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Tyres, love them or hate them, every car needs them. Wait a minute, nobody hates tyres. At worst, we might be indifferent to them, but we don’t hate them, unless we have to replace them unexpectedly – then maybe we hate them. The truth is, nobody wants to spend more ...

Tim Abbot, Chief Executive Officer, BMW South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa (left) with Cosmas Maduka, President, Coscharis Group, Nigeria Group Managing Director, Coscharis Group, Josiah Samuel, (right) welcomes  Dumisani Radebe, Director, BMW, Sub-Sahara Africa to Coscharis Abuja BMW showroom & office: As  BMW officials visit Coscharis Abuja BMW showroom & office: ….. From left: ...

• More than 200,000 vehicles delivered to customers worldwide in June alone   Mercedes-Benz can look back on the strongest-selling quarter in the companies’ history. From April to June, 594,528 customers received their new Mercedes-Benz (+1.9%). Thus, Mercedes-Benz sold more vehicles than ever before in a half-year: Since the beginning ...

As increasing numbers of people get on their bikes, flash points between drivers and cyclists are an all-too frequent sight in Europe’s cities. And while infrastructure that keeps different road users apart struggles to keep pace, Ford is launching a new campaign designed to help improve safety and reduce pollution ...

   The new Volvo XC60 continued to be the best-selling model in the first half of the year with 88,786 units sold (2017: 829 units) as Volvo Cars reported a record sales for the first half of 2018 of 317,639 cars, an increase of 14.4 per cent compared to the ...

With one petrol price increase after another, it’s turning out to be a bleak winter. The knock-on effect of these increases means the price of just about everything goes up, so it’s not surprising that the fuel price is the subject of dinner conversation, social media discussion and a source ...

The Volkswagen Golf Mk1 was launched in Europe in 1974 as a successor to the iconic Beetle. Four years later, the front-wheel-drive hatch back, arrived in South Africa. In 2018, the Golf celebrates 40 years in South Africa. Design work on the Golf began in 1971, with production starting in ...

From 3D-printing, industrial prototyping to robotics – this is just some of the technology you will find being developed and pushed to new limits at the Isuzu Industrial Hub, situated at the Propella Business Incubator in Port Elizabeth.  Isuzu Motors South Africa Tuesday announced its alliance with the Propella Business ...

A report jointly released Monday by the International Road Federation (IRF Global) and McKinsey & Company will help transport decision-makers and international financial institutions identify and leverage efficiency gains in road project design and delivery, potentially saving billions of dollars each year. The report, titled “A better road to the ...

Kia Motors Corporation Monday announced its June 2018 global sales figures for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, saying it recorded a total of 251,216 units sold, an increase of 5.9% from 2017. This, according to the Korean auto giant,  marks year-on-year increase for the fourth month in ...