{"id":1811,"date":"2024-08-30T09:25:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T09:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steckels.com\/wordpress\/about\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T07:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T07:05:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.steckels.com\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1811\" class=\"elementor elementor-1811\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba1a868 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba1a868\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3baaa9e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3baaa9e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de4bb0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2de4bb0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93521c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"93521c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-407468e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"407468e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc2fddd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fc2fddd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8a6145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8a6145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The business Steckel\u2019s Toyota began in 1929 when two partners Gerhard Steckel and Arnold K\u00f6stens started a Motor garage under the name &#8220;K\u00f6stens &amp; Steckel&#8221; in Swakopmund. In 1939 Arnold passed away during World war 2 and in 1947 Gerhard Steckel bought Arnold\u2019s shares from his family to become the sole owner and he changed the name to &#8220;G Steckel Garage&#8221;. In 1957 Gerhard\u2019s son in law, Dieter Gudehus became the Co-manager. In 1963 Dieter Gudehus obtained the Toyota franchise and they sold their 1st Toyopet Stout, which was delivered on the 23rd of September 1963. G Steckel Garage became the 1st Toyota Dealer in the then SWA (Namibia).<\/p>\n<p>In 1976 Gerhard Steckel passed away and the business was inherited by his daughter Ellen Gudehus. Ellen and Dieter Gudehus changed the name to &#8220;Steckel\u2019s Motors&#8221;. They retired in 1998 and sold the business to Willie Schoeman and the Finkeldeh family. The name was then changed to &#8220;West Coast Motors t\/a Steckel\u2019s Toyota\u201d. In 2012 Willie Schoeman bought the shares of the Finkeldeh family and his wife Hannelie became co-owner in the company.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 Willie and Hannelie Schoeman obtained land from the local Municipality and in 2015 Steckel\u2019s Toyota moved into their state of the art facility on the corner of Sam Nujoma &amp; Nelson Mandela avenue in Swakopmund where the business is today after 87 years. 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