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Mobile Malaria project embarks on a journey of Discovery

     Land Rover has been engineering vehicles capable of tackling the toughest terrain around the world for more than 70 years. Now it is working with the Mobile Malaria Project, winners of the 2018 Land Rover Bursary, in partnership with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), as it heads ...

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Mercedes-Benz records over 150,000 units sales in February

  The first two months of this year really were pretty good for Mercedes-Benz as the Stuttgart-based luxury automaker delivered 333,229 cars worldwide.  In February, 152,690 vehicles with the three-pointed star were sold worldwide . The model changes in the highest-volume segments SUVs and compact cars had an impact on ...

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All-Stars award for all-new Altima at Concours d’Elegance

  The 2019 Nissan Altima has been been listed among the industry’s best new vehicles in 2019 and has been named one of Automobile Magazine’s 2019 All-Stars at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. The award, which came , Saturday, March 9,  was Nissan’s first Automobile All-Stars nod since the award’s inception ...

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Total launches new lubricant for PSA car engines

  it’s really a collaboration for excellence as Total Lubrifiants, a partner of PSA for more than 50 years, is launching TOTAL QUARTZ INEO HTC* 5W-30, specifically designed to protect and strengthen the engines of the French automaker’s vehicles in extreme conditions. PSA has updated its B71 2297 standard, which ...

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ERM moves to roll out three new UBI products for car insurers

Three new products that will help insurance companies to determine the price of car insurance policies are set to be unveiled by global automotive technology supplier, ERM Advanced Telematics, whose products have been installed in over five million vehicles around the world. A statement issued in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Wednesday ...

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Bye-bye to gravity: The G-Class goes lateral

  Since 1979 the G-Class has thrilled its fans with its outstanding driving characteristics and impressive off-road capabilities. Even 40 years later, this iconic off-roader from Mercedes-Benz can do more than other vehicles. The G-Class has now demonstrated this yet again, with a stunt never before performed. On the 101-metre ...

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Minesh Bhagaloo takes over as Interim Head of Communications for Ford in SA , SSA

Ford Motor Company on Friday announced the appointment of  Minesh Bhagaloo, Product Communications Manager for the Sub-Saharan Africa region as the Interim Head of the Communications Department for Ford in South Africa and SSA. The appointment, which takes effect from March 1, 2019 will see Bhagaloo take over from Rella Bernardes, ...

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Lexus celebrates 10 million vehicles sales landmark

  …Records best-ever year in 2018 Lexus this Monday announced  the sale of its 10 millionth vehicle , a landmark achievement that came shortly after a strong 2018 year-end sales performance with Lexus achieving multiple best-ever sales goals around the globe. In addition, the brand that pioneered the world’s first ...

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BMW Group achieves strongest-ever start to a year with 170,463 global deliveries in January

      Despite the current headwinds affecting the industry in several markets, the BMW Group achieved its strongest-ever start to a year with a total of 170,463 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce cars delivered to customers worldwide in January. The BMW Group has therefore started 2019 on  a positive sales result ...

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Double Cab bakkies push up Isuzu market share in Zimbabwe

Indications have emerged that Isuzu bakkies are pushing up the market share for Isuzu in Zimbabwe as sales figures recently released are pointers to the fact that Zimbabweans really love their bakkies, especially the Isuzu Double Cab bakkie. According to the sales figures for 2018,  a quarter of the bakkies ...

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