SAFETY / CAR CARE

  It’s what many car owners dread, that pinging sound as a stone flicks up off the road or bounces off the back of a truck and hits your windscreen. What starts as a small chip quickly becomes a crack making its way further and further across the windscreen. So, ...

Supreme Spring, a subsidiary of JSE listed company, Metair, has signed a new deal with Springs and Bolts Company Limited Ghana. The Memorandum of Understanding to develop new business opportunities between the two companies was signed Monday, 3 May,  in Nigel, South Africa. Supreme Spring based in Nigel, South Africa ...

    Did you know that spending much time buffing and polishing your car might be damaging the paintwork of the car?   The National Director, South African Motor Body Repair Association (SAMBRA), a proud association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI), Richard Green,  believes that  automotive paint not ...

French global automotive supplier, Valeo, is presenting six innovative technologies at Auto Shanghai 2021 to address the major mobility challenges of today like a cleaner and safer mobility. As a pioneer in the electrification of automobiles, Valeo has invested more than 10 billion euros in this field in the past ...

Despite the ongoing difficult situation in the global automotive markets due to the coronavirus pandemic, MAHLE posted record sales in China for the 2020 business year. Adjusted for negative exchange rate effects, the Stuttgart-based automotive supplier’s business in China grew by almost 4 percent compared with the previous year to ...

Although many of the modern cars will provide ample warning when something is wrong with them, there are often a number of smaller signs that can point to tell tale niggles, which if not attended to, can develop into an inconvenient breakdown and some costly repairs further down the line. ...

Hino South Africa continues to make sure that its truck-operating customers enjoy the best possible experience in South Africa by once again dominating the DATATrack comparative truck study covering the first quarter of 2021. Hino, not only retained its leadership in the overall combined ratings but, on this occasion, also ...

With South African remaining under level one lockdown for the start of the holidays and possibly Easter as well, drivers can expect the roads to be busy this year. The Road Safety Partnership SA (RSP SA) is encouraging drivers who will be travelling to holiday destinations during this time to ...

The Easter holiday season is upon us, once again bringing high traffic volumes on various routes in and out of Gauteng.  In a bid to curb fatalities on South Africa’s roads, Kia South Africa, in partnership with Motus Corporation (Motus), has again partnered with Bakwena N1N4 to ensure visible policing ...

Imagine you are driving through congested traffic navigating power outages, law breakers and the general chaos associated with peak hour driving in South Africa. Now imagine that almost half the drivers navigating these challenges with you are all driving blind. According to statistics, on average, 40 per cent of drivers ...