Following the success of the recent inauguration of its Kenya assembly, Volkswagen has unfolded its plans for Rwanda as the auto maker moved ahead in developing new markets in Africa. The plans which included that of a local vehicle production were unfolded when Volkswagen and the Rwandan Government signed a ...

Ahead of the January 2 kick-off of the 2017 Dakar Rally in Asuncion, the capital city of Paraguay, the Toyota Gazoo Racing SA team have already landed in South America for the race.  Team Principal, Glyn Hall, said the Team had to forgo their Christmas celebration to be on ground ...

The svelte Lexus LC500 is surely preparing for its South African debut mid-2017, with detailed product information on the sumptuous specifications to follow closer to the time. Lexus, no doubt,  has moved further to show its dedication to creating cars with exciting, emotional designs and exhilarating performance with the introduction ...

Hyundai said that the Ioniq and Vision G Concept have earned the 2016 GOOD DESIGN™ Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The GOOD DESIGN™ awards celebrate designs that are anything but ordinary, and this marks ...

An exclusive premiere of the highly-anticipated Alfa Romeo Giulia at a gala event held at the Inanda Club in Sandton, South Africa recently saw patrons snapping up the first 46 orders of the new car at local dealerships just within three days.  An amazing development, no doubt, the event, hosted ...

Agricultural transport is the strong point of the Mercedes-Benz Arocs 2051 AK 4×4, which has now been awarded the seal of approval “DLG-approved 2016”. Specially equipped by authorised conversion partner Harald Bruhns GmbH for use in agriculture, the vehicle passed the DLG PowerMix transport test with flying colours.   Mercedes-Benz ...

Twenty-four years after it was first launched as a ‘Light Bus’ in 1963, Toyota ‘Coaster’ is to undergo a model change. Toyota Motor Corporation said it will launch the completely redesigned Toyota Coaster at Toyota dealers (Osaka Toyopet dealers in the Osaka region) nationwide across Japan on January 23, 2017. ...

Ahead of its full unveiling early 2017, Kia Motors has revealed the first design details of the third-generation Picanto, one of Kia’s global best-selling cars.  The new Picanto, Kia’s all-new A-segment city car,  combines a youthful and energetic new exterior and interior design with greater potential for customer personalisation, inside ...

Ford, in collaboration with its local partner, Coscharis Motors, has rewarded the winner of season three of Nigeria’s entrepreneur reality TV show, The Next Titan, with the 2017 model of Ford EcoSport. The Ford EcoSport was presented to the winner, Marvis Marshal-Idio, by the marketing team of Coscharis Motors at ...

History was made, Wednesday, December 21, 2016, as the first locally produced vehicle, a Polo Vivo, rolled off the production line as Volkswagen inaugurated its vehicle production facility in Kenya. . The epoch-making event is indeed an indication that  Volkswagen is already forging ahead with the regionalisation of its worldwide ...