SOUTH AFRICA

Jaguar South Africa is celebrating World EV Day on 9 September by giving away special one-on-one all-electric I-PACE driving experiences to ten lucky winners of an EV-themed quiz to be hosted on its Facebook page. However, the company is warning that  this is not your average social media-style quiz designed for ...

New Land Rover Defender V8 Bond Edition created by Land Rover SV Bespoke to celebrate Defender’s role in 25th James Bond film, No Time To Die. Powerful new model is based on the recently launched 386kW Defender V8 and is available in both 90 and 110 body designs. No Time To Die ...

The MasterDrive Youth Driver Programme was launched last weekend to great acclaim. The participants were eager to learn about the vehicles they have recently been licensed to drive and increase their competency, safety and become the best drivers they can be. The CEO of MasterDrive, Eugene Herbert, says it was ...

Suzuki Auto South Africa is merging  the world of two and four wheels at this weekend’s much-anticipated Simola Hillclimb. This is the first year that Suzuki will join the event as a branding partner to the Simola Hillclimb, the first for several competitors to race with Suzuki colours and the first ...

Nissan enthusiasts are ready to support the brave King of the Hill contenders as they set several thousand horses free on the famed Simola hill. The 2021 event will not be the traditional spectator event, we came to love, but can be followed on various online and media platforms. As ...

The wheels are turning fast at Chery South Africa, which this week signed a binding agreement with WesBank for the provision of financial services to both clients and dealers. The agreement follows several months of negotiation between China’s leading exporter of vehicles and South Africa’s leading provider of innovative vehicle ...

“South Africa’s network of retail motor vehicle dealers once again showed tremendous resilience in tough trading conditions in August, with numbers pointing to a much more resilient market, which is encouraging,” Mark Dommisse, Chairperson of the National Automobile Dealers’ Association (NADA), declared  after analysing August sales figures distributed by naamsa, ...

Isuzu Motors South Africa has maintained an automotive industry leading level one in their Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) audit for the second consecutive year. Billy Tom, President and Chief Executive Officer of the company says “With Isuzu Motors South Africa being just three years old we are extremely ...

The Ranger Raptor – the toughest, highest-performing variant of one of South Africa’s best-selling bakkies – is set to get even more desirable as Ford has confirmed the launch of the new Ranger Raptor Special Edition in South Africa. Built in limited numbers to ensure exclusivity, the new Ranger Raptor Special ...

First Volkswagen vehicle produced in South Africa on 31 August 1951 The Kariega plant has manufactured over 4 million vehicles to date  On 31 August 1951, the first Volkswagen vehicle manufactured in South Africa, a Volkswagen Beetle, rolled off the assembly line. Exactly seven decades later, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) ...