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Motorists switch to digital driving licences in October
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TransUnion releases Digital Dealers Guide
TransUnion releases Digital Dealers Guide

Ilse van den Berg

After 55 years of automotive dealers relying on a physical dealers guidebook for car valuation numbers, TransUnion has released its Digital Dealers Guide... Read

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Why the possibilities of connected cars are endless

Sven Hammar

With Gartner predicting that 64 million connected cars will be shipped globally in 2020, the question remains as to what the potentials of autonomous vehicles are... Read

Entries open for 2018 Jaguar Simola Hillclimb
Entries open for 2018 Jaguar Simola Hillclimb

Entries for the ninth edition of the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb are officially open. The 2018 event will take place from 4-6 May... Read

Automotive
Shell driver behaviour, emotion study results released
Shell driver behaviour, emotion study results released
A recent study by Shell South Africa and Goldsmiths, University of London, used wearable emotion tracking devices, GPS, as well as weather and traffic information to better understand motorists... read
Coega SEZ set to be a new African automotive hub
Coega SEZ set to be a new African automotive hub
With construction well on its way in zone one of the Coega SEZ BAIC site, the vehicle plant is being positioned as a new automotive hub on the continent... read
AutoTech
Business of Design speaker Q&A: Ntsako Mokwena
Business of Design speaker Q&A: Ntsako Mokwena

Jessica Tennant

Business of Design (BoD) is back with a speaker lineup of note. The two-day seminar is held annually in Cape Town and Johannesburg during October and doesn't just focus on design in itself but has a much broader vision for the field in all areas of business... read
Ford, Lyft join forces to take self-driving cars mainstream
Ford, Lyft join forces to take self-driving cars mainstream
A new partnership between Ford and Lyft will aim to bring self-driving vehicles to the masses and help both companies progress toward more affordable, dependable, and accessible transportation future... read
Commercial & Industrial
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Eicher enters heavy-duty truck market in SA
The Eicher brand has entered the heavy-duty commercial vehicle market in South Africa with the launch of its Eicher Pro 6000 series, next generation of heavy-duty trucks... read
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September tractor sales drop 11.4% year on year to 552 units

Dominic Preuss

Tractor sales fell 11.4% year on year (y/y) in September to 552 units, according to the South African Agricultural Machinery Association (Saama)... read
Dealers
We Buy Cars opens new head office in Midstream
We Buy Cars opens new head office in Midstream

Issued by We Buy Cars

We Buy Cars is expanding yet again and is opening its new head office in the Midstream area during November 2017... read
Superb SUV hits next level
Superb SUV hits next level

Roger Houghton

The backroom teams at the world's motor manufacturers are certainly earning their keep nowadays. They are the product engineers, production engineering teams, supply chain personnel... read
Positive outlook for Chinese SUV
Positive outlook for Chinese SUV
A couple of months ago an automotive brand that is largely unknown outside of China arrived on the South African market with the H2 compact SUV... read
Speed record proves this is the fastest road legal car
Speed record proves this is the fastest road legal car
Porsche has set a new record for road legal sports cars on the famous 20.6km Nürburgring Nordschleife in the 911 GTS RS... read
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BMW to raise output at Rosslyn plant
Unexpected strong demand for its new X3 sport utility vehicle has persuaded German car maker BMW to pump R160m into its South African vehicle assembly plant to grow production capacity by nearly 8%... read
Local car sales lift, boosted by attractive offers by manufacturers
Local car sales lift, boosted by attractive offers by manufacturers
Attractive offers by vehicle manufacturers is one of the reasons for the aggregate year-on-year increase in domestic vehicle sales in the month of September... read
Events & Shows
Volvo Ocean Race heads to Cape Town in November
Volvo Ocean Race heads to Cape Town in November
The 13th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race will kick off on 22 October 2017 in Alicante, Spain, where the teams will embark on their 45,000 nautical mile journey which takes them across four oceans... read
Manufacturing & Parts
Wynter Murdoch (left), convenor of the Innovations Award competition, Philip Lutz, of Monroe, and Konstantin von Vieregge, CEO of Messe Frankfurt SA
All the Automechanika Innovation Award winners
Six out of nearly two dozen products that were entered in the Automechanika Johannesburg 2017's Innovation Awards, were honoured for their innovative qualities... read
International
Last Australian-made Toyota rolls off production line
Last Australian-made Toyota rolls off production line
SYDNEY, Australia: The last Australian-made Toyota rolled off the production line on Tuesday, ending more than five decades of manufacturing by the Japanese firm as the local car-making industry grinds to a halt... read
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Epic world solar car race begins in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia: An epic 3,000-kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across the desert heart of Australia showcasing new technology that could one day help develop commercial vehicles, got underway Sunday... read
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Business
New tax law sees increase in financial emigration
New tax law sees increase in financial emigration
The government's planned changes to the tax law for South Africans working abroad has brought financial emigration into sharp focus... read
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