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During the first half of 2020, Aston Martin saw a 41 percent decrease in year-on-year sales owing to dealership closures on the back of COVID-19-related lockdown measures. Even so, the company insists that it's still on track to transform itself into a leading luxury car brand. According to Autocar, ...

The Renault Group has announced that Gilles Vidal will be joining the French company’s design team at the start of November 2020. Vidal leaves his position as design director at Peugeot to take on this role. Vidal began his career in 1996 at Citroën in the interior and exterior design departments, ...

Volkswagen says the expansion of its Poznań plant in Poland is almost complete ahead of the start of production of the new Caddy. Revealed in February 2020, the fifth-generation Caddy is billed as a “huge leap forward” for the nameplate. The upgrading of the plant has taken more than two ...

BMW says it will pause production at its Munich plant for six weeks to upgrade the facility for the arrival of the i4 on the assembly line. The German company has confirmed no vehicles will be produced between the “end of the late shift on 23 July and the start of the early shift on 7 September”. ...

Lamborghini says the 10 000th example of its Urus has rolled off the production line a little over two years after the 478 kW super-SUV hit initial markets. The milestone vehicle is destined for Russia and is finished in a new Nero Noctis Matte black hue. Chassis number 10 000 also features the Italian ...

Yes, we’ve again managed to get our hands on double-cab bakkie sales statistics for June 2020, which allows us to see which model is winning the sales race in South Africa halfway through the year. While Naamsa no longer releases individual model sales figures (though the organisation didn’t ...

Porsche says it delivered a total of 116 964 units worldwide in the first six months of 2020. This figure is some 12 percent down on the corresponding period in 2019, thanks to the impact of COVID-19. So, which were the Zuffenhausen-based firm’s best-selling models? Well, the Cayenne was the most ...

Nissan South Africa says there are “no plans at this stage” for its Datsun budget brand to exit the local market. Speaking during a virtual roundtable event with media, Kabelo Rabotho, Nissan South Africa’s marketing director, said Datsun models would continue to be sold locally. ...

The Automobile Association says South Africa’s fuel prices look set to creep up at the start of August 2020. Commenting on unaudited mid-month fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund, the AA pointed out oil's recent price advances had slowed in the first half of July, “putting ...