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New App Partners Help Ford Drivers Get the Best from Their Mobiles on The Move

Ford Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, announced that the popular navigation and traffic appWaze will be available to Ford owners globally from April 2018.  With more than 100 million active users, Waze is the world’s largest community-based navigation app, helping drivers to outsmart traffic together. First announced at ...

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Ford Makes the Dream of Beach Access a Reality for the Disabled

    Ford Motor Company Fund is partnering with environmental organisation WESSA and the National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCDP) in South Africa to make the dream of beach access a reality for the physically disabled. As the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company, the Ford Fund ...

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The BMW Group Storms Mobile World Congress 2018 with Digital, Intelligent Connectivity

    As this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened this Monday in Barcelona, Spain and running through March 1, the BMW Group said its presentation will be the next steps on the road to digital and intelligent connectivity between the driver and vehicle as its focus will be on ...

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Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda Unveils the STR13, Joins Nine Other F1 Teams for Pre-season Testing

  Honda and its new partner, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Monday, unveiled their new Formula 1 car, the STR13, fitted with the Honda RA618H power unit, at the Barcelona Catalunya Circuit. Following the reveal of the new car that Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley will drive in this year’s FIA Formula ...

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Toyota Develops New Powertrain Units Based on TNGA

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) said it has developed a new continuously variable transmission (CVT), 6-speed manual transmission, 2.0-liter engine, 2.0-liter hybrid system, and 4WD systems based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA), a development framework aimed at making ever-better cars. The new technologies, according to the Japanese automaker,  offer ...

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Ferrari Portofino Makes South African Debut

    The Ferrari Portofino, which is being flaunted as the Italian Grand Tourer par excellence, has made its official debut in South Africa at a private preview held at the official Ferrari dealer, Scuderia SA,  in Johannesburg. Revealed earlier than anticipated in the market, the Ferrari Portofino is the ...

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BMW Group Plans Joint Venture for MINI Electric Vehicles in China 

The BMW Group said it is in advanced discussions to ramp up the global success of its MINI brand through a new joint venture in China. A key element of the brand’s continued strategic development, according to the German carmaker,  will be local production of future battery-electric MINI vehicles in ...

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IKA Germany Arrives Ghana With GeBe Range of Auto Parts

… Seals Dealership Deal With Luxury World AutoGroup   Emmanuel Oluwatobi IKA Germany (IKA Industrie- und Kraftfahrzeugausrüstung GmbH), a leading global player in the automotive aftermarket spare parts supplies with customers in over 80 countries, has landed in Ghana . The company has also sealed a dealership deal with Luxury ...

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