a reversing camera, cruise control, parking sensors, air conditioning, power-adjustable driver's seat, four airbags, electronic stability control, ABS and tyre-pressure monitoring. A three-year warranty will also ship standard.
Mureza says it also plans to build a half-tonne bakkie (finally some sort of competition for the Nissan NP200?), a sedan, a small SUV and even an electric vehicle. Thereafter, the company wants to locally develop a range of one-tonne bakkies and a panel van under the “Tusker” name.
So, what do we know about Mureza? Well, the new business is backed by funders in the United Arab Emirates. It says it “initially has a joint venture” with the SAIPA Group in Iran for “platform-sharing and the supply of some of the other major components”, although adds its “ultimate objective is to design and manufacture vehicles in Africa for African drivers”.
www.carmag.co.za
African car brand? Mureza debuts Prim8 (and plans half-tonne bakkie)
Mureza Auto Company, which describes itself as a “new African car brand”, says its first product for South Africa will debut later in September 2019.
The first model will be badged “Prim8” and will take the form of a cross-hatchback assembled initially from semi-knocked down (SKD) kits in the Automotive Supplier Park in Rosslyn, and later at the Willowvale assembly plant in Zimbabwe as well as the ex-Hyundai plant in Botswana.
The new model will make its debut at Automechanika Johannesburg in prototype form. The unit in question has been converted from left-hand drive to right-hand drive locally, but Mureza says the future SKD and completely knocked down (CKD) kits will be “set up for right-hand drive”.
Power for the Prim8 comes from a 1,5-litre petrol engine developing 87 kW and driving the front wheels through either a five-speed manual or a continuously variable transmission (CVT). The target, says the new company, is to offer the best-equipped version of the new model at “between R180 000 and R200 000”.
The specification of the top model will include keyless entry, a seven-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, navigation, a reversing camera, cruise control, parking sensors, air conditioning, power-adjustable driver's seat, four airbags, electronic stability control, ABS and tyre-pressure monitoring. A three-year warranty will also ship standard.
Mureza says it also plans to build a half-tonne bakkie (finally some sort of competition for the Nissan NP200?), a sedan, a small SUV and even an electric vehicle. Thereafter, the company wants to locally develop a range of one-tonne bakkies and a panel van under the “Tusker” name.
So, what do we know about Mureza? Well, the new business is backed by funders in the United Arab Emirates. It says it “initially has a joint venture” with the SAIPA Group in Iran for “platform-sharing and the supply of some of the other major components”, although adds its “ultimate objective is to design and manufacture vehicles in Africa for African drivers”.
African car brand? Mureza debuts Prim8 (and plans half-tonne bakkie) - CAR Magazine
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