THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) says it has in principle secured an international partner for Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries (WMMI) who has both financial and technical capacity. (more…)

ASK anyone what they associate the names Swift and Vitara with in the car world and the chances are they will say “Suzuki”. I owned a Sport version of the former for more than two years and enjoyed the perky performance, balanced chassis and easy drivability, not to…

LOCAL makers of buses and trucks on Monday said government’s reluctance to procure vehicles locally was crippling the country’s motor industry. (more…)

I recently spent a day at the Mercedes-Benz South Africa assembly plant in East London, firstly to attend the presentation of the company’s impressive trading results and secondly, to witness the official opening of the Mercedes-Benz Learning Academy. (more…)

ONE vehicle has farmed the headlines in South Africa in recent times and with good cause. That vehicle is the Volvo XC 90 luxury SUV which has earned for itself the coveted title of Wesbank/SAGMJ Car of the Year for 2016. (more…)

BACK in the eighties into the nineties we never had mini buses to take us from point A to B, just cabs and big Zupco buses driving to and from the city. Well now it’s a different story all together, we have mini buses in all sizes from…

• Mercedes-Benz Cars outselling competition in tough economic conditions • Daimler Trucks and Buses first to market with Compressed Natural Gas buses, opens Regional Centre Southern Africa • Mercedes-Benz Vans increases market share in competitive market • Mercedes-Benz Financial Services with acquisitions surpassing all records and securing 7%…

IT seems only weeks ago that the first Hyundai  iX35 brought a new sense of style to the compact SUV brigade and inadvertently aggravated lots of potential owners in SA who were held on waiting lists for longer than they wanted. (more…)

NEW model Jaguars aren’t exactly a common phenomenon, so when an all-new derivative arrives in the market, expectations are raised. Indeed, the very level of anticipation may trigger unduly close analysis so the question to be answered outside all the hype, is: “Does the latest generation of Jaguar…