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  Month by month the Department of Trade and Industry releases a report on the new car sales and display the list of top ten seller in passenger car segment in South Africa.Due to the massive strikes that occurred in the automobile sector the overall industry sales dropped down by 4.6% to 50 806 number of vehicles in the past month compared to the same month a year ago - according to Naamsa.Almost every company had submitted their sales figure except Hyundai and Kia. And Mercedes again gave the detailed sales data. Let us take a...

How can one forget those massive strikes in the automobile sector back in September and October. Causing the loss of millions of rands it had badly affected the economy of South Africa. The vehicle sales seemed highly deceiving last month. High rate of supply shortage was seen due to the strikes in the automobile as well as the transport sector. Looking at the sales figure presented by NAAMSA on Monday, 50,806 new vehicles were on road in November. However economists were expecting a drop of 2% but it resulted in hard times as a drop down of...

  Mahindra to launch its yet another SUV - Compact Quanto in South Africa. The SUV was already unveiled at the Jozi auto show. Tagged with the price of R199 900 the company claims to provide sufficient space in its five seater cabin in-spite of being just 4 metres in length.  Having 2.2 litre mHawk turbodiesel engine which can generate 98kW of power and 290Nm of torque. According to Mahindra, the average fuel consumption is 7.6 litres/100km.  Initially the 4*2 version will be available with a ground clearance of 200mm....

  The F-Type from Jaguar is again in spotlight as the company has released the production image of the car. The coupe has already made its debut at the recent Los Angeles Motor Show and then immediately at the Tokyo Motor Show.The F-Type roadster launched at Paris Motor Show 2012 provides three engine options, two V6s and a V8. The two V6 engines delivers 340PS and 380PS while the third one supercharged V8 engine delivers 488PS. The F-Type Coupe is based on the C-X16 concept which is already revealed at the 2011 Frankfurt...

  The all new Mercedes S-Class finally landed in South Africa, providing the Mercedes lovers an option to choose from hybrid version, a petrol version and a diesel version as well as the megalomaniac S63 AMG - each of them limited upto 250km/h. During one of the recent launching events, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the new W222 S-Class in front of  the camera. Not taking much time the S350 Bluetec was drove with an international launch in Canada which was followed by the S63 AMG launching directly after the Frankfurt Show....

   Porsche has already revealed the first look of its 2014 Porsche Macan in the form of video, and now the company has revealed full detailed technical specs of the car but they appear in Chinese language. Three different versions available:  The 2014 Porsche Macan will be available in three different versions.  The entry level Macan S will be available with V6 3.0-litre engine which produces 250kW and 460Nm of torque. This will enable it to give the speed of 0-100 km/h in 5.5 seconds and allow to reach the top...

Porsche, a luxurious sports car maker is looking forward to increase their existence by setting-up more showrooms and service stations across Africa with the intent of increasing sales in rapidly growing continent - said on Thursday.They will deal with them who will meet their requirements and also the company is looking forward to develop specially in the Sub-Saharan Africa.As said by the company, it is already having its largest market across 19 countries which includes Middle East and Africa region leaving behind Dubai, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi...

  The second generation crossover from Nissan, the Nissan Qashqai is revealed by the Japanese automaker in London with better attractive package, fuel-efficient engines and better interiors. You will find the new Qashqai with size a little bigger than the previous one, but not thoroughly as the height has been reduced by 15mm and length is stretched by 49mm and width by 20mm. The first generation Qashqai is being the most successful model from Nissan to till date. The fresh Qashqai looks very similar to the new X-Trail from the...

  A well-designed car which looks attractive from any angle runs on a 1.6 litre inline turbo engine with 115kw and 250Nm. It can be made to look much like the AMG version.With impressive consumption figure Mercedes claims CLA-200 to be fuel efficient. But the best performer in the CLA range is CLA 220 CDI at 4.5 litres/100km average consumption and CLA 200 is coming at 5.6 litres/100km. A feature which makes the car more aerodynamic is that when cooling is not needed, it automatically closes the radiator off.Some Standard...

  As a part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Lamborghini lovers are gifted with another lavishing model  Veneno Roadstar. The model will be built in a limited numbers of 9 units and will only be available with a rollover bar for added stability.   The Design Elements:  The version is being described as an “open racing prototype” by mainly focusing on the optimum aerodynamics and stability along with identical racing prototypes. The lighter weight is the result of the lighter weight design...