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Daimler Trucks records best-ever unit sales, revenue, earnings in 2018

… Further growth in unit sales expected for 2019 The year 2018 was, apparently, the most successful year in the history of Daimler Trucks to date, with record unit sales, revenue and earnings (EBIT). Daimler’s truck division increased its unit sales by 10 percent to 517,300 vehicles in the year under ...

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New Ford Ranger rolls off Ford’s Silverton Assembly Plant in South Africa

    The new Ford Ranger has started rolling off Ford’s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria thus bringing a raft of product upgrades and refinements to one of South Africa’s best-selling vehicles and export models. “Following the investment of over R3-billion in our local operations and extensive upgrades to our ...

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Mercedes-Benz delivers over 180,000 vehicles worldwide in January

    Mercedes-Benz recorded the second-best to a year sales in January as it delivered 180,539 vehicles to its customers all over the world . The  sales, according to the Stuttgart-based luxury car maker,  were influenced by important model changes in the high-volume SUV and compact-car segments. In particular, the ...

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Mercedes-Benz upgrades Citan Tourer with new engine generation, sporty design package

  Mercedes-Benz Vans has been offering the Citan since 2012. This small people carrier with compact dimensions and a large load compartment is ideal for the wide range of challenges encountered about town and in leisure time. The main foundations for its success were laid by the combination of high ...

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Celebrating Mercedes-Benz G-Class at 40

  It’s really a big birthday for the off-road classic as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class series made the fourth decade this February. Recall that the world première of the 460 model series G-model took place between 4 and 9 February 1979 in Toulon, France. On this occasion, the Mercedes-Benz press kit ...

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance sells 10.76 million vehicles in 2018

   Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the world’s leading automotive alliance, has announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10,756,875 units in the 12 months to December 31, 2018 with China, U.S. and France as the leading markets. The Alliance maintained its position as the world leader in volume sales of ...

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Lexus names 2019 Design Award finalists

  Lexus has announced the names of the six Lexus Design Award finalists for 2019. This year’s finalists employed technology in even more creative ways to spark new ideas and conceptualise transformative solutions that have the power to change lives. Most of the solution concepts of the finalists aimed at  ...

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BMW moves to further boost driving pleasure, individuality with model update

BMW appears set for model update of its ranges in the new year as the German luxury car maker has indicated its plan to introduce a wave of enticing additions to standard specification and broaden the array of options available ex-factory from March . The ultimate goal of the model ...

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Volkswagen steps up Sub-Sahara Africa’s expansion, signs MoU with Ethiopia

      Volkswagen has stepped up its expansion moves into the sub-Sahara Africa market as it recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Ethiopia to collaborate and deliver a joint vision for the development of an automotive industry in the country.  Head of the Volkswagen ...

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Global Caring Month: Ford employees, dealers sponsor 25 projects across Africa in 2018

    Ford employees and dealers across Sub-Saharan Africa sponsored a total of 25 projects in 2018 as they put the spotlight on community service and upliftment  by volunteering their time and efforts to support a wide range of projects as part of Ford’s annual Global Caring Month. The projects ...

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