ABC Automobile of Mauritius Targets African Growth, New Vehicles

ABC Automobile Ltd., Mauritius’s biggest car dealer that sells Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Porche Automobil Holdings SE brands, plans to boost sales by 72 percent over five years, Dean Ah-Chuen, its executive director, said.

The company is targeting new markets in Kenya, Madagascar and Mozambique and will add cheaper brands from China, Ah-Chuen said in an interview today in Port Louis, the Indian Ocean island nation’s capital. Sales are estimated to increase 20 percent this year to 2,100 vehicles and to 3,000 by 2015 from 1,745 vehicles in 2010. ABC Motors Ltd., its listed unit, will probably double profit to as much as 60 million rupees ($2 million) in the financial year through June, he said.