This becomes clearly visible when one takes a closer look at SAC Development - specialized division whose staffers employ professional approach in continuous quest for developing new performance enhancement methods for specific vehicle types, makes and models. |
Whereas the general after-market conversion industry often suffers from negative quality perceptions, SAC is consistent in its policy not to ever carry out any experimental work on a customer’s vehicle. |
To this effect, the company acquires its own test unit to use as development platforms – a policy which requires continuous assessment of vehicle buying trends in the market and innovative engineering solutions for each individual model. |
An additional benefit for the customer is that the development vehicles later become demonstration units within the group. |
Visionary forecasting of future consumer trends plays a crucial role in this scenario, and there are in fact, often instances where SAC has placed orders for vehicle models which are not yet available in South Africa. |
In this respect, the company’s aim is to be the first to carry out performance enhancing development work on the models under South African conditions. |
This is just one more example of the passionate culture for innovation which is so prevalent throughout the SAC group. |
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| SAC Research & Development Centre |
In
what must be hailed as the most exciting
development in the history of the Steves Auto
Clinic Group thus far is the news
that a dedicated research, development and training
centre opened in July 2007. |
Although
the last 18 months in SAC Holdings has been very
busy with the addition of some great new development
vehicles, both diesel and petrol. |
In order to
remain the market leaders, Steve Fischer, the
Group's Founder, has rightly identified the next
stepping stone in this legendary success story
is the need for such a centre. |
“...they
are bringing product onto the market quicker than before...” |
The market competition
is upping their game all the time, they are bringing
product onto the market quicker than before and they
are bringing better product onto market at the same
time. |
Customer's demands are changing too; they want
quick high-powered solutions with minimal modifications
to their vehicles. |
Everybody in the
industry knows that tying up staff and equipment developing
test cars is not at all cost effective in the daily
scheme of running a SAC Branch.
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So it was with all this
in mind that a vast amount of money has been invested
in a site that will offer superior boardroom facilities
for meetings, training rooms for training and a state
of the art dyna facility where all facets of the upgrade
process can be monitored.
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