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Fifty-five-year-old  Dr Markus Schramm will, on May 1, 2018, take over as director of BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group’s motorcycle business. He will succeed Stephan Schaller, who left the BMW Group at the end of February 2018 to head up the management team at Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA, in ...

…All-expense paid trip to The Jaguar Simola Hillclimb  for two couples     Jaguar, represented in Nigeria by Coscharis Motors Plc , is offering its customers who buy any Jaguar variant between now and April 2, 2018, the opportunity to enjoy an all-expense paid trip to South Africa for the ...

  The all-new 2018 Nissan LEAF was Tuesday named one of Autotrader’s “Must Test Drive” Award winners at the 2018 New York International Auto Show . Now in its sixth year, the awards highlight the top new cars worth taking for a spin before shoppers make their final purchase decision. ...

  Kia Motors has opened a new ‘Green Light Project’ (GLP) Vocational Training Centre in Rwanda, aimed primarily at teaching agricultural skills to young adults. The new GLP Vocational Training Centre is located in the densely populated Gahengeri Sector of the Rwamagana district in Rwanda’s Eastern Province. The Rwanda centre ...

   The Ford Struandale Engine Plant has installed a new assembly line for Ford’s latest-generation diesel engine, which is set to power the first-ever Ford Ranger Raptor when it is launched in 2019. This is only the second diesel engine to be introduced at the Port Elizabeth plant since opening ...

  Hyundai Motor Company Tuesday began sales of its NEXO fuel cell electric vehicle in Korea following very successful pre-orders.  Prior to the commencement of retail sales , the NEXO had been met with wide public interest, with a total of 1,061 vehicles being ordered throughout the pre-order period between ...

The new Triton Athlete Special Edition   The striking new Triton Athlete Special Edition is based on Mitsubishi’s award-winning Triton double-cab 4×4 automatic derivative and is assembled in Mitsubishi’s Thailand factory. Fully imported to South Africa, the Athlete boasts increased safety and specification levels, which includes 7 airbags, Isofix child ...

Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda now has a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The new CEO is Michaella Rugwizangoga, a Chemical Engineer and she  is coming  to Volkswagen with a wealth of strategic planning, project management and product development experience.  As a World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper and an active member ...

BMW has honoured its best dealers from around the world at a celebratory awards evening in the BMW Group Classic in Germany. Pieter Nota, BMW AG management board member responsible for Sales and Brand BMW handed out the awards to the 41 top dealers, saying they were a thank-you from ...

The all-new 2018 Engen Polo Cup season started on a high note at Kyalami on Saturday, with the turbocharged two-litre Polo race cars delivering exceptional reliability, close racing, a new lap record and great spectacle.  Saturday morning’s official qualifying session saw the times of the top six cars covered by ...