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New Kia Stinger Scoops More Prestigious Industry Awards

    The Kia Stinger has been honored with a series of prestigious awards by European and North American media. The growing number of accolades for the new fastback sports sedan make the Stinger one of the most celebrated new Kia vehicles ever – just a few months after going ...

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Kia Enhances Optima with New Powertrains, Fresh Design

  Kia Motors Europe has introduced a range of design enhancements and new engines for the new Kia Optima. Sold in Europe as a sedan or Sportswagon, the car makes its debut at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, and is due on sale across Europe in Q3 2018.  The ...

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Volkswagen Group South Africa Launches Second Learning Centre

    Volkswagen Group South Africa’s (VWSA) commitment to ensuring that Grade 3 learners in the Uitenhage area are functionally literate received another boost this week with the opening of a second Literacy Centre in Uitenhage. The Literacy Centre was opened at the Mngcunube Primary School in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage.  The ...

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New App Partners Help Ford Drivers Get the Best from Their Mobiles on The Move

Ford Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, announced that the popular navigation and traffic appWaze will be available to Ford owners globally from April 2018.  With more than 100 million active users, Waze is the world’s largest community-based navigation app, helping drivers to outsmart traffic together. First announced at ...

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Ford Makes the Dream of Beach Access a Reality for the Disabled

    Ford Motor Company Fund is partnering with environmental organisation WESSA and the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCDP) in South Africa to make the dream of beach access a reality for the physically disabled. As the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, the Ford Fund ...

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The BMW Group Storms Mobile World Congress 2018 with Digital, Intelligent Connectivity

    As this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened this Monday in Barcelona, Spain and running through March 1, the BMW Group said its presentation will be the next steps on the road to digital and intelligent connectivity between the driver and vehicle as its focus will be on ...

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Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda Unveils the STR13, Joins Nine Other F1 Teams for Pre-season Testing

  Honda and its new partner, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Monday, unveiled their new Formula 1 car, the STR13, fitted with the Honda RA618H power unit, at the Barcelona Catalunya Circuit. Following the reveal of the new car that Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley will drive in this year’s FIA Formula ...

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Toyota Develops New Powertrain Units Based on TNGA

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) said it has developed a new continuously variable transmission (CVT), 6-speed manual transmission, 2.0-liter engine, 2.0-liter hybrid system, and 4WD systems based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA), a development framework aimed at making ever-better cars. The new technologies, according to the Japanese automaker,  offer ...

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