Motor Industry News

Volkswagen Group South Africa says more than four million vehicles have now been produced at its Uitenhage plant in the Eastern Cape. Judging by the press image, the milestone vehicle was a red Polo GTI. The milestone arrives some 72 years after production at the facility commenced back in November ...

The BMW Group has confirmed the successor to the Mini Countryman will be built in Germany from 2023. Billed as the “first Mini born in Germany”, the Countryman successor will be produced at Plant Leipzig. The factory will thus become the first German site to produce both BMW and Mini vehicles. ...

Stephan Winkelmann has been confirmed as president and CEO of Lamborghini from the start of December 2020, while retaining his role as president of Bugatti. Winkelmann, who headed up Lamborghini from 2005 to 2016, takes over from Stefano Domenicali, who will become CEO of Formula 1 in 2021. In 2016, ...

We’ve managed to get our hands on double-cab bakkie sales statistics for October 2020, which allows us to see which model is winning the sales race in South Africa after the first ten months of the year. While Naamsa no longer releases individual model sales figures to the public (though we did ...

The Automobile Association says South Africans will pay less for some fuels when the prices are adjusted in the first week of December 2020. Commenting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund, the AA said fuel price data shows a mixed price outlook for the end of November, ...

In an attempt to make its entry-level offering, the Picanto, a more appealing purchase, Kia is offering two tanks of petrol a month for the first six months. This offer is available throughout the model range and will be valid until the last day of 2020. Both the 1,0-litre three-cylinder and 1,2-litre ...

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa has announced a R135-million solar energy project for its Silverton assembly plant in Gauteng. The move is part of the firm’s plan to develop an integrated renewable energy solution that aims to have the Silverton factory – which produces the Ranger ...

The head of BMW has suggested he would like to “strengthen” the Munich-based firm’s alliance with Toyota, pushing it beyond 2025. According to Automotive News Europe, BMW CEO Oliver Zipse told the Automobilwoche congress he sees the alliance stretching years into the future. "In the ...

BMW Group South Africa CEO Tim Abbott will step down at the end of 2020, with South African-born Peter van Binsbergen to move into the role at the start of 2021. Some 25 years ago, Van Binsbergen was responsible for product planning, marketing and sales at BMW Group SA. He then moved to BMW Japan, where ...