Toyota stars in COTY 2021
Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) is proud to have won three categories in the 2021 South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ) Car of the Year competition.
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Leon Theron, senior vice president of sales and marketing at TSAM said, “We are truly grateful for the recognition received from the local media. The fact that we have won three categories with vastly different models is testament to our diverse offering – providing our customers with as many options as possible.”
The Toyota Starlet won the Budget category, the Land Cruiser Prado won the Adventure SUV category and the Hilux won the Double-Cab of the year. The latter also claimed second place overall, beating 21 other finalists across the nine categories.
Says Toyota SA: “Prado, Starlet and Hilux – have all been performing remarkably well on the local sales charts. The Prado has been averaging around 90 units a month while the Starlet and Hilux have cumulatively sold more than 6 000 and 25 000 units respectively since the beginning of the year”.
Source: MotorPress