These include a dramatic acceleration of new product range; a change in shareholders for Mandarin Motors; a change in location of Mandarin Motors head office; and the restructuring of staff representing MG and Maxus.
MG and Maxus are sold via Mandarin Motors. CMH have bought out the shares of Alan and Terry Horseman and Mandarin is now fully owned by CMH. The legal entity of Mandarin Motors remains, but will trade under CMH Brands which will represent Maxus SA and MG SA amongst others.
Part of this change was the relocation of the head office from North Riding to a new and much improved facility in Little Falls on the West Rand in Gauteng.
The new CMH Brands will be located at the state of the art premises on the corner of Hendrik Potgieter and Cascades Road in Little Falls, Roodepoort. CMH Brands will be sharing the building with West Rand Volvo and GM Westrand.
Some staff changes have also taken place. Derrick Bishop will head up both the MG and Maxus Commercial brands, while Alan and Terry Horseman have been appointed as Maxus Taxi sub-distributors and they will focus on setting up taxi dealers around the country.
The biggest news for customers is the imminent arrival of the new MG3 towards the end of August.
"We now have an absolute commitment from both MG and Maxus with regards to a dramatic acceleration of product range and improved pricing," said Bishop.
This comes with the news that the parent company, SAIC, started production at a new facility in Thailand with an aggressive commitment for new models to right-hand drive markets, including South Africa.
