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Toyota said on Tuesday that it is set to maintain its position as the top manufacturer of hybrid vehicles worldwide with a $373.8 million investment in five U.S. manufacturing plants. Toyota said the new investment will support the production of its first American-made hybrid powertrain and will implement Toyota’s New ...

Ford South Africa on Tuesday signed a three-year vehicle sponsorship deal with leading South African football team, Orlando Pirates, thus becoming the official vehicle sponsor for the club. The deal brings two of the country’s most popular vehicle and sporting brands together for the first time. The partnership agreement, which ...

Two finalists, Talha Moosajee and Raais Asmal, have emerged as they have cruised their way to the last stage of the 2017 Volkswagen Driver Search honours at the Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria. They emerged victorious after four gruelling days of physical tests, psychological evaluations, media lectures and naturally a string of stringent ...

Saudi King Salman ordered on Tuesday that Saudi women will now be allowed to drive cars. The royal order put an end to a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom’s repression of women. The kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, has been widely criticised ...

As the search for the 2017 Volkswagen Driver Search continues in South Africa, eight young prospective racing drivers have been shortlisted for the next round of the competition while the game is over for the other six who didn’t make it after the first round was completed at the Zwartkops ...

Hyundai, the Korean carmaker, Monday,  marked its 3-millionth Elantra sold in the United States by celebrating the achievement of a local hero in Baytown, Texas, a city near Houston severely impacted by flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. Henry Rogers, Paramedic Field Supervisor for Acadian Ambulance, was on the front lines ...

The world’s first self-flying taxi was launched at the Jumeirah Beach Park in Dubai, United Arab  Emirates on Monday. The Autonomous Air Taxi (AAT) of Dubai was the brainchild of  Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA). According to Dubai Media Office, the two-seater AAT, capable of transporting people without human ...

        Kia Motors has been ranked among the highest valued brands in the world once again, according to Interbrand’s 2017 ‘Best Global Brands’ report. The latest study, released this Monday, confirms Kia’s brand value has grown 6% in the last 12 months, to the US $6.68 billion. ...

IKA Germany (IKA Industrie- und Kraftfahrzeugausrüstung GmbH), a leading global player in the automotive aftermarket spare parts supplies, with customers in over 70 countries across five continents, said it will be rounding off its  2017 African Road Show at the first Kaduna Automotive Spare Parts Exhibition and Stakeholders Conference scheduled ...

….As stakeholders fault auto policy implementation A senior lecturer at the Covenant University, Otta, Ogun State, Nigeria, Dr. Oscar Odiboh, has faulted the operations of automobile assembly plants in the country. The don, who is also an automotive communication specialist, said they lack the required standard to compete globally. Odiboh stated ...