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General Motors has announced its next step in redefining personal mobility with new car-sharing service called Maven, which combines and expands the company’s multiple programmes under one single brand. Maven’s mission, according to a statement obtained from GM’s official website, is to give customers access to highly personalised, on-demand mobility ...

The Ford Struandale Engine Plant has transformed the lives of 10 families from the Vastrap informal settlement in Booysens Park, Port Elizabeth, with the installation of shipping containers converted into safe and secure housing units, the automaker said in a statement issued on Friday . According to the company, five ...

General Motors has announced what it described as an innovative pilot internship programme aimed at experienced women engineers who are interested in returning to the workforce after a two or more year career break. The programme tagged Take 2, according to a statement obtained from its official  website, is a ...

Ahead of its official debut at the upcoming Geneva International Motor Show, the California T, Ferrari’s immensely successful front-engined V8 model with retractable hard top and 2+ seating configuration, is now available with the brand-new Handling Speciale (HS) option, a statement issued in Maranello has said. According to the statement obtained ...

Foton, one of the largest motor manufacturers in the world, improved on its performance in the gruelling Dakar Rally at its third attempt in the 2016 event, which ended in Rosario on January 16. This year, the company entered a Tunland pick-up and a Sauvana SUV, which is based on ...

It was the document that set the world in motion: on 29 January 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent on his “gas-powered vehicle”. This was the day the automobile was born. Later the same year, independently of Benz, Gottlieb Daimler built his motorised carriage. Thus it was that 1886 ...

The new Mercedes E-Class, the new SLC and the enhanced SL are available to order now, with deliveries commencing in April, a statement issued by the luxury carmaker in Stuttgart, Germany has said. As the world’s most forward-looking production car, the E-Class sets new standards. And with prices starting at ...

 KTM said it is recalling Motocross bikes of the latest model year 2016 to the workshops of  authorised KTM dealers across South Africa in order to review and replace the front wheel spokes. The company said in a statement obtained by AUTO REPORT AFRICA that during routine testing in ongoing ...

The Mercedes-Benz F 100 research vehicle celebrated its world premiere 25 years ago. Never before had the designers and engineers realised so many new ideas and innovative solutions in a single vehicle. At the same time, with all its technology, the vehicle was a forerunner of today’s connected car, of which ...

Hino, the leading Japanese truck manufacturer and the first one from that country to enter the gruelling Dakar Rally, way back in 1991, registered its 25th consecutive finish in the 2016 edition of this gruelling, annual cross-country race which ended in Rosario, Argentina, on January 16. The Hinos finished 13th (Teruhito ...