Though this may very well be the first time that you’re reading about Chinese vehicle distributor CMC, this 100 per cent BEE-owned company has been quietly active in South Africa since 2008. In fact, you’d be surprised to hear that it has actually been one of the more successful of the Chinese vehicle distributors, mostly as a result of the popularity of its range of taxi vehicles, the Amandla (more or less a copy of the Hi-Ace generation that followed the so-called “Zola Budd” model that was such a South African staple), and more recently, the Ses’Buyile, a vehicle that looks the spitting image of a Toyota Quantum, but at around a R70 000 saving.