DataDot Technology South Africa COO Chad Thomson discusses the hidden threat posed by illegally-imported vehicles.
This is according to DataDot Technology South Africa COO Chad Thomson, who toldthat grey vehicles also threaten the local economy and many jobs in the local motor vehicle manufacturing industry.
“The importing of used vehicles into South Africa is prohibited under the International Trade and Administration Act,” he said. These often don’t meet South African specifications, with their engines and other components, like suspension, being materially different from those of vehicles certified to be driven in the country.
“You would then be caught short because you’ve put your hard-earned cash into a vehicle that is now going to be confiscated.”
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