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With combined sales exceeding 5.27 million units from Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors in the first six months of 2017, translating to a  7 percent rise and cumulative volume of electric vehicle sales exceeding  480,000 units, there is every indication that the enlarged Alliance will maintain its position as the ...

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has launched an exciting app that sees thousands of children across the globe giving pencil and paper a break in favour of smartphone touchscreens. Aptly called Mobilmo, the app – for smartphones and tablets – can be downloaded so that children can create their own 3D ...

In the first half of 2017, Porsche AG increased its operating result, revenue, deliveries and number of employees. Six months into the year, Porsche’s operating result has reached 2.1 billion euro, an increase of 16 per cent. Revenue rose by eight per cent to 11.8 billion euro. The company’s profit ...

    The countdown for the 2017 edition of Innovation Awards at Automechanika Johannesburg has really begun. Organisers of the awards scheduled to hold during the Automechanika trade fair at the Expo Centre, Nasrec, from September 27-30 have up until noon this Wednesday, July 26, to accept entries as time actually ...

Volvo Cars has posted strong results as it has reported strong growth in operating profit of SEK6.8bn (~R10.6 bn) for the first half of 2017, compared to SEK5.6bn (~R8.7 bn) for the same period last year, after taking market share across Europe and experiencing a robust sales increase in China. ...

Mercedes-Benz, Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa, finally revealed its first premium pickup, the X-Class, at a world premiere, thus bringing to the fore the importance of the South African market to the luxury brand with three pointed stars. The new Mercedes-Benz X-Class, which promises to be a game-changer in the light commercial vehicle ...

Groupe Renault on Monday announced an impressive half-year sales report with 1.88 million vehicles sold in the first half of 2017, translating to an increase of 10.4% in a market that grew 2.6%. In a statement issued in Boulogne-Billancourt, the group said all its brands posted increases in sales volumes ...

  The journey of the Fiat 500 has been 60 years in the making. The Fiat brand’s ‘great little car’ has travelled from Dante Giacosa’s design desk to the gates of the Mirafiori factory, from the long avenues of Torino to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, after ...

The Jaguar E-PACE is a five-seat compact SUV that packs the design and performance of a Jaguar sports car into a spacious, practical and connected all-wheel-drive vehicle.  Trademark Jaguar driving dynamics and stirring design put the brand’s sports car DNA in a practical design packed with advanced technologies. The E-PACE, ...

Porsche has recorded its most successful first half year in history, reporting an upwards trend in the first six months of 2017. With 126,497 vehicles delivered worldwide, Porsche said in a statement issued in Dubai that it exceeded the record figure from the previous year by seven per cent in ...