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Midlife makeover for ix35

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Korean carmaker Hyundai has dollied up its popular ix35 SUV range with a couple of neat cosmetic touches and an injection of mid-life rejuvenation to give a further boost to its steady sales flow out of showrooms.

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Renault Sandero vs The Rest

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

The newly-launched, entirely new Clio-based Renault Sandero is lining up to take on the toughest fighters in the budget B-segment.

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Tweaks add extra gloss to Sportage

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Kia has updated its popular Sportage range and smartened it up with bits of fancy make-up, exterior and inside enhancements, engine and transmission upgrades and glossy cabin comforts, which are likely to push up sales, which already stand at more than 9,000 units since it was introduced to the local market three years ago.

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Automotive
Three-wheeler market gaining momentum, research finds
Three-wheelers are increasingly gaining acceptance as an effective means of transportation, especially in developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. The global three-wheeler market is primarily concentrated in the Asia-Pacific, which accounted for a market share of 65% of global three-wheeler market, in volume terms, in 2013. Read more >>

Tickets on sale for Top Gear Festival, Durban
Tickets are now on sale for the Top Gear Festival Durban, which returns to the Moses Mabhida Stadium on 21 and 22 June, 2014. The two-day festival will feature Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond and The Stig. Read more >>

Components & Parts
Fortune names Goodyear the world's most admired Motor Vehicle Parts company
Goodyear tops the internationally respected publication's 'Global Most Admired' list for the first time. Read more >>

Repair, Maintenance & Safety
Santaco continues fight for subsidy
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) has launched a campaign for a greater share of state resources and this campaign will include a court action and a complaint to the Competition Commission. Read more >>

Retail
Midlife makeover for ix35

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Korean carmaker Hyundai has dollied up its popular ix35 SUV range with a couple of neat cosmetic touches and an injection of mid-life rejuvenation to give a further boost to its steady sales flow out of showrooms. Read more >>

Petrol price to increase in April
The price of a litre of 93-octane petrol will increase by 5 cents a litre while that of 95-octane petrol will increase by 7 cents a litre in Gauteng on Wednesday, 2 April 2014, the Energy Department has announced. Read more >>

Renault Sandero vs The Rest

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

The newly-launched, entirely new Clio-based Renault Sandero is lining up to take on the toughest fighters in the budget B-segment. Read more >>

Tweaks add extra gloss to Sportage

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

Kia has updated its popular Sportage range and smartened it up with bits of fancy make-up, exterior and inside enhancements, engine and transmission upgrades and glossy cabin comforts, which are likely to push up sales, which already stand at more than 9,000 units since it was introduced to the local market three years ago. Read more >>


International

Russia's Avtovaz reports net loss
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Russia's leading car manufacturer, Avtovaz reversed into a net loss last year because of a sales slump on the Russian market, the company reported last week. Read more >>

Honda will cut UK jobs on weak European car demand
LONDON, UK: Honda will axe 340 jobs by cutting shifts at its factory in western England in response to weak European demand for its cars, the Japanese car manufacturer said. Read more >>


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