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Hyundai inaugurates “Prime Now. Drive Now .” programme

Hyundai Motor America, in collaboration with Amazon, announced at the weekend a limited-time, first-to-market on-demand vehicle test drive program, “Prime Now. Drive Now.,” in which prospective buyers in the Los Angeles/Orange County areas can book 2017 Hyundai Elantra test drives at the location of their choice through Amazon’s Prime Now service at www.amazon.com/primenowdrivenow. ...

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Volkswagen, BP/Castrol localise global strategic agreement in SA

Castrol lubricants are recommended globally in handbooks and manuals of the Volkswagen Group vehicles. Oil filler caps are also Castrol branded, giving quality assurance to Volkswagen, Audi, and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles drivers. And VWSA now offers Volkswagen Genuine Oil, filled by Castrol, in different pack sizes. Volkswagen Genuine Oil fulfils ...

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Ford targets fully autonomous vehicle for ride sharing in 2021

  Ford has announced its intention to have a high-volume, fully autonomous SAE level 4-capable vehicle in commercial operation in 2021 in a ride-hailing or ride-sharing service. To get there, the company said it is investing in or collaborating with four startups to enhance its autonomous vehicle development, doubling its ...

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Perfection blends with exclusivity in the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6

  Described as the ultimate in luxury, the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6, which measures almost six metres in length and designed as an electric car, is making a debut this weekend at the ongoing Monterey Car Week, holding at the Monterey Peninsula between 16 and 21 August 2016. The final event on Sunday, ...

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Jeep rolls out 75th Anniversary Edition models

Jeep® – one of the world’s few, true icons – is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2016. And to mark the occasion, the Jeep brand has rolled out distinctive, unique 75th Anniversary Edition models – Grand Cherokee, Cherokee, Renegade and Wrangler. These limited edition models, which were recently launched in ...

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Gamers set new Guinness World Records™ with Ford GT

Five bleary-eyed gamers each completed a mammoth two‑day stint at the wheel of a virtual Ford GT race car in Forza Motorsport 6 to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the “longest video marathon on a racing game”. Gamers Cara Scott, 25, from the U.K.; Hélène Cressot, from ...

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How this 1934 Chevrolet Master was picked to feature in film on Mandela

When Ben Van Rooyen first laid eyes on a 1934 Chevrolet Master, he knew he would transform the vehicle into the icon it once was. Having parked in a shed for 20 years, the 66-year-old Van Rooyen from Brakpan, near Johannesburg, restored the vehicle to such pristine condition that it ...

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Volvo, Uber partner on autonomous driving cars

Volvo Cars and Uber, the world’s leading ride-sharing company, have indicated their willingness to cooperate on developing the next generation autonomous driving (AD) cars in a project worth $300million. The two companies have therefore signed an agreement to establish a joint project that will develop new base vehicles that will ...

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GMSA’s second facility declared landfill free

With yet another facility being declared landfill free, General Motors South Africa (GMSA) is moving closer to the company’s global environmental goal to achieve zero waste to landfill by 2020 GMSA’s Vehicle Conversion and Distribution Centre (VCDC), situated in Aloes about 20 kilometers from the manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, ...

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Volvo Cars, #CarseatFullstop campaign partner on Child Safety

Volvo Car South Africa has thrown its weight behind the #CarseatFullstop campaign which seeks to enlighten and inspire parents, and ultimately help them to take better care in protecting their children in cars. The partnership is to boost current effort to raise child safety awareness in South Africa. One of the ...

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