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  Daimler Buses is expanding its bus business in South-East Asia and has concluded plans to start selling Mercedes-Benz chassis in Vietnam. Earlier in the week, Daimler Buses signed a partnership agreement with the local automobile corporation, Truong Hai Auto Corporation (THACO), thus making  THACO, the general distributor for Daimler’s ...

  Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSA) has offered to assist Isuzu Bakkie and SUV owners of out of warranty and service plan vehicles through the Isuzu Take Care Campaign. The campaign, according to an official statement,  will assist with maintenance of vehicles serviced by approved Isuzu dealerships between 2 June ...

  A new Managing Director has been appointed for Subaru Southern Africa. He is Andrew Marshall, who officially took over, June 1, 2020, from outgoing Managing Director, Rui Silva, who has opted out to pursue other opportunities. Marshall is bringing his over 20 -years’  work experience in the automotive sector ...

Range Rover hit a major milestone on Wednesday, 17 June, 2020, as it celebrated five decades of pioneering innovation, peerless refinement and unparalleled all-terrain capability with the introduction of the new Range Rover Fifty.  The original luxury SUV has defined the market since 17 June 1970 and, five decades on, the Range ...

Toyota on Wednesday launched the new Harrier model into the market in Japan, flaunting it as “a life-enriching partner.” This might not be an exaggeration as from the first sight , riding, or driving off in the new Harrier,  the feeling that resonates is that of a focus on sensory ...

        Volkswagen has added a fifth model to the brand’s SUV range in South Africa, the T-Roc. The T-SUV range in the Southern African market now consists of the T-Cross, T-Roc, Tiguan, Tiguan Allspace and the Touareg. The SUV market is growing rapidly in South Africa and ...

  Classictrade.co.uk has launched out as an all-new innovative sales platform for classic car dealers, allowing them to buy and sell to each other without the cost, risk or logistical complications associated with physical auctions. Consumers will be able to maintain a relationship with their trusted local showroom, while essentially having the choice ...

    Rimac Automobili has revealed the next stage in the development of the C_Two all-electric hypercar; a new production line. Based at Rimac’s recently opened production facility in Veliko Trgovišće, Croatia, the line will accelerate the production of C_Two prototypes necessary for final validation and crash testing for worldwide homologation. Assembling ...

    The Volkswagen Brand has recognised its best performing dealers in Southern Africa at the annual Grand Pix Awards held on Thursday, June 11, 2020. This year’s ceremony, which had, ‘Made to Move You’, as theme,  was slightly different. For the first time in the history of the Grand ...

An amazon on the wheels…. Doreen Trabert wouldn’t be able to drive up such a steep incline in a dumper semitrailer with only rear-wheel drive. She would have to take a detour and then possibly get in line with all the trucks waiting at the gates.     However, her ...