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Oct 10, 2013 73 view(s)
BMW South Africa has decided to stop all its “future plans” to expand there after a four week strike in the car manufacturing industry caused export sales drop by 75%. According to the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the economy of the country has been affected by $2bn. As a conversation with BBC, BMW told that all of their plans to increase capacity at its Rosslyn plant has been paused. There is also a separate strike going on by the component manufacturing workers.The ongoing strikes have affected the top...
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Oct 4, 2013 113 view(s)
The Japanese automaker, Nissan renovated its Datsun brand after a long period of 37 years, and India became the host of the global return of the affordable car manufacturers. Datsun had launched its Go hatchback in India on July 15, 2013, and received a positive response from the auto experts. Before few days Nissan also unveiled its second Datsun output, Go+MPV at the 2013 Indonesia Motor Show. This renovation purely states the company’s approach for the growing nations like India, Indonesia, Russia and South Africa. We...
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Oct 4, 2013 88 view(s)
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 911 Turbo, Porsche is going to present two Cabriolet versions of its Porsche’s 911 family. The pair of 911 Cabriolet models are going to be presented for the general public at the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 20. According to Porsche, compared to the prior models, the new cars will be more powerful, accelerate quitter and up to the 15 percent more efficient. The attractive feature of the Cabriolet is the folding fabric roof which is made from lightweight magnesium frame...
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Oct 1, 2013 94 view(s)
Since Monday the top leading manufacturers, Volkswagen, Ford, Mercedes and Toyota are been reported either stopping or limiting their production. General Motors has not produced not produced since last week.The executive director of National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers (Naacam) Robert Houdet said “There is a loss of billions of rands in the component and the original equipment manufacturer sector, but the biggest damage is losing the investors confidence”. Due to the three week long strike in...
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Sep 20, 2013 96 view(s)
Raising petrol prices and sharp drop in the Rand value is changing the face of Africa’s largest economy. Car sales was viewed as one of the few growing sectors this year as South Africa was striving hard to recover from the 2009 recession. Rand had fallen by 16% against dollar this year, including a four year low of 10.51 last month, which took the petrol prices to the highest ever hike of 13.55 rand ($1.41 U.S.) a litre in August which was approx double than in early 2009.Due to this the total demand of petrol in South Africa came...
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Sep 16, 2013 420 view(s)
Kia, the South Korean automaker introduced its mysterious and most awaited brand new second generation 2014 Soul at the Frankfurt Motor Show. In South Africa the car will be launched in the first quarter of 2014. Kia has launched the model in a more funky way with improved ride and handling, increased interior and luggage space, reduced CO2 emissions and varied roof colours and upto 11 exterior paint finishes.With rougher looks the customisation of the car includes a piano black paint on the bumpers, wheel arches and side borders...
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Sep 14, 2013 266 view(s)
The most awaited Frankfurt Motor show is now finally here,is set to rock by the media as the gates are opened for them from 10th September and then to the public on 12th September onwards. As the show was in their hometown the Germans were booming on the floor with the production cars like the BMW i8, Porsche 918 and also the concepts like Nanuk quattro from Audi. The show looked based on the “green” theme as most of the cars unveiled at the show were plug-in hybrids and EV’s. On the other hand some “cool”...
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Sep 12, 2013 423 view(s)
After expanding their Emgrand EC7, Geely now have added a better option by making the South Africa’s second cheapest car after Chery QQ3 0.8 TE. It will be a benefit for the South African’s looking for an affordable car. The new version will be a hi-specced hatch based on the LC, with a 1-litre smaller engine. The GC2 is expected to be an entry level car among the school graduates, varsity and college students and even many youngsters in the initial stage of their work- said by Gareth Azzie, the marketing...
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Sep 12, 2013 131 view(s)
Audi rocked the floor by unveiling its Nanuk Quattro Concept on the eve of the Frankfurt Motor Show. However it was expected to be revealed with the new A8 and S8 along with the quattro concept. This Diesel powered crossover is powered by a twin turbocharged 5.0 litre V10 diesel engine. Inspite of weighing nearly two tonnes, the car provides a top speed of 190mph. The 537bhp and 737lb ft of torque available gives the car a 0-62mph time of just 3.8 seconds. Audi's seven-speed twin-clutch S tronic automatic gearbox allows it to deliver...
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Sep 11, 2013 86 view(s)
The sales of luxurious cars are rocking the floors of South African Showrooms. Last month Porsche alone sold 12 vehicles in SA with price of R680,000 for a Cayman to R2M for Gran Turismo.In 2009, the sales of the German Car first made in 1931 hit a big number of 506 in SA. But last year the sales had unexpectedly reached the figure of 1,416- according to NAAMSA. Not only Porsche but, Maserati which sold 63 cars last year, sold 5 new cars last month.However the sales figure of the James Bond Franchise, Aston Martin is not disclosed from...
