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  The strategic partnership between SEGULA Technologies and Opel has  officially started as the deal was finally sealed on Friday . The partnership will see the creation of an engineering campus in Russelsheim which, alongside the Opel R&D centre, will secure numerous highly qualified jobs in engineering in the city. ...

  Mercedes-Benz CharterWay is out to tickle its customers with the newly-introduced ‘Rent & Buy’ programme giving them the option of buying a rented Actros as a “newer used vehicle” and supports them even better with their individual mobility, fleet and procurement strategy. Though”Rent&Buy” does not oblige customers to buy ...

… Comes stronger, faster,  more agile  The new Macan Turbo has taken the top spot in the Porsche compact SUV model range, thanks to a new 2.9-litre, six-cylinder biturbo engine. Now available to order, the extensively reworked model now produces 440 hp (324 kW), ten per cent more power output ...

… ‘Toyota Connect’ for all new Toyota, Lexus models starting Sept. 1   Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) has scored a global first . In collaboration with Altron and Vodacom Business, Thursday in Sandton, it announced a roll-out of connectivity features and in-car Wi-Fi on all new Toyota and Lexus ...

Ahead of its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show on Tuesday 10 September, the New Land Rover Defender is tackling the remote Valley of the Castles, Kazakhstan, on its first expedition en route to Frankfurt, Germany. Appropriately tagged, ‘Expedition 001’, Land Rover is using the expedition to give a ...

  President Cyril Ramaphosa  of South Africa, Wednesday, took time off his busy schedule at the ongoing TICAD 7 meeting to pay an official visit to Nissan’s global headquarters and the company’s Oppama Plant in Japan. Accompanied by top government and Nissan South Africa officials, the visit follows Nissan Group ...

  Coscharis Motors, exclusive distributor of Ford vehicles in Nigeria, Monday, announced an improvement on the warranty on select Ford models to three years or 100,000km for owners in the country. This new warranty, according to a statement, is only applicable to 2017 models and upwards even as it listed ...

Israeli startup, TriEye, whose Short-Wave-Infra-Red (SWIR) sensing technology enables vision in adverse weather and night-time conditions, has expanded its Series A round to $19 million with an investment from the German sports car manufacturer Porsche. The additional funding, according to a statement, will be used for ongoing product development and ...

Porsche has expanded its  range with the addition of the 911 Carrera.  The new sports car is being launched as a Coupé and Cabriolet, and generates 385 hp (283 kW) from its 3.0-litre, six-cylinder boxer engine with biturbo charging. The Carrera is the entry-level 911 model and offers 15 hp ...

  The rejection of the much-touted  National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) Bill by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration in Nigeria, twice, over a five-year period may throw a whopping N2.5trillion investments by stakeholders into the drain. Lamenting the failure of the country’s auto policy to work as anticipated, an ...