Toyota South Africa Motors says 500 of its vehicles have passed inspection and will be sold after being assessed for damage following last week’s floods in KwaZulu-Natal.
The company suffered extensive damage to its Toyota’s Prospecton plant south of Durban, forcing it to suspend operations.
It has not indicated how many vehicles have been damage.
In a statement, Toyota South Africa Motors says the damage caused to its Prospecton facility has not yet been fully quantified.
While just 500 of the damaged vehicles have passed inspection to hit the sales floor, the company says it plans to scrap those that did not meet these standards.
Leon Theron, senior vice president of sales and marketing, says efforts will be made to increase imports to make up for lost units.
But he says locally-produced models remain more of a challenge.
The video below looks at the extent of the infrastructure damage due to recent floods:
