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. |
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. |
