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Stellantis has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) to develop a manufacturing facility in South Africa. The signing ceremony took place, Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Trade, Industry and ...

Offers Training to Military Engineers on Usage, Maintenance. Stallion Motors has delivered 700 locally-produced Ashok Leyland Troops Carrying Vehicles to the Nigerian Armed Forces. The vehicles, which were commissioned virtually on Friday by President Muhammadu Buhari, were procured by the Nigerian military following the Executive Order Number 5  which mandated ...

Hot on the heels of the exciting and trendsetting Next-Generation Ranger Double Cab models that hit the South African market in December last year, Ford South Africa is launching the Single Cab and SuperCab derivatives, scheduled to go on sale in March this year. Four Single Cab models have been ...

First company to introduce a five-year best-in-class standard warranty on its entire commercial vehicle range in Africa The year 2022 marked a milestone in the journey of Tata International as the company reached 60 years since its inception and 45 years on African soil. Tata International Africa (TIA) has become ...

Munro is the first automotive manufacturer to build cars at scale in Scotland since Peugeot-Talbot closed its Linwood plant in 1981. Munro Vehicles, a manufacturer of all-electric 4x4s, and Scotland’s only volume production car company, has unveiled its first vehicle, the Munro Mk_1. Designed, engineered, and built in Britain, the ...

The latest addition to one of Nigeria’s fastest growing automotive companies- Mikano International’s Motors division- is the aptly named Maxus Auto brand. It joins the ZNA (Rich6) and Geely brands, in an exclusive partnership with Mikano International.  Born in 1896, Maxus Autos epitomises the positive benefits of a British heritage, ...

For Domestic and Global Export Markets Ford Motor Company’s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria is the third plant to commence production of the Next-Generation Ranger for customers around the world. The start of the Next-Gen Ranger production follows a major investment of US$1.05 billion (R15.8 billion) in Ford’s South African ...

As Scene Gets Set for Next-Gen Ranger Production of Ford’s current-generation Ranger pick-up has drawn to a close at the Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria. The last unit came off the assembly line on 10 November 2022, ending with a total of 873 751 vehicles produced as the final preparations ...

Toyota maintains market leadership, followed by Volkswagen and Ford.  A new report has predicted a major plunge in car sales by a whopping $200 billion in 2022. The report comes as car sales in 2022 have proved just as challenging as in 2021 even  as supply chain bottlenecks and record inflation ...

On Thursday, September 29,2022,  the 12,500,000th vehicle left the assembly lines of the Stellantis vehicle plant in Tychy, Poland. The unique jubilee car is a stunning two-tone Fiat 500 Dolcevita, equipped with a state-of-the-art hybrid propulsion system, which will go to a customer in Belgium. Traditionally, the employees of the ...