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Class-leading aerodynamics, striking design details for Hyundai’s new alternative-fuel IONIQ

December 18, 2015 • Car, News, Road • Jonckie • Comments Off on Class-leading aerodynamics, striking design details for Hyundai’s new alternative-fuel IONIQ

A new rendering of Hyundai Motor’s all-new IONIQ hints at how the innovative, alternative-fuel compact vehicle, which is due for launch in early 2016, will combine head-turning good looks with class-leading aerodynamic performance. Hyundai Motor has confirmed that the IONIQ will be the world’s first car to offer a choice of three efficient and...

Maserati Cape Town Race Week in glorious weather

December 15, 2015 • News, Sea, Transport • Jonckie • Comments Off on Maserati Cape Town Race Week in glorious weather

The inaugural Maserati Cape Town Race Week reached the midway point yesterday after a weekend of glorious weather and shifting winds, that challenged all crews and brought out the very best in technical yacht racing. The predominantly Westerly wind meant...

Weak oil offsets Rand plunge to save SA motorists pain at pumps in December

December 15, 2015 • Advice, News, Road, Transport • Jonckie • Comments Off on Weak oil offsets Rand plunge to save SA motorists pain at pumps in December

South African motorists are set to feel the first direct impacts of the unexpected removal of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and the resulting exchange rate chaos. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA), which was commenting on unaudited fuel...

Ford Sensor Technology Applied to Motorcycles for New Mobility Insights

December 11, 2015 • News, Road, Transport • Jonckie • Comments Off on Ford Sensor Technology Applied to Motorcycles for New Mobility Insights

Improves Medical Care for Rural Africa Ford is now equipping motorcycles with sensor kits inspired by its OpenXC hardware platform to map areas of community health care services in rural West Africa. Capturing data on additional transportation types is...

Taxi driver critical after shooting incident

December 8, 2015 • News, Transport • Jonckie • Comments Off on Taxi driver critical after shooting incident

A taxi driver is in a critical condition after he sustained several gunshot wounds this evening while driving along the R82 in Kiblerpark. At approximately 8pm paramedics responded to the scene where they found four patients involved in a shooting incident....

Ford Fusion Is Independent Motoring’s Best Family Car for 2015

December 8, 2015 • News, Road, Transport • Jonckie • Comments Off on Ford Fusion Is Independent Motoring’s Best Family Car for 2015

The Ford Fusion was announced as the Best Family Car for 2015 by the team of expert motoring journalists from the Independent Media’s Motoring supplement at an awards banquet held in Johannesburg last night. At the end of each year, the Motoring staff...

Mitsubishi Gets Behind the Munga!

December 6, 2015 • News, Road, Transport • Jonckie • Comments Off on Mitsubishi Gets Behind the Munga!

Mitsubishi Motors is excited and proud to announce its partnership with Munga as the vehicle supplier for the inaugural Munga Mountain bike race. The Munga is more than a mountain bike race? Just like Mitsubishi is more than just a car! Both brands are...

Mercedes-Benz SA celebrates 125 000th truck to roll off its East London plant assembly line

December 4, 2015 • News • Jonckie • Comments Off on Mercedes-Benz SA celebrates 125 000th truck to roll off its East London plant assembly line

Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) added yet another milestone to its long and committed journey to the country when the 125 000th truck rolled off the assembly line at its plant in East London. The first truck was assembled at the then Car Distributors...

Opel Continues to Grow as Industry Softens

December 3, 2015 • News • Jonckie • Comments Off on Opel Continues to Grow as Industry Softens

November total industry sales came in at 51 256 vehicles, slightly behind November 2014 sales of 51 055 units. Year to date November 2015 industry sales are 4.1 percent down over the same period last year (568 584 vs 592 839). General Motors South Africa...

Mazda MX-5 scoops Japan car of the year award

December 1, 2015 • News • Jonckie • Comments Off on Mazda MX-5 scoops Japan car of the year award

The all-new Mazda MX-5 that recently launched in South Africa has been named 2015-2016 Car of the Year by the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame (JAHFA). An award ceremony was held at Mazda’s Tokyo office. The MX-5 Roadster is the third Mazda to win the...