CALL ME BACKThe Automobile Association (AA) launched an innovative service with independent vehicle dealerships and AA Approved workshops across the country to provide consumers with credible information on pre-owned vehicles they intend purchasing. Through the service, dealerships can offer an AA 125-point inspection of vehicles and thereby provide a comprehensive report on the vehicle to prospective buyers.
Consumers across South Africa will be able to access this service at all dealerships that display the AA Certified Pre-Owned branding.
The highly qualified team at Executive Motor World in Bloemfontein has been giving its customers in the area professional services with excellent value for the past 15 years from their own well-equipped workshop with a fully trained technician. Giving their customers good service and value for money is their number one priority and they want to increase that value by joining the list of dealers around the country offering this service. The first in the Free State.
“In developing this product and service, the AA along with our brand partner AA Warranties, recognised that we can offer support to independent dealerships while providing the motoring public a valuable and credible service that enhances the selling and purchasing experience,” says Willem Groenewald, AA CEO.
Critically, the inspection process does not offer a “pass” or “fail” assessment of a vehicle. Instead, it provides a report which states the “facts” of the vehicle at the time of assessment.
“The AA has been a trusted and respected brand for generations in South Africa, and the decision to be associated with the brand was not a difficult one. We are proud and excited to be able to offer our client’s peace-of-mind when purchasing a vehicle from us which includes an AA 125-point check, thereby adding further value to our excellent pre-owned vehicles which will now be offered as AA Certified Pre-Owned,” says the dealer owner Robert Wiggett.
The AA is engaging with independent dealerships across the country regarding the AA Certified Pre-Owned accreditation. The intention is to have a minimum of 150 dealerships in South Africa offering the service in the next two years.
