Your old car might be worth more for recycling than selling

It's a fact that falls into the old Michael Caine category of 'not a lot of people know that' but BMW is currently celebrating 50 years of making cars in South Africa. The German giant first established a factory in Rosslyn, near Pretoria, in 1973. Initially it made cars just for the South African market (including a few tantalising SA-only models that are now coming to the attention of classic enthusiasts) and later made cars for export all over the world, including to Ireland. It helps of course that South Africa is, like us, a right-hand drive market. Marking 50…