#BizTrends2024: This is what the future holds for SA’s automotive sector

[George Mienie] One thing is certain: this year will be anything but dull...

#BizTrends2024: Audi SA's top 5 electric vehicle trends for 2024

[Tarryn Knight] The narrative around EVs is finally evolving beyond the environmental benefits to focus on convenience and performance...

#BizTrends2024: Looking ahead to the changing landscape of the pre-owned car market in SA

[Rikus Blomerus] The coming months present an opportune time to purchase a used vehicle, here's why...

#BizTrends2024: How increased range will help drive electrification…and other EV trends

[Greg Maruszewski] The year 2024 is shaping up to be yet another pivotal period for the automotive industry, both globally and right here in South Africa...

#BizTrends2024: 5 key trends in the automotive industry for 2024

[Billy Tom] In 2024, it becomes imperative to cast our gaze forward and anticipate the potential developments the year may unfold...

#BizTrends2023: Insights into what needs to trend in the automotive space in 2023

[Steffen Knapp] Steffen Knapp of VWSA says the train has left the station in terms of the worldwide move towards more sustainable forms of mobility...

#BizTrends2023: Key trends in the automotive industry for 2023 - Kia South Africa

[Gary Scott] January sees thousands of journalists, enthusiasts and industry representatives descend into Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES)...

#BizTrends2023: Car brands, dealers to fully embrace online shopping

[Ernest North] It's only a matter of time before you'll be able to browse cars, click the buy button, apply for finance and get it approved/processed, says Naked Insurance co-founder Ernest North...

#BizTrends2023: A surprise trend predicted for SA's pre-owned vehicle market in 2023

[Rikus Blomerus] Rikus Blomerus, CMO of WeBuyCars, predicts an unexpected trend for SA pre-owned car market in the new year...

#BizTrends2023: How EVs will shape new car design...and other trends

[Greg Maruszewski] Volvo Car SA managing director Greg Maruszewski unpacks how electric vehicles will change the way new cars are designed...

#BizTrends2022: SA's auto industry to go increasingly digital...and electric

[George Mienie] In 2022, car buyers will need to spend increasingly less time in physical car showrooms completing reams of mind-numbing paperwork...

#BizTrends2022: Access to mobility on the precipice of a seismic shift in SA

[Ghana Msibi] There are some seismic shifts afoot in the way motorists access mobility...

#BizTrends2021: Auto industry set to digitally transform

[George Mienie] While 2020 was a year of evolving, planning and building technologies, 2021 will be a year of enterprising and entrepreneurial businesses coming to the fore...

#BizTrends2020: SA's automotive industry lags global trends

[Kriben Reddy] Back in 1951, the publishers of Popular Mechanics predicted that every family would have at least one helicopter in their garage by 2020...

#BizTrends2019: The way we love our cars is about to change

[Kriben Reddy] Back in January 1897, South Africa's first car was shown off publicly to an astonished crowd. Nearly 122 years later, South Africans' enduring love affair with their cars shows no signs of waning...

#BizTrends2019: Online car sales - destructive disruption or unique opportunity?

[Marius du Toit] The boom in online retail is now more than a decade old, and we're starting to see the first signs of a similar boom in online car sales...

#BizTrends2019: Connected mobility will redefine personal transportation

[Mike Whitfield] I've been in the automotive industry throughout my career, yet I'm always amazed at the technological progress we've made over the years in developing cars...

#BizTrends2018: Less torque talk, more tech talk

[Ilse Burger] According to McKinsey, technology-driven trends will revolutionise how industry players respond to changing consumer behaviour, develop partnerships, and drive transformational change...

#BizTrends2018: A wave of change

[Pieter Niemand] I foresee three major trends for the automotive industry that will challenge the status quo and bring about noticeable change.