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Ecclestone’s mother-in-law kidnapped for ransom – reports

Formula One head Bernie Ecclestone’s mother-in-law has been kidnapped in Brazil. According to Brazilian magazine Veja and other reports, Aparecida Schunck (67) was kidnapped in…

BREAKING: SA race driver Gugu Zulu dies on Kilimanjaro trip

South African race driver Gugu Zulu has died before the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Zulu and wife Letshego were taking part in Trek4Mandela, an…

What should you expect from the SA Festival of Motoring?

The SA Festival of Motoring aims to become the biggest motoring show in South Africa, establishing itself as SA’s official motoring show. Its roots…

Who will replace Chris Evans at Top Gear?

The reboot of the critically acclaimed Top Gear has quickly come to an end. Not more than six episodes have aired since it went…

Tesla wants to build 500k cars a year by 2018

You can’t argue that Tesla doesn’t have serious ambitions. In its Q1 update, the California-based electric car maker announced plans to build 500 000…

Autonomous Volvos to hit London by 2017

Within the next year or so, Londoners could find themselves sharing the road with a fleet of autonomous Volvos. An unlike other autonomous driving…

Vintage goes green: Morgans to be electric, hybrid by 2019

If I asked you to picture a typical Morgan driver, you’d probably imagine someone with a predilection for tweed and a fear of anything…

Dodge’s Challenger SRT Hellcat packs a Lamborghini-killing 707 horsepower

Dodge was a marque largely absent from this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed powerfest, but this doesn’t mean the company is softening up by…

Toyota’s hydrogen-powered FCV will go on sale from mid-2015

Most recent advancements in automotive engineering has been biased, favouring either electric or rechargeable petrol and diesel units. Toyota however, wishes to differentiate slightly….

Update: Harley-Davidson has revealed Project Livewire, its first electric motorcycle

Harley-Davidson, if its latest teaser video is anything to go by, will be unveiling a new electric motorcycle tomorrow. If you thought Bentley’s video…

Porsche, Martini Racing pay homage to Le Mans with limited edition 911

Porsche is getting serious about its Le Mans 24 Hours return, and to flag the occasion, the German marque has released a road-going beautified…

Audi’s stylish RS7 TFSI focuses on performance without sacrificing economy

Audi has revealed details of its revised RS7 Sportback sedan, that will retail in Germany later this year for around US$154 000. The Ingolstadt-based…

Uber keen to replace drivers with self-driving cabs in the future

Google recently unveiled its self-driving car prototype to the world. It’s to no-one’s surprise then that it got people talking about how this might…

Get a first-person view of a speed racer’s lap thanks to Google Glass [video]

We’ve discussed the exciting applications for Google Glass when it comes to cars before. From apps that wake drivers up when they fall asleep…

From phones to wheels: Nokia invests US$100 million in connected car technology

Nokia has pledged to invest a total of US$100 million in connected car technology, a few days after selling its devices and services division…

Should Tesla be worried about the Model S being hacked?

We can’t wait to see how Elon Musk responds to this one. A hacker going by the name Nitesh Dhanjani has reportedly managed to…

iCar: Apple makes biggest in-vehicle play yet with Carplay

If you’re an iFan and fancy buying a new Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz or Volvo, this news could make you very happy. Apple has officially unveiled…

Ford could be dumping Microsoft in its cars for BlackBerry

This is interesting. Ford’s relationship with Microsoft looks set to end with reports that the Detroit automaker could be ditching the Redmond-based tech giant…

Fourth gen Prius to include new engine, better batteries

The Toyota Prius, which proved to car makers around the world that hybrids could actually sell, is just about ready for its latest update….

Lincoln Navigator 2015 rocks fuel-friendly EcoBoost V6 engine, touchscreen control, Drive Control

After nearly a decade, Lincoln’s legendary Navigator is finally getting a makeover with the launch of its 2015 edition. Here’s what Lincoln has done…

Mercedes-Benz C-Class shows off its techie features

Mercedes-Benz has revealed official photographs of its fourth-generation C-Class ahead of the planned public unveiling at the Detroit motor show set for next month…

Christmas comes early as BMW unveils new M3, M4 models

Christmas has come early for petrol heads. The latest version of the worldâ€™s best-selling sports car — nearly 40 000 of the last generation…

Volvo reportedly prepping 100-car strong autonomous driving trial

We all know Volvo doesn’t really muck about when it comes to making sure its cars are safe. Small wonder then that the Swedish…

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