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Innovation Group report outlines future of automotive industry
Innovation Group South Africa's 2016 Automotive Future Now Report provides... read


Nissan in tie-up talks with scandal-hit Mitsubishi

Nissan said on Thursday it is in talks with scandal-hit Mitsubishi Motors over a tie-up that could create one of the world's biggest auto groups, rivalling Toyota and Volkswagen... Read

Hyundai appoints new head of Africa and Middle East

The Hyundai Motor Company has appointed Mike Song as the new head of its Africa and Middle East Region, commencing duties during the second week... Read

Team assembled to plan post-2020 road for automotive sector

Linda Ensor

Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has established a team of technical experts to develop the post-2020 automotive master plan... Read

Maintenance & Safety
KIA Motors SA announces voluntary safety recall
KIA Motors South Africa will conduct a voluntary safety recall of 180 KIA Cerato vehicles (from the 2011 model year) commencing Monday, 23 May 2016. The purpose of the recall is to replace... read
Chevrolet offers predictive maintenance tech
Chevrolet has introduced predictive technology that allows a driver's vehicle to warn them about a potential maintenance need before it occurs... read
Manufacturing & Parts
Could this weird-looking concept take on the Smart FourTwo?

Stuart Thomas

Smart, the Mercedes Benz-owned city car brand, has always set the mark pretty high when it comes to technology and innovation in small vehicles. But if one, relatively unknown, Russian carmaker has its way... read
Motorcycles
Vespa SA takes on Mall of Africa traffic apocalypse
Many Midrand commuters were in a state of distress recently following the traffic mayhem associated with the Mall of Africa opening. Vespa SA leveraged this 'traffic apocolypse' in an attempt to prove... read
Motoring Reviews
Smart is cute and clever

Henrie Geyser: motoring editor

The funky new Smart, 'baby' of the vast Daimler stable, is even cooler, and it is bigger, safer, more fun to drive than its predecessor and enriched with a wide range of new fancy kit... read
Retail & Rental
Barons Pietermaritzburg named 2015 Volkswagen Dealer of the Year
Barons Pietermaritzburg is the 2015 Volkswagen Dealer of the Year. This was the second consecutive year that Barons Pietermaritzburg was recognised as the best performing dealership in the Volkswagen network... read
Toyota tips profit dive on strong yen, slower emerging markets
Toyota on Wednesday warned that its annual net profit will fall by about a third as a stronger yen, and a slowdown in Chinese growth and other emerging markets dent... read
Black Rhino Wheels to donate a portion of every wheel sold to Save the Rhino International

Issued by Tiger Wheel & Tyre

Tiger Wheel & Tyre has announced that wheel partner, Black Rhino Wheels, is donating R5 of every wheel sold to Save the Rhino International... read
Business
Neuromarketing: From design studio to C-suite

Leigh Andrews

The 'silo mentality' is slowly but surely falling away in ad agencies - now that collaborative business mindset is spreading across all industries. Here's why your marketing strategy needs to follow suit and become a top-line conversation... read
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