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Ford Kicks off Multi-Faceted Road Safety Campaign

    Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa, in conjunction with the Automobile Association (AA) and other valued partners, has kicked off a multi-faceted road safety awareness and education campaign aimed at addressing South Africa’s high number of road accidents, injuries and fatalities. Focused on driver training, pedestrian visibility and ...

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The Duke, Duchess of Cambridge Visit Jaguar Land Rover Solihull Plant

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Thursday paid a royal visit to Jaguar Land Rover Solihull manufacturing plant. The Royal visitors witnessed first-hand the £2.5bn invested in the site which has seen production and employment more than double since 2008. During a tour of the final assembly line, both The Duke ...

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Zoto’s New app Goes for ₦1 Only

  Nigeria’s fastest growing payment startup, Zoto, said its new app would go for  an introductory price of ₦1 only . Zoto, a mobile payment app used by over 1 million Nigerians, said the new app is designed to make Zoto the fastest and most reliable payment app in Nigeria. “An ...

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MINI John Cooper Works Buggy for Dakar 2018

The BMW Group is set for the race debut of its all-new motorsport vehicle, the MINI John Cooper Works Buggy, at Dakar 2018. This exciting addition will feature along with the already successful MINI John Cooper Works Rally and the MINI ALL4 Racing at the Dakar Rally in January as ...

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Siyaphambili Team Shines at Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge

  Siyaphambili Team (meaning moving forward) has done Volkswagen proud at the just-concluded Telkom 947 Cycle Challenge in South Africa. The team consists of Thobani Mhlongo who finished in a time of 3hours-26minutes-53seconds, Kwanele Shabala at a time of 3hours-18minutes-15seconds, Mashesha Miya in 3hours-29minutes-42seconds, Nonkuthalo Mgomezulu in 5hours-1minute-46seconds and Samkelo ...

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Jaguar Land Rover Partners Mountain Rescue England and Wales

  Jaguar Land Rover has sealed its partnership with Mountain Rescue England and Wales (MREW) with a donation of a Land Rover Discovery to MREW as the British carmaker extended its support to emergency and disaster preparedness.  MREW has taken delivery of the Land Rover Discovery, which will join its ...

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Nashville Soccer Club, Nissan Seal Deal on Multiyear Partnership

Nashville Soccer Club and Nissan Tuesday announced a multiyear partnership in which Nissan will become the club’s first jersey front sponsor. Nashville SC unveiled one of the club’s two Under Armour jerseys with Nissan’s logo exclusively featured on the front and announced the fans will select the second jersey through an ...

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Mercedes-Benz Vans Plans Electric Drive For All Commercial Van Models As eVito Launches in 2018

Mercedes-Benz Vans said it plans to offer all its commercial van model lines with electric drive, starting with the mid-size eVito, expected to be launched in 2018. The eVito is now available to order, with deliveries commencing in the second half of 2018. Further model ranges, according to  Mercedes-Benz Vans, ...

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Volkswagen Wins Big at Inaugural Gumtree Pre-Owned Awards

Volkswagen scooped the most wins at the inaugural Gumtree Pre-Owned Awards. The top passenger car manufacturer in South Africa took home a total of seven awards, including  three First place wins, two Second places and two People’s choice awards. Gumtree found the best value performing cars per category by looking ...

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Construction of State-of-the-Art Polestar Production Centre Begins

  Polestar appears set to turn its plans into reality with the beginning of construction work on the new state-of-the-art Polestar Production Centre in Chengdu, China, where the company’s first model, the Polestar 1, will be produced.  This follows the announcement of the new Polestar brand on October 17, and ...

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