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The following are the truck franchises represented by McCarthy:

• Freightliner
• Hino
• Mitsubishi Fuso
• Mercedes-Benz
• Nissan Diesel
• Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Combined Motor Holdings

CMH is also a significant vehicle retailer and it has eighty dealers countrywide.  Their subsidiaries include:

• Carshop.co.za
• Bikeshop.co.za
• Boatshop.co.za
• CMH Commercial
• First Car Rental
• Whistle Blowers

All CMH dealers benefit from centralised finance, administration and strategic planning.  A selection of peripheral services are offered by the group too, like vehicle finance, insurance, full maintenance leasing, other financial services, parts and vehicle rentals; in fact, the Alamo/National Car Rental franchise is held locally by CMH.  The prestige vehicle retailer, Investment Cars, is also a CHM subsidiary.  Commercial vehicle and marine and leisure products are also sold by CMH.

Imperial Group

Besides being a diversified industrial services and retail group active in logistics and tourism, Imperial also retails motor vehicles and offers car rental and financial services.  The group has operations in Africa, Australia and Europe.  One in six vehicles is sold in South Africa through Imperial and one in three car rental transactions are conducted through Imperial.

The Imperial vehicle dealership network is the largest in South Africa and includes:

• Premier Motor Holdings (Chevrolet, Opel and Isuzu)
• Porter Motor Group (Alfa Romeo, Ford, Mazda, Fiat, Volvo, Land Rover and Jaguar)
• Imperial Honda
• Mercedes-Benz
• BMW Group Dealers
• Linday Saker (Volkswagen and Audi)
• Imperial Toyota
• Imperial Nissan
• Nissan Diesel
• Suzuki
• MAN Truck & Bus
• Beekman Super Canopies
• Jurgens CI Caravans

Supergroup

Supergroup is one of the smaller vehicle retailers in South Africa.  It is essentially a supply chain mobility company involved in domains like warehousing, network design, outsourced procurement, primary distribution, custom brokerage, supply chain consulting and technologies; however, it also offers a vehicle retail chain for new and used vehicles, as well as outsourced fleet management and vehicle rental.  There are fifteen passenger vehicle and three commercial vehicle dealership in the group, encompassing brands like:

• Audi
• Chevrolet
• Chrysler
• Dodge
• Ford
• Honda
• Isuzu & Isuzu Trucks
• Jeep
• Land Rover
• Lexus
• Mazda
• Mercedes-Benz
• Nissan
• Opel
• Renault
• Toyota
• UD Trucks
• Volkswagen
• Volvo

Unitrans Automotive

Unitrans certainly also bears a mention as one of the noted players in the vehicle retail sector.  The company’s Toyota and General Motors car dealership networks are the largest in the country and it also sells a variety of value-added services and products, like car servicing, new and used truck sales and repairs, finance and insurance.  Unitrans is represented across the following brands:

• Alfa Romeo
• Audi
• BMW
• Chrysler
• Chevrolet
• Dodge
• Fiat
• Freightliner
• Hino
• Isuzu
• Jeep
• Lexus
• Mercedes-Benz
• Mitsubishi
• Mini
• MAN
• Nissan
• Opel
• Toyota
• Volkswagen

Unitrans has 37 dealers in Gauteng (including all the IC Auto, Monument Toyota, Pat Hinde Toyota and Williams Hunt GM dealerships), eight in the Western Cape (including all the Market Toyota dealerships), seven in the Free State (including all the Oranje Toyota dealerships), one in Mpumalanga (United Motors in Secunda), six in KwaZulu-Natal (including all the Williams Hunt GM and Weiss VW dealerships), twelve in the Eastern Cape (including all the Algoa Toyota, Buffalo Toyota and Williams Hunt dealerships), two Oranje Toyota dealerships in the Northern Cape, four dealerships in Limpopo and four in North West, including all the Oranje Toyota dealerships.