Cordoba Motors TATA, is an Authorised TATA Dealer and Service Centre. We are a Level 1 BEE, Retail Motor Industry (RMI) and Motor Industry Workshop Association (MIWA) Authorised Service Centre, in operation since 1986. We were the first truck workshop in KwaZulu-Natal to be 5 star graded by the, RMI and MIWA on 21 July 2015. We are proud to announce that we received a renewal of the industry’s highest grading in 2019 and 2023. We are also registered with the Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO) and Motor Industry Ombudsman of South Africa (MIOSA) and South African Auto-body Repair and Allied Association (SAARAA).
Cordoba Motors was started in 1986 by Denny Pillay (from the back of a bakkie with one assistant), as a mobile operator servicing and repairing customers’ vehicles on site. Denny had earlier worked with several leading automobile-related companies, including Mercedes Benz. In 1995, he purchased a small double bay covered workshop with an office and an open yard with his sons Dino and Dersan. In the years since, the facility has been continually improved and upgraded.
TATA Automobile Corporation South Africa (TACSA), a TATA International subsidiary, appointed Cordoba as a sales and service dealer for the region in 1997. Cordoba became one of the first workshops to service and repair TATA vehicles, when they entered the truck sector in South Africa. Cordoba assisted TACSA with the movement and storage of vehicles, and the TATA brand played an important role in giving a feeling of belonging, which is still evident in the workshop. Going from strength to strength, Denny purchased new premises in 2004 and 2008, just before he passed away. All along the journey, TACSA has supported the dealership.
Today Dersan and Dino run the dealership, both having undergone training at the TATA training facilities for heavy trucks in India and Korea. Dersan is a qualified A Grade Diesel technician, a Cummins and Eaton accredited technician, MIWA Master Technician. TATA’s technical division has been instrumental in keeping Cordoba technicians’ knowledge updated. They are one of the few TATA dealers that are authorised to repair Cummins and Eaton.
Cordoba Motors is situated north of Durban and is a proudly South African based company. We assure you of our very best service and attention at all times. Cordoba Motors is run by brothers Dersan and Dino Pillay. The combined experience offered by our skilled technician and management team calculates to over 80 years. Although we were previously disadvantaged that did not stand in our way of making inroads to the commercial sector.
