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      Volkswagen has stepped up its expansion moves into the sub-Sahara Africa market as it recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Ethiopia to collaborate and deliver a joint vision for the development of an automotive industry in the country.  Head of the Volkswagen ...

    Ford employees and dealers across Sub-Saharan Africa sponsored a total of 25 projects in 2018 as they put the spotlight on community service and upliftment  by volunteering their time and efforts to support a wide range of projects as part of Ford’s annual Global Caring Month. The projects ...

    Fiat 500 has set a new sales record with the sale of about 194,000 units in Europe in 2018, emerging as the best-seller in 11 European countries, and in the top three in another four, thus posting the best ever annual figure in an eleven-year lifetime. A constant ...

  ……Promises a win-win relationship … Our cars are very rugged, suitable for African roads – Estelle Fei   Olaolu OLUSINA (olaolu.olusina@autoreportafrica.com ) Dorcen Automotive Manufacturing Group, a leading Chinese car maker, has restated its commitment to fully launch out into the African markets, saying its cars are elegant, rugged ...

Mitsubishi Motors South Africa has announced the renewal of its sponsorship of the vehicle of the country’s most successful Blitzboks captain, Philip Snyman, for 2019. Rugby Sevens captain, Snyman, is therefore assured of great peace of mind as he takes on his new challenge in the new Pajero Sport.  Commenting ...

  Volkswagen coasted home with four awards at the fourth annual Cars.co.za Consumer Awards powered by WesBank which held at Kyalami in Johannesburg last week thus making history as the brand with the highest number of category wins in the history of the awards. The brand‘s first win came in ...

INFINITI QX Inspiration Concept is still making waves following its recent debut at the North American International Auto Show, showcasing the future of the brand’s design language for an electrified era. As a follow-up to this unveiling of the QX Inspiration, INFINITI is launching a dual partnership with the ArtCenter ...

Toyota and Panasonic on Tuesday sealed a business-integration contract and a joint-venture contract toward the establishment of a new joint venture related to the automotive prismatic battery business. The deal will see the two companies establish a joint venture, pending approval from the competition-law authorities in the countries and regions ...

    Theirs is really a partnership that works and a worthy collaboration, in deed. But then, those who are not in the know night be asking: How strange! What’s a Porsche 550 Spyder doing in the Mercedes-Benz Museum’s racing corner? But the photomontage (see picture)  of the first racing car ...

Hyundai Motor Group has announced the development and future commercialisation of the world’s first multi-collision airbag system that significantly improves airbag performance in multi-collision accidents. Multi-collision accidents are those in which the primary impact is followed by collisions with secondary objects, such as trees, electrical posts or other vehicles, which ...