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Ford Motor Company has announced that its president and CEO Jim Hackett will step down at the start of October 2020, with Jim Farley set to step into the role. The 65-year-old Hackett has led the Blue Oval brand since 2017. The company says Hackett and 58-year-old Farley will “work together on ...

The Automobile Association has released the results of its 2020 entry-level vehicle safety report, rating 27 of South Africa’s least expensive cars and bakkies. According to the AA, the inclusion of some safety features on entry-level vehicles “remains low” in South Africa, although ...

Naamsa has released its industry report for July 2020 but has again opted not to show South Africa’s individual model sales figures, instead putting out only brand aggregate sales and export numbers. Unfortunately, that means we’re not able to bring you our usual lists of SA’s best- ...

South Africa’s new-vehicle sales for July 2020 dropped nearly 30 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from Naamsa. Naamsa says aggregate domestic sales for the month of 32 396 units reflected a decline of 13 646 units or 29,6 percent from the 46 042 vehicles sold in July in 2019. ...

Toyota in Japan has rolled out the refreshed Hilux’s uprated 2,8-litre turbodiesel engine to the Land Cruiser Prado range. Just like it does in the updated Hilux, the GD-6 oil-burner now offered in the Prado in Japan makes 150 kW and 500 N.m. So, can we expect a similar move here in South Africa? ...

A high-ranking Toyota executive in Australia says the company is “not fearful of competition” for its Supra, with Nissan currently developing a replacement for the 370Z. In May 2020, Nissan has released a teaser video giving us our first glimpse of the upcoming replacement for the 370Z sportscar. ...

Mercedes-Benz South Africa has released local pricing for the new Mercedes-AMG GLE53 Coupé. So, what sort of cash are we looking at here? Well, the GLE53 Coupé kicks off at R1 869 039, which makes it some R84 759 more expensive than the GLE53 in the standard body style. However, it’s ...

Renault South Africa has given its Sandero Stepway the Techroad badge (which has already been used in the Duster line-up), effectively renaming the flagship version of its popular cross-hatch. The Stepway Techroad replaces the Stepway Plus at the summit of the local Sandero range. And, from what we ...

Volkswagen Group South Africa has confirmed Thomas Schaefer, the company’s chairman and managing director, has moved to Škoda in the position of global CEO. Škoda is, of course, a wholly owned Czech subsidiary of the VW Group.  Schaefer’s switch is effective from 3 August ...