The first quarter of 2020 has come and gone, allowing us to take a look at the race for the title of the world’s best-selling premium automotive brand. Of course, we must bear in mind the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on global sales (and will continue to do so), with factories and ...
The organisers of the World Car Awards have announced the Kia Telluride as the World Car of the Year, with the Korean firm also grabbing a sub-category title. The Telluride, an eight-seater SUV unveiled in North America in January 2019 as the "largest ever Kia" (slotting in above the Sorento), went ...
Honda Motor Southern Africa says it has “no plans” to discontinue the BR-V locally despite the model going out of production in India. Describing the seven-seater SUV as a “core model” in its line-up, Honda SA suggested it would source the BR-V from another (unspecified) factory. ...
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa’s Silverton plant has started producing face shields that will be donated to medical and essential services personnel fighting COVID-19 on the front lines. While the initial production run will see 57 000 examples made, the Blue Oval brand says it has “approached ...
Aston Martin’s CEO says he wants the Gaydon-based firm to “try to become the British Ferrari” by building fewer sportscar units but selling each for a higher profit. Speaking to Autocar, Andy Palmer said Aston Martin planned to produce fewer sportscars in 2020 than it did in 2019. ...
The head of design for BMW says while sedans “will stay relevant”, they require an “evolution” to survive the SUV onslaught. Domagoj Dukec, head of BMW Design, told Autoblog although the X-badged SUV/crossover line-up accounted for almost 60 percent of the Munich-based firm’s ...
With South Africa in lockdown thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be wondering what’s happening with your service plan, maintenance plan or warranty. Well, here’s which local brands have announced extensions thus far (we’ll update this story if more announcements are made). Audi ...
Volkswagen’s technical chief says combustion engines “will have a longer future than some people predict”. Matthias Rabe, VW’s chief technical officer, told Autocar combustion engines still had an important role to play despite increasingly stringent emissions standards and the ...
Alfa Romeo’s product marketing boss has confirmed the Italian brand plans to end production of its Giulietta hatchback towards the end of 2020. Speaking to Autocar, Fabio Migliavacca said time was running out for the 10-year-old hatch, which had replaced the 147 way back in 2010. “Giulietta ...
Naamsa has released its industry report for March 2020 but has seemingly opted to no longer show South Africa’s individual model sales figures, instead putting out only aggregate sales and export numbers. Unfortunately, that means we’re not able to bring you our usual lists of SA’s ...
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