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Mercedes-Benz celebrates 125 years of Motorsport

One of the world’s leading auto-speed vehicles manufacturing companies, Mercedes-Benz, is celebrating  125 years of  motorsport history, including its many surprising and special successes. Such fantastic moments are borne out of the will to compete. And right from the start, they serve as proof of the outstanding sporting and technical ...

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JLR to unveil specially-built Range Rover Sport SVR for Springboks at Simola Hillclimb

    Jaguar Land Rover is to unveil the one-of-a-kind Range Rover Sport SVR specially built as a tribute to the South African Springbok rugby team at the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb scheduled to hold on May 4 and 5. The custom Range Rover Sport SVR was developed as a project ...

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Former VW design chief, Simon Loasby, to head Hyundai Styling Group

  Hyundai Motor Company Tuesday announced that Vice President Simon Loasby, Director of Hyundai Design in China, is to lead the Hyundai Styling Group at Hyundai Design Centre in Korea. Loasby, who joined Hyundai Motor in mid-2017, was former design director at Volkswagen and Rolls-Royce in China, and since he ...

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Hyundai, Kia to deploy new smartphone – based EV performance control technology in future models

Hyundai Motor Group has disclosed that future Hyundai, Kia vehicles are to come with smartphone – based EV performance control technology, an industry first innovation, which allows drivers to adjust seven major performance features through their smartphones. The development of  the ‘smartphone–electric vehicle pairing based performance adjustment technology,’ allows users ...

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Former Nissan chief, Jose Munoz, is new global COO for Hyundai Motor

Former Chief Performance Officer for Nissan Motor Corporation and Chairman of Nissan China, José Muñoz,  is the new global Chief Operating Officer for Hyundai Motor Company . Munoz, who is also to oversee the operations of Hyundai Motor in America, will oversee global operations strategies and their implementation. His focus ...

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Excitement as BMW Group opens new R260m Campus in Midrand

There was great excitement in the South African auto industry , Tuesday, as the BMW Group South Africa opened a new R260m campus at Midrand, Gauteng. The Midrand Campus now consists of BMW Group South Africa’s head office, BMW Financial Services, a new Dealer Training Centre, office space for an ...

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Mustang maintains global record as best-selling sports coupe for the fourth consecutive year

 It was celebration time in Dearborn Thursday as Ford marked Mustang’s 55th anniversary on the National Mustang Day, with enthusiasts everywhere celebrating the world’s best-selling sports coupe for the fourth consecutive year.  From Australia to Peru, Mustang reigns as the best-selling sports coupe in the world for 2018, selling 113,066 cars, ...

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Weststar, Marcopolo present the G7 Paradiso 1350 bus model in Lagos

    Weststar Associates Limited, authorised general distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria, in collaboration with Auto Alternative Nigeria Limited, the authorised representative of Marcopolo in Nigeria, Wednesday, launched the new generation Marcopolo Paradiso 1350 bus into the local market at an impressive ceremony in Lagos. The introduction of the bus ...

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Jaguar XE SV Project 8 sets new lap record in Dubai

  There is no doubting the fact that Jaguar XE SV Project 8 is the world’s fastest four-door sedan . But the news is that the luxury road machine has added a new lap record to its growing list of global achievements. The stock, standard Jaguar Project 8 lapped the ...

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 Chinese motorsport star, Ye Yifei,  joins Renault Sport Academy

  Chinese motorsport star, Ye Yifei, has joined Renault Sport Racing . This was confirmed at a media and VIP event held on Thursday at the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend. The 18-year-old, who hails from Xian, China, has proved himself to be one of the ...

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