Stucky Motors

For nearly 5 decades, the name “Stucky” has been veritably synonymous with the name “Mercedes-Benz.”

This association is thoroughly entrenched as a result of the deep commitment, staying power, and love affair this family has had with the Mercedes-Benz brand throughout the decades. The relationship between the Stucky Family and Mercedes-Benz spans a period of over 47 years, through 3 successive generations of successfully owned and managed family business enterprise.

Stucky Motors was founded in 1965 by brothers Werner and Roland Stucky, who immigrated to South Africa from Germany in 1953 and 1954 respectively and started working at their father-in-law’s automotive dealership.

After founding Stucky Motors in Volksrust in 1965, Werner Stucky sr. personally built the workshops still in use today, using beams and scrap metal welded together for reinforcing of the concrete foundations, in place of more expensive steel reinforcing. Specializing in building bus bodies during the 70’s in 80’s, they converted Leyland and DAF bus bodies to Mercedes-Benz coaches. They were the first dealers in South Africa to sell commercial vehicles and busses into Swaziland, and started a trend and love for Mercedes-Benz in Swaziland that lasts to this day. Over the years, the second generation of Stucky’s broadened the leadership base at Stucky Motors with the entry of Fritz Stucky in 1980, Karl Stucky in 1985, and finally Reiner Stucky in 2004. This had enabled the unprecedented expansion and success of Stucky Motors in the last decade, and it all but ensures it’s success in the decades ahead.