SEGMENT ANALYSIS

The market launch of the BMW M5 CS is the absolute highlight among the innovations that will enrich the BMW model range in spring 2021. The first special model based on the BMW M5 Competition takes on the top position in the BMW M GmbH range in terms of engine ...

Merz Reisen GmbH has expanded its Setra bus fleet. The company from Gnadenberg south-east of Nuremberg received eight Setra MultiClass Low Entry buses. The six S 415 LE business and two S 418 LE business are to go into operation after winning a Europe-wide invitation to tender for various routes in the Neumarkt region. In addition ...

 Mercedes-Benz Trucks, a brand of Daimler Trucks & Buses Southern Africa (DTBSA), achieved market leader position in the Heavy-Duty Truck (HDT) segment in 2020 relative direct competitors, despite the blatant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the trucking industry. Maretha Gerber, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, says: “We made bold moves ...

Vanlife is trendy and the market is booming, even – or especially – at the present time. In Germany, for instance, new registrations reached a new high in 2020 according to the German Caravaning Industry Association (CIVD), with about 80,000 newly registered motorhomes. The situation is quite similar in the ...

Becomes the only Indian automotive manufacturer to achieve the incredible landmark Hero MotoCorp, India’s leading motorbike manufacturer and the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, has surpassed the significant milestone of 100 Million (10 Crores) units in cumulative production, thus becoming the only automotive manufacturer in the country to achieve ...

When Nissan made its first investment towards Africa’s growth sixty years ago with Datsun’s presence in Zimbabwe and the Nissan Motor Company Limited, opening its Rosslyn operations, it was the humble, but bold start of a journey. With a firm belief in the opportunities that lie on the African continent, ...

New sales record secures BMW M GmbH’s market leadership in the performance and high-performance automobile segment. With yet another new sales record, the BMW M GmbH continued to grow also in the 2020 fiscal year. Despite the effects of the Corona pandemic on the market, it was possible to increase ...

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the newest member of its passenger car segment. The all-new GLB brings the best of both worlds from Mercedes with its strong SUV DNA. The all-new GLB is the 8th entry in Mercedes-Benz’s compact class as it joins the A-Class, B-Class, CLA, GLA, A-Class Saloon, CLA Shooting ...

    “Volkswagen South Africa continues to make a positive comeback in the local car market after reeling from the effects of Level 5 lockdown earlier this year. Even though we won’t see a repeat of our record-breaking 2019 volumes, we have made incremental volume gains and posted a record ...

  Nissan Thursday unveiled the new Nissan Navara pickup at a world premiere as the new pick-up delivers an enhanced level of safety, comfort and driving pleasure, while continuing to bring durability, reliability and versatility.   The pickup, known as the Nissan Frontier in Mexico and South America, marks another ...