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=== South Africa ===
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[[File:Chevrolet Firenza CanAm fv.jpg|thumb|Chevrolet Firenza CanAm 302, South African homologation special]]
In South Africa, Chevrolet was GM's main brand name until 1982, with a number of [[Vauxhall Motors]] and [[Holden]] derivatives being built under the Chevy name from 1965. In the 1970s, the advertising jingle [[Braaivleis#"Braaivleis" in popular culture|"braaivleis, rugby, sunny skies and Chevrolet"]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Frans Erasmus |url=http://www.springbokradio.com/ADSCHEVROLET.html |title=Springbok Radio Sounds: Chevrolet |publisher=Springbokradio.com |access-date=December 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511095613/http://www.springbokradio.com/ADSCHEVROLET.html |archive-date=May 11, 2011 }}</ref> (adapted from the US "Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pies and Chevrolet") came to epitomise the ideal lifestyle of white male South Africans. [[Holden]] in Australia used the jingle "Football, Meat Pies, Kangaroos and Holden cars". Originally, Chevrolets were [[Complete knock down|CKD]] kits of US models assembled in their plant in [[Port Elizabeth]]. However, since South Africa was right-hand drive and the US was left-hand drive, along with encouragement by the South African government to use local content, Chevrolets such as the [[Chevrolet Biscayne|Biscayne]] were eventually made entirely in South Africa, along with GM's "own car for South Africa": the [[Ranger (GM)|Ranger]].

By the 1970s, larger South African Chevrolets were based on Australian [[General Motors-Holden]]'s models, the Kommando being based on the [[Holden Kingswood]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moby302.co.za/brochures/1972_chevrolet/kommando.html |title=1972 Chevrolet Kommando Brochure |publisher=Moby302.co.za |access-date=December 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231135125/http://moby302.co.za/brochures/1972_chevrolet/kommando.html |archive-date=December 31, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Chevrolet Constantia|Constantia]] on the [[Statesman (automobile)|Statesman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moby302.co.za/brochures/1976_chevrolet/constantia_aj.html |title=1976 Chevrolet Constantia AJ Brochure |publisher=Moby302.co.za |access-date=December 27, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320232154/http://www.moby302.co.za/brochures/1976_chevrolet/constantia_aj.html |archive-date=March 20, 2008 }}</ref> while the smaller Firenza was based on the [[Vauxhall Viva (1963–1979)|Vauxhall Viva]]. The [[Chevrolet Nomad]] sold in South Africa was entirely different from the Nomad sold in the US; whereas the American Nomad was originally conceived as a [[station wagon]] version of the Corvette and eventually became the station wagon version of the Bel Air, the South African Nomad was an SUV of truck proportions before SUVs were popular. Due to local content laws the cars usually received different engines than in their home markets.

However, these were replaced by [[Opel]] models like the [[Opel Rekord|Rekord]], [[Holden Commodore|Commodore]], and [[Opel Senator|Senator]], and in 1982 the Chevrolet brand name was dropped in favour of Opel. Because of the political climate at the time, GM decided to divest from South Africa in 1986, and a local group eventually bought out GM's South African operations (including the Port Elizabeth plant) and renamed the company [[Delta Motor Corporation]], which concentrated on Opels, Isuzus, and Suzukis, built under licence.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

However, thanks to an improved political climate in the 1990s, GM decided to reenter South Africa, eventually buying out the whole of Delta. In 2001, the Chevrolet name made a comeback, used on the [[Chevrolet Lumina|Lumina]], a rebadged [[Holden Commodore]], and later on, on the Daewoo range of cars. Current Chevrolets (2013) include the Spark Lite (a rebadged [[Daewoo Matiz]]), Spark (a third-generation Matiz based on the 2007 Chevrolet Beat), [[Chevrolet Aveo (T200)|Aveo]] Sedan and Hatch, the Sonic Sedan and Hatch (the second generation [[Chevrolet Aveo (T200)|Aveo]]), Cruze Sedan and Hatch (underpinned by the front-wheel drive GM Delta II platform), the Lumina Sedan (including the [[Holden Ute|Ute]] model), the Chevrolet Orlando (a five-door, seven-seat compact MPV manufactured by GM Korea under the Chevrolet division for worldwide markets), the Chevrolet Captiva a mid-size sport utility vehicle (SUV) developed by GM Daewoo (now GM Korea) the South Korean subsidiary of General Motors (GM) and sold under the Chevrolet brand, the Chevrolet TrailBlazer (a mid-size sport utility vehicle produced by the Chevrolet division of American automaker General Motors and based on a pickup truck chassis in this case the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado), and a pick-up version which was previously based on the [[Opel Corsa]] known as the Corsa Ute; but the current model which in collaboration with GM Brazil who developed it, is the Chevrolet Utility which is based on the Chevrolet Agila platform (a vehicle developed in Brazil and built in Argentina).{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 2017, GM withdrew from South Africa, with its truck division and its plant changing hands to Isuzu while at the same time ending all sales and the dealership network of the Chevrolet brand. GM worked with both Isuzu and PSA (the new owners of Opel, which GM spun off the division to) to ensure existing customers receive parts and technical support during and after the company exit the country.<ref>[http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/05/general-motors-restructures-international-business-unit/ "General Motors Restructures International Business Unit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523050549/http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/05/general-motors-restructures-international-business-unit/ |date=May 23, 2017 }} from GM Authority (May 19, 2017)</ref><ref>[http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/05/general-motors-plans-to-withdraw-from-south-africa/ "Here's How General Motors Plans To Withdraw From South Africa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523051257/http://gmauthority.com/blog/2017/05/general-motors-plans-to-withdraw-from-south-africa/ |date=May 23, 2017 }} from GM Authority (May 26, 2017)</ref>