Month: July 2016

1 July 2016, saw the recommended retail price on a selection of BMW models increase by 3%. This is in line with BMW’s promise of improving their product offering and underpinning the ‘pleasure’ in delivering Sheer Driving Pleasure to its customers. The increase will not affect the following models:

• X1
• X3
• X4
• Z4
• 7 Series
• 5 Series

Now, before you strap your wallets for the foreseeable future, the price increase comes with good news too, all BMW models produced from 1 July 2016 will be fitted with additional standard specifications, including:

• BMW Navigation System Business
• Navigation System Professional
• ConnectedDrive Services
• Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI)
• Metallic Paintwork (excluding BMW Individual Paintwork or special requests)

Navigation System Business

• 6.5” black-panel colour monitor with high res colour display
• Dynamic route guidance with automatic alternative routes
• BMW Head-Up Display
• 2D map or combined arrow and map display

Navigation System Professional

• Completely 3D interface for navigation, office and multimedia
• Automatic volume control
• High res colour display with dimensions of up to 10.2” depending on the model
• Photo-realistic images with 3D space calculated in real time
• Touch sensitive surface
• Voice Control system

Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI)

• Provides up-to-the-minute traffic information
• Precise details on location and duration of hold up in real time
• Traffic jams accurately localised to the nearest 100 metres

So strap yourself in, because driving a BMW just got a whole lot better. Test Drive BMW today

The Jaguar F-PACE, Jaguar’s most practical sports car, launched at our Jaguar Land Rover Hillcrest dealership on 15 July. The initial reveal of the much anticipated F-PACE happened at the Simola Hillclimb earlier this year, this is Jaguar’s most highly-anticipated release since the F-Type – which the F-PACE was visually inspired by.

The F-PACE boasts the perfect combination of driving exhilaration and efficiency. Set to go head-to-head with existing luxury performance SUV’s, the technologically advanced F-PACE will delight Jaguar fans with its in-car technology including; a Head-up Display, Activity Key and Jaguar InControl system – ensuring that you and your F-PACE alway stay connected to the outside world.

The F-PACE mixes the best of both worlds, being a performance SUV that has the DNA of a sports car (seen in its hood bulge and pronounced rear haunches). Capable of being driven on any road and the capacity for everyday usage – the F-PACE is a Jaguar for you and your family. The full range includes:

• F-PACE Pure
• F-PACE R-Sport
• F-PACE S
• F-PACE First Edition

 

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The 2015 BMW Group Dealership Awards took place earlier this year and the stakes were high, with so many dealerships across the country trying their best to outperform each other.

In the midst of the competition, we managed to walk away with a staggering 5 awards, including two of the coveted Dealer of the Year Awards, SMG Durban winning BMW Dealer of the Year and for the second consecutive year SMG Rocks winning MINI Dealer of the Year. The other three awards went to:

• SMG BMW South Coast – Best Dealer in New Car Sales in the BMW Rural sector
• SMG BMW Pietermaritzburg – Best Dealer in Aftersales in the BMW Metro region
• SMG MINI Rocks – Best MINI Dealer in Aftersales

It’s also important to note that SMG BMW South Coast tied on Dealer Key Performance Indicators for Best Dealer in Aftersales in the BMW Rural sector, an amazing achievement.

These awards are a true testament to our unrelenting pursuit of perfection, unwavering care for our customers and unquestionable power in innovation. Our rich heritage and reputation of excellence in the South African automotive industry precedes itself, and we’ve managed to prove it, yet again.

We’ve always regarded ourselves as an organisation that does things the right way – which is not always the same as the easy way, and it is this attention to detail that separates us from our competitors around the country, and will continue to do so in the coming years.

Join us in celebrating this unbelievable achievement – we’re giving you R30 000 deal assist on all used and demo cars, click here T&Cs Apply

SMG Rocks achieved top honours at the 2015 BMW Group Dealership Awards when we took home arguably the two most prestigious awards that a MINI dealership could win. This included:

• Best MINI Dealer of the Year
• Best MINI Dealer in Aftersales

SMG Rocks is KwaZulu-Natal’s first exclusive MINI dealership, and after its opening in 2012, it has just gone from strength to strength with no indication of relinquishing its position as one of South Africa’s leading MINI dealerships. With these awards, having been just a mere four years since the dealership’s opening, it is safe to say that SMG Rocks has cemented our place as a service leader in South Africa’s motoring industry.

We have always prided ourselves as masters in innovation housing two BMW Approved Repair Centres, a state-of-the-art SMG Cape Town dealership which opened in 2009, SMG South Coast which opened in 2011 and scooping up awards in between.

This all comes as little surprise since SMG Rocks persistently pursues perfection in every aspect of our service and product offering, and we won’t stop now as we introduce the 3rd Quarter Select
Deals that will send you racing to our Umhlanga dealership.