Delta Motor Corporation

Delta Motor Corporation was a South African car manufacturer, which was created through a management buy-out after General Motors (GM) divested from South Africa in 1986.[1] It was headed by former GM executive, Bob Price, who had returned to South Africa from Detroit.[2] 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.[3]

This article is about the defunct South African car company. For the defunct Philippine car company, see Delta Motors Corporation.

Delta continued to use the Opel, Isuzu and Suzuki brands under licence from GM as well as pay for the supply of assembly kits.[4] It also assembled vehicles for export to other right hand drive markets in the region, such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya and Mauritius.[5]

Following the transition to democracy 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.[6]

See also

References
  1. General Motors South Africa Overview, General Motors, 10.12.2013
  2. The Ambiguity of South African-Divestment, The New York Times, December 31, 1986
  3. Bob Price Former General Motors Manager in South Africa Dead Associated Press, October 12, 1987
  4. Sanctions Against Apartheid, Community Agency for Social Enquiry (South Africa), New Africa Books, 1989, page 230
  5. The Business of Sustainable Mobility: From Vision to Reality Archived 2016-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Paul Nieuwenhuis, Philip Vergragt, Peter Wells Greenleaf Publishing, 2006
  6. GM TO SLIP INTO DELTA’S DRIVING SEAT, CAR magazine, October 30th 2003


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