SOUTH AFRICA

The all-new Ford Everest is redefining the sport utility vehicle market with bold design, advanced technology, exceptional off-road and on-road capability, and a refined, premium interior for up to seven passengers. Flaunting the qualities of the new SUV, General Marketing Manager, Ford Motor Company Sub-Saharan Africa, Tracey Delate, said: “With ...

Ford employees and numerous community members, September, contributed and volunteered to better the life of the less fortunate in the name of ‘Global Week of Caring’. Over the past 10 years, in line with the Ford Motor Company’s ‘Better World’ vision, each employee across the world has given their time ...

South African company and leader in that country’s automotive products, G U D Holdings, has entered into partnership with Partboyz Auto Parts to reintroduce FRAM Filters into the Nigerian market. With the aim of ultimately taking 80 percent of fuel filters market in Nigeria, GUD Holdings said it is now ...

Ford has announced the appointment of Rob Crouse as Director, Sales for Middle East and Africa to continue the acceleration of sales growth in the Middle East, North Africa, South Africa and Sub-Saharan African markets. Crouse will be based in the company’s MEA regional headquarters in Dubai. In his new ...

Ford Motor Company said it will assemble its popular Ford Ranger pickup truck in Nigeria starting in the fourth quarter of 2015 as part of its expansion in Middle East and Africa. Nigeria will be the first African country outside of South Africa where Ford vehicles are produced. Ranger assembly ...

Pretoria resident Liane van Dyk has been announced as the winner of the 2015 Ranger Odyssey following 12 days of evaluation and competition while travelling 2 000km through the remote Damaraland and Kaokoland regions of Namibia. The announcement was made at the gala dinner for Ford’s Go Further event in Sandton ...

Ford Motor Company held its second annual Go Further Africa event today at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg in August. The action-packed programme revealed eight exciting new models for African markets, detailed its new assembly plant in Nigeria, and highlighted its wide range of far-reaching corporate social investment initiatives. ...

 Continental, one of the world’s leading tyre manufacturers and automotive suppliers,  is expanding its retail operations in Mozambique. Continental currently distributes passenger and commercial vehicle tyres into Mozambique and will officially re-launch the Continental brand at the Mozambique Standard Bank Motor show through one of their selected partners, MOTORCARE Lda. ...

Chevrolet has introduced the all-new, 2016 Cruze – a larger and lighter, more efficient and more sophisticated evolution of the brand’s best-selling global car. Packed with new technologies such as available Android Auto, Apple CarPlay and new active safety features, as well as a more spacious interior and an athletic, ...

General Motors has announced the appointment of Ian Nicholls as President and Managing Director of GM’s South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Israel operations, effective June 1, 2015. This move is part of the company’s consolidation of its Africa and Middle East operations. Based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Nicholls will ...