| Rosslyn | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -25.625°N 28.089°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | City of Tshwane |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Subdivision Name4: | Akasia |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.89 |
| Population Total: | 2960 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 98.8% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 0.2% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 0.7% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 0.2% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Northern Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 26.4% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Tswana |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 24.1% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | English |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 11.1% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 9.9% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 28.6% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 0182 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 0200 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Rosslyn is an industrial suburb of Akasia, 29 km north-west of Pretoria and part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in the Gauteng province of South Africa.[2]
This industrialized area is best known for its automotive industry, in particular the BMW South Africa factory, which opened in 1968, BMW's first factory outside Europe[3] as well as the Nissan South Africa factory, manufacturing a vast range of motor vehicles, trucks, light delivery vans (LDV's, locally known as bakkies) and 4X4 offroaders and the IVECO too has a plant.[4]
In 2012, vehicle manufacturing plants in South Africa contributed about 6.2% to the country's gross domestic product.[5]