BMW and Mercedes are betting they can mass produce new electric cars based on conventional vehicles, defying skeptics who say they will need more radical designs to head off the threat from Tesla and other start-up carmakers. (more…)

UD Trucks has established a new dealership in Harrismith, Free State. (more…)

  I OFTEN wonder why anyone shells out their own cash for a car coated in black paintwork but I have to admit that this Audi A5 Coupe looked a million dollars in its gleaming metallic black clothes. At least it did before wind-blown dust sullied every nook and…

ON my recent trip to the Frankfurt Motor Show, I took the liberty of arriving ahead of schedule in the Fatherland so as to share the delights of cruising beautiful countryside in a Hyundai Tucson with a pen-pushing colleague from Mzansi. (more…)

FROM 2019, Volkswagen tells us it will therefore start fitting its first models with pWLAN (public wireless local area network ) as standard in order to serve as an additional communication technology for the exchange of selected information relevant to traffic between cars made by different manufacturers. (more…)

MERCEDES-Benz Vans has unveiled the first details of its new Sprinter Van at the North American Commercial Vehicle Show, due for release in 2018. (more…)

AS you might expect, our spy photographers have to be careful not to attract attention from engineers doing their new-vehicle testing. But if they do, for example, want to get shots of an open hood or preproduction interior, things can get a little tricky — as evidenced by…

FOR years I have espoused the view that Europe constitutes the real epicentre of the automotive world and that buyers from this admittedly vast and variable region are the most sophisticated on the planet. That’s why the Frankfurt Motor Show is something of a must for me as…

CAPE Town - Renault are hoping that an even stronger 2018 season will allow them to muscle in their way into the driver market and potentially attract a big name.  (more…)

FORD Motor Co. is planning temporary shutdowns at five plants this year, including at Michigan Assembly in Wayne and Flat Rock Assembly, where the Mustang is produced. (more…)