Oct 30, 2014 UDTrucks
UD Trucks Southern Africa has confirmed that its head office and GTO assembly plant in Rosslyn have bid farewell to the company's legendary MCV range. The last of the U41 range, a UD 40, left the assembly line in late October, to start its new life at the Legends Rhino Orphanage in Limpopo.
In excess of 13 000 units of the range have been sold since its introduction in 1996. To celebrate the end of an era, UD Trucks donated the last unit to the non-profit organisation, which will utilise the truck as an animal ambulance to transport and care for baby rhinos that were left orphaned after their mothers were killed for their horns.
The U41 range was predominantly sold in southern Africa, with a small number of units also sold in Thailand and Malaysia later on. Rory Schultz, acting MD of UD Trucks SA commented : “Although this might be the end of our current MCV range, UD Trucks has an exciting future ahead of it. From 2015, we will be introducing a various new models over the next number of years, which is set to not just renew our product offering to our customers, but also challenge the way one thinks about the local transport industry.”
“Our strategy is to continually adapt to the changing dynamics of our market, which in future will require more operationally-practical vehicles of good quality and offer customers more profitability per Rand spent.”
The Rhino Orphanage is a registered non-profit company based in the Limpopo Province, founded by Arrie van Deventer in 2012. The orphanage is the first specialist, dedicated, non-commercial centre that cares for orphaned or injured baby rhinos with the only aim of releasing them back into the wild.
“UD Trucks and its staff truly have hearts of gold,” said Van Deventer. “This donated UD40 is greatly valued and will go a long way in supporting our activities to save baby rhinos from certain death. Thank you to everyone at UD Trucks who played a part in assembling and donating this very special vehicle.”
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