TEST-DRIVES

Like an eagle, experienced auto journalist, Toni Herbst, has landed a new deal with the Public Relations team of Suzuki South Africa as the Media Liaison  for the Japanese brand. Toni, who is well known in the industry across South Africa is joining the Suzuki PR team with 29 years’ ...

  Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company has sealed an exclusive tyre fitment deal Arizona-based Local Motors to conduct tyre testing with an Olli, the brand name of an eight-passenger autonomous shuttle.   Local Motors has also selected Goodyear tyres for exclusive fitment on its Olli vehicles. This development is coming ...

  The all-new BMW 3 Series Sedan has made a debut in South Africa and is available at all BMW dealerships across the country. Introduced amid fanfare at a national media launch recently in Cape Town,  the new BMW 3 Series epitomised the concept of sporty driving pleasure in the ...

  it’s really a collaboration for excellence as Total Lubrifiants, a partner of PSA for more than 50 years, is launching TOTAL QUARTZ INEO HTC* 5W-30, specifically designed to protect and strengthen the engines of the French automaker’s vehicles in extreme conditions. PSA has updated its B71 2297 standard, which ...

The Alfa Romeo line-up representing the utmost in sportiness and beauty are there with the drivers: Giulietta Veloce, Giulia Quadrifoglio and Stelvio Quadrifoglio are present for a day on the Balocco proving grounds ahead of what is gearing up to be an extremely exciting racing season   The drivers of ...

  With the fully electric eActros truck,  Mercedes-Benz Trucks has  demonstrated that it is already possible today to complete heavy distribution tasks locally emission-free and quietly in the Murg valley in Southern Germany. The official handover of the eActros to regionally based logistics company, Logistik Schmitt, took place early in ...

Groupe PSA is set to kick-off its autonomous driving test on open roads in China as the Chinese authorities on Wednesday gave the French car maker the official go-ahead .  The approval makes Groupe PSA the first French carmaker to do so in China, and this has further gone to boost Groupe ...

Ahead of the rookie test to be conducted by the ABB FIA Formula E season at the Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan on Sunday, January 13, the day after the Marrakesh E-Prix, DS TECHEETAH weekend named James Rossiter and Tatiana Calderón  its rookie drivers. This will make it the ...

Next week, the bright lights of Las Vegas will once again shine on the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) when it introduces the TRI-P4 automated driving test vehicle on Jan. 7 at CES. The P4 is based on the all-new fifth-generation Lexus LS flagship sedan and will be used in TRI’s ...

Ford Motor Corporation is wrapping up the year 2018 on a good note as the Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) has had a most successful year with over 1, 600 motorists having benefitted from the programme across the Middle East and Africa region, including South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa ...