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Nicolas Morel, currently Senior Vice President of Vehicles Projects and Life Series at Groupe PSA,  has been appointed to succeed Gilles Le Borgne, Executive Vice President Quality and Engineering, who is billed to leave Groupe PSA on May 2 for personal reasons. Morel, who has held important positions in various ...

The holiday season is finally rounding off and parents are already preparing their children to return to school with shoppings on the cards for many families. Aside this, when it comes to raising the blood pressure, for parents, the weekly shop is right up there with getting the kids to ...

German automaker, BMW, has approved the General Tire brand as original equipment (OE) fitment for the latest BMW X5. The all-terrain Grabber AT3 has been recommended in size 275/45 R20 110V XL on the Bavarian automaker’s latest X range model for its optional ‘Off-Road Package’. The BMW X5 is a ...

Hino South Africa has continued to take the lead in the quarterly Data Track comparative truck study, taking top spot in the Combined score for the third successive quarter, as well as scoring highest in two of the three categories – Service and Parts. Hino’s Combined score for the first ...

  Groupe Renault, the market leader of vans and electric light commercial vehicles in Europe, has revealed  four new models, namely New Renault MASTER, New Renault TRAFIC, New Renault ALASKAN and KANGOO Z.E. Concept. The new models were revealed to the media at a special press conference in what Groupe Renault ...

  Perfectly fitting into the busy lifestyle of today’s modern family, the Nissan Qashqai has emerged as the best compact family car in South Africa.  From school-runs, to quick weekends away, the #CityProof Nissan Qashqai is the perfect chariot for the modern, versatile family.  The compact SUV combines practicality with ...

One of the world’s leading auto-speed vehicles manufacturing companies, Mercedes-Benz, is celebrating  125 years of  motorsport history, including its many surprising and special successes. Such fantastic moments are borne out of the will to compete. And right from the start, they serve as proof of the outstanding sporting and technical ...

    Jaguar Land Rover is to unveil the one-of-a-kind Range Rover Sport SVR specially built as a tribute to the South African Springbok rugby team at the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb scheduled to hold on May 4 and 5. The custom Range Rover Sport SVR was developed as a project ...

  Hyundai Motor Company Tuesday announced that Vice President Simon Loasby, Director of Hyundai Design in China, is to lead the Hyundai Styling Group at Hyundai Design Centre in Korea. Loasby, who joined Hyundai Motor in mid-2017, was former design director at Volkswagen and Rolls-Royce in China, and since he ...

  It’s really another giant leap for zero-emission trucking, Monday, in Los Angeles,  as the Zero and Near-Zero Emissions Freight Facilities Project (ZANZEFF) stakeholders revealed their ’Shore-to Store’ project with the unveiling of the fuel cell electric heavy-duty truck. The new generation zero-emission truck expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s ...