The Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford and was incorporated in 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand worldwide.

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Ford in South Africa began by importing kits from Canada to be assembled at its Port Elizabeth facility in South Africa. Later Ford sourced its models from the UK and Australia, with local versions of the Ford Cortina including the XR6, with a 3.0 V6 engine, and a Cortina-based 'bakkie' or pick-up, which was exported to the UK.

Along with Shelby and Chevrolet, Ford has won titles on the international scene at the FIA World Championships. Ford won the World Sportscar Championship three times, and the World Rally Championship three times.

Ford was heavily involved in Formula One for many years and supplied engines to a large number of teams from 1967 until 2004. These engines were designed and manufactured by Cosworth, the racing division that was owned by Ford during that time.

Ford has a long history in rallying and has been active in the World Rally Championship since the beginning of the world championship. Ford took the 1979 manufacturers' title with Hannu Mikkola, Björn Waldegård, and Ari Vatanen driving the Ford Escort RS1800.

Ford has competed in rallycross with its Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus. Tanner Foust won the Global RallyCross Championship in 2011 and 2012 . Other notable Ford drivers include Marcus Grönholm, Ken Block, and Brian Deegan.

Ford sports cars have been visible in the world of sports car racing since 1964. The GT40 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times in the 1960s and is the only American car to ever win overall at this prestigious event. Ford also won the 1968 International Championship for Makes with the GT40, which still stands today as one of the all-time greatest racing cars.

Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale managem ent of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines

In Africa, Ford's market presence has traditionally been strongest in South Africa and neighbouring countries, with only trucks being sold elsewhere on the continent.

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When buying used Nissan used spares, you will be relying on the used Nissan parts salesperson and he/she will be using only the information that you provide. A good way of making sure that there is no confusion is to take a photograph or two with your cell phone or ask the salesman to send you a picture of the Nissan parts that he has in stock.

Nissan was recently the sixth largest automaker in the world, after Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai Motor Group, and Ford. Nissan maufactured the world's largest electric vehicle, with sales of more than 275,000 electric vehicles. The top-selling vehicle is the Nissan Leaf, an all electric car and the world's top selling plugin electric car.

Nissan has an extensive range of mainstream cars and trucks, which are exported around the world. Nissan also have several memorable sports cars, like the Datsun Fairlady 1500, 1600 and 2000 Roadsters.

The Nissan Z-car is an affordable sports car, and the GT-R, a powerful all-wheel drive sports coupe. Nissan created a tuning division, Nismo, for competition and performance development of such cars.

Nissan launched the Qashqai SUV in South Africa, along with their new motorsport Qashqai Car Games, 2013.

In 1960, a sales distribution channel was established that sold diesel products for commercial use, Nissan Diesel, which was sold in 2007 to Volvo AB.

Accurate information supplied is always key when you are dealing with the motor scrapyard, this will better your chances of finding the correct Nissan part for your motor vehicle. Information such as the make, model, series, year model, VIN and engine number, which can be found on your vehicles licence disc as well as the correct name of the type of car part that you require.

Nissan offers a subscription-based telematics service in select vehicles to drivers in Japan, called CarWings. Nissan also owns Nissan Marine, they produce motors for boats and other maritime equipment. Nissan have also built the MV orbital rocket. Nissan sells a range of key cars, mainly as a joint venture with Suzuki and Mitsubishi.

Nismo is the motorsports division of Nissan. Nismo cars have participated in the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, Super GT, IMSA GT Championship, World Sportscar Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship, British Touring Car Championship, Supercars Championship and Blancpain GT Series. Also, they were featured at the World Series by Nissan from 1998 to 2004.

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Contact the Looking 4 Spares Call Centre on 0861-777722 Monday to Friday during office hours.