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Outgoing BMW boss Harald Krüger appeared to take a thinly veiled parting shot at the Volkswagen Group at the end of his last quarterly conference as CEO. Krüger, who in July 2019 announced he would step down as BMW Group chairman and CEO, was speaking in Munich. “Although everyone has ...

The sales figures for July 2019 are in ... and 779 units separate the top two vehicles as the battle for the title of South Africa’s best-selling bakkie continues. According to Naamsa, July 2019's new vehicle industry sales came in at 46 077 units, representing a fall of 3,7 percent, year on year. ...

Download the full document here. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa) said the new vehicle sales declining trend continued into July 2019, with lower passenger car sales again partially offset by growth in all of the commercial vehicle segments. Reflecting on ...

The BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo has been pulled from the German firm’s line-up in South Africa as part of the local arm’s “ongoing model rationalisation”. Before being omitted from BMW SA’s latest price bulletin, the 6 Series Gran Turismo range had comprised two derivatives. ...

WesBank says the average cost of motoring in South Africa continues to “rise steadily”, with the latest figure sitting at nearly R8 000. The firm’s monthly mobility basket, which comprises vehicle instalments, fuel, insurance and maintenance fees, has risen to R7 851,39. This ...

Mercedes-Benz South Africa has quietly removed all three Mercedes-AMG S65 variants from its local range, marking the end of the V12 engine in the local S-Class line-up. The S65 long-wheelbase sedan, coupé and cabriolet are no longer listed on the German firm’s local website. They had been ...

Volkswagen in Germany has officially reclassified South Africa’s climate from “hot” to “moderate”, a move that allowed the firm’s local arm to upgrade to the full-fat 228 kW Golf R. When the refreshed seventh-generation version of the all-wheel-drive hot hatch launched ...

The TransUnion SA Vehicle Pricing Index (VPI) for the second quarter of 2019 shows South African car-buyers are making “a clear shift back to vehicles under R200 000”. The VPI measures the relationship between the increase in vehicle pricing for new and used vehicles from a basket of ...

The Automobile Association says South African motorists can expect the price of petrol to increase at the start of August, with the price of diesel set to fall. The AA was commenting on unaudited month-end fuel price data released by the Central Energy Fund. "International oil prices have steadily ...