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  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 ...

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, ...

  …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 ...

… Further growth in unit sales expected for 2019 The year 2018 was, apparently, the most successful year in the history of Daimler Trucks to date, with record unit sales, revenue and earnings (EBIT). Daimler’s truck division increased its unit sales by 10 percent to 517,300 vehicles in the year under ...

    The new Ford Ranger has started rolling off Ford’s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria thus bringing a raft of product upgrades and refinements to one of South Africa’s best-selling vehicles and export models. “Following the investment of over R3-billion in our local operations and extensive upgrades to our ...

    Mercedes-Benz recorded the second-best to a year sales in January as it delivered 180,539 vehicles to its customers all over the world . The  sales, according to the Stuttgart-based luxury car maker,  were influenced by important model changes in the high-volume SUV and compact-car segments. In particular, the ...

  Mercedes-Benz Vans has been offering the Citan since 2012. This small people carrier with compact dimensions and a large load compartment is ideal for the wide range of challenges encountered about town and in leisure time. The main foundations for its success were laid by the combination of high ...

  It’s really a big birthday for the off-road classic as the Mercedes-Benz G-Class series made the fourth decade this February. Recall that the world première of the 460 model series G-model took place between 4 and 9 February 1979 in Toulon, France. On this occasion, the Mercedes-Benz press kit ...

   Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the world’s leading automotive alliance, has announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10,756,875 units in the 12 months to December 31, 2018 with China, U.S. and France as the leading markets. The Alliance maintained its position as the world leader in volume sales of ...

BMW appears set for model update of its ranges in the new year as the German luxury car maker has indicated its plan to introduce a wave of enticing additions to standard specification and broaden the array of options available ex-factory from March . The ultimate goal of the model ...