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Andreas Lampka, head of communications at Mini, says he is “personally thankful” Porsche built an electric performance vehicle in the form of the Taycan. Speaking to motoring.com.au, Lampka suggested the BMW-backed brand was open to its next generation of John Cooper Works hot hatches using ...

The year 2019 saw a number of well-known nameplates exit the South African automotive market. We look back and pick out 14 vehicles discontinued locally last year (take note, of course, we’ve excluded models that were directly replaced by new-generation vehicles). Here they are, in alphabetical ...

Mercedes-Benz South Africa has shared its product plans for 2020, revealing the list of vehicles it will launch locally during the year. The firm, which claimed it ended 2019 as the “top-selling premium car brand in South Africa”, said it was “optimistic” about its local prospects ...

Bugatti has confirmed production of the W16-powered Chiron will cease at the “end of 2021”, with “fewer than 100” units of the 500-strong run still available. However, from what we understand, the French firm will continue building derivatives based on the Chiron chassis past ...

Global NCAP says the new Mahindra XUV300 achieved a “solid” five stars in its latest round of crash testing in India. Furthermore, with five stars for adult occupant protection and four stars for child occupant protection, the crossover registered the highest combined score yet in Global ...

Volvo Cars South Africa has removed the V40 and V40 Cross Country model lines from its local range, with production having reportedly ended in 2019. When the local arm of the Swedish automaker released its pricing bulletin for January 2020, neither the V40 hatchback nor the V40-derived Cross Country ...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles South Africa says the Jeep Gladiator bakkie is “not yet” on the cards for the local market. The news comes after a partially camouflaged version of the Wrangler-based double-cab bakkie was spotted testing at various locations across the Western Cape. The left-hand-drive ...

BMW claims its M division was the world’s “most successful” company in the performance vehicle segment in 2019 thanks to record sales. The Munich-based firm, which bills its M division as “an independent automobile manufacturer”, says 2019 was a record year featuring an ...

Reports out of France suggest the Volkswagen brand will skip the 2020 Paris Motor Show, with a high-ranking executive saying there is “no plan to do it this year”. According to Motor1.com, which cited several French publications, Jürgen Stackmann, member of the board of management at ...