SOUTH AFRICA

          Kia Motors, the South Korean carmaker, has done it again as it  has scored a triple design win in the 2017 Red Dot Awards as the Optima Sportswagon, hybrid crossover Niro and the all-new Rio won in their respective categories. While the Optima Sportswagon won ...

Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) employees,  along with their friends and families,  have rallied support for the Ububele Early Childhood Development Centre (ECD) in Alexandra through a makeover for the Centre which looks after 65 children aged between two and six years old in Alexandra Township, 7km from the VWSA ...

Hyundai’s Grand i10 – a small hatchback that has great appeal among young first car buyers, car rental companies and families looking for a second vehicle as a run-around – has received a fresh new appearance with the addition of a few new body panels and new wheels. First launched ...

  German luxury carmaker, Porsche, said it is expanding its online communication with the creation of a new web TV , “9:11 Magazine”. The nine minutes and eleven seconds of technology, lifestyle and sports channel, according to a statement issued in Dubai on Monday,  is available at 911-magazine.porsche.com as the ...

Kia Motors Corporation this Monday announced its March 2017 global sales figures for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles,recording a total of 238,222 units sold.  Kia said in March, it posted month-on-month sales increases in domestic Korean market (21.6 % growth with 47,621 units sold) and overseas markets ...

 Japanese automotive giant, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI) , has changed its name. The company is now to be known and called the Subaru Corporation with effect from this Saturday, April 1, 2017. And to mark the milestone, the company on Friday held  renaming ceremonies  for its employees at the company’s ...

The Jeep® and Mopar brands have once again teamed up to develop a variety of vehicles that will debut at the annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, April 8-16. Now in its 51st year, the Easter Jeep Safari is attended by thousands of die-hard off-road enthusiasts looking to enjoy ...

Newly-revealed second generation MINI Countryman will soon arrive Nigeria and other markets in the sub-Saharan Africa Region of the BMW Group. For the Nigerian market, no fewer than 50 units of the completely and newly-developed car will be made available , in the first instance, within the next couple of ...

A German leading  motoring magazine,Auto Zeitung,  has adjudged the Hyundai i20 hatchback as the best car in its class, in a comparison with three of its top European rivals. Hyundai i20 is currently being assembled in Nigeria by VON Automobiles, a member of the Stallion Group. Auto Zeitung tested the ...

  Ford South Africa has said it is expanding the safety recall for the 1.6-litre GTDi engine to include the Ford Fiesta ST, stressing that the recall includes approximately 1,078 Fiesta ST models produced between September 2012 and December 2014. The carmaker said in the affected vehicles, a lack of ...