Delta Motor Corporation was a South African car manufacturer, which was created through a management buy-out after
General Motors
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divested from South Africa in 1986. It was headed by former GM executive, Bob Price, who had returned to South Africa from Detroit. He had previously served as General Motors South Africa's managing director between 1971 and 1974, and later became president of Motors Trading Corp., a subsidiary that engages in international trade on behalf of GM.
Delta continued to use the
Opel
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,
Isuzu and
Suzuki
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brands under licence from GM as well as pay for the supply of assembly kits.
It also assembled vehicles for export to other
right hand drive markets in the region, such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya and Mauritius.
Following the transition to universal suffrage in the 1990s, GM acquired a 49 percent stake in the company in 1997 and in 2004 the company once again became a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, reverting to its original name,
General Motors South Africa.
GM TO SLIP INTO DELTA’S DRIVING SEAT
''CAR magazine'', October 30th 2003
See also
*Samcor
The South African Motor Corporation, more commonly known as Samcor, was a South African car manufacturer created in 1985 through the merger of Ford Motor Company of Canada's South African subsidiary and Sigma Motor Corporation (previously known a ...
References
External links
General Motors South Africa
General Motors factories
Car manufacturers of South Africa
1986 establishments in South Africa
Defunct manufacturing companies of South Africa
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