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Hino has made history for winning the first-ever platinum award in the South Africa’s National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA) dealer satisfaction index (DSI) as it topped the commercial vehicle category and overall in the NADA  DSI for 2017. The results were announced at a recent NADA awards function in Johannesburg. ...

…Insists its specific technology secures low emissions in real-life driving The BMW Group on Sunday vehemently rejected accusations that it manipulated the engines of its cars to beat emission regulations. The German carmaker also denied the accusation that it connived with other carmakers to fix the prices and designs of ...

Ford said it is revealing the industry’s first pursuit-rated pickup, the 2018 F-150 Police Responder, giving law enforcement agencies a more versatile and capable patrol vehicle. Ford said in a statement issued in Dearborn, Michigan, that the all-new F-150 Police Responder, which is capable of running up to 100 mph,  ...

  Ahead of the March 2018 launch of the new generation of MAN Lion’s City buses, the completely re-designed City buses are due to hit the roads as from September 2017 for practical road test in several European cities with selected transport companies.   Flaunting the new city buses as ...

Nissan is surely stepping up its game as it continues to prove that, sometimes, little things do come with amazement. Already set to up the ante with the Nissan Leaf, which is the world’s first mass-market electric vehicle and the world’s best-selling electric vehicle, with more than 277,000 sold globally, ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has awarded its best rating possible, Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+), to the 2017 Kia Forte built after March 2017 when equipped with optional front crash prevention and high-intensity discharge (HID) headlights with Dynamic Bending Light. This top safety award came right on ...

Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) and The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation South Africa have kick-started their nationwide sport-themed breakfast series for 2017 as the first of the series for the year was hosted at the Mercedes-Benz Pinetown dealership n Durban on Thursday, July 20 to coincide with the first day ...

 Springfield Agro Limited, a Kewalram Chanrai Group company, in partnership with Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a part of the US $19 billion Mahindra Group with a growing global presence, Friday announced its collaboration with Katsina State Government and launched the Farm – To-Folk initiative. An end-to-end farm mechanisation solution, the ...

…It’s Mercedes-AMG sports model with V6 power The excitement was at an all time high as the first locally manufactured Mercedes-AMG C 43 4MATIC rolled off the production line in East London, South Africa.  Since its official launch earlier in the year, the AMG brand promise – Driving Performance – and ...

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, will anytime from now, inaugurate the newly-built world-class bus terminal in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State. The terminal, developed by the State Government as part of the infrastructure for the Lagos Bus Reforms Project, is the first of its type in the country. It ...