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Amazon Vehicles could be every gear head’s new happy place

Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, recently launched the latest addition to their website, namely Amazon Vehicles. This new page is aimed at providing the…

South Africa sees 17% drop in new car sales in July 2016

According to aggregated sales figures from the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers (NAAMSA), the new vehicle industry sales dropped by 17% this past month….

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…

Motorsport mourns as Bianchi, Martinez and Rivas Fernandez pass away: the weekend motorsport roundup

It has been a very dark weekend for motorsport and its fans. We lost one of the world’s most promising young drivers on Saturday,…

Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has died

Marussia and French Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has died. “It is with deep sadness that the parents of Jules Bianchi, Philippe and Christine,…

This is the new Ghostbusters Ecto 1

Paul Feig, the man behind the new Ghostbusters movie, has revealed the Ecto 1 car the film’s all-female team will be driving and, chances…

Audi hopes to have this rover rolling on the moon in 2017

Audi has unveiled the rover which it, together with a group calling itself the Part-Time Scientists, hopes to take to the moon in 2017….

SA solar car set to be first to cross into Sub-Saharan Africa

While more and more electric cars roll out onto the world’s roads, a group of engineering students are out to make history by driving…

This superyacht comes with a helipad, V12 supercar (and a hefty pricetag)

This has officially reestablished the insanity-scale; it now starts with an average day, then it escalates to a bank robber, next is Brazil’s performance…

Germany’s big three looking for controlling stake in Nokia’s Here mapping service

BMW, Audi, and Mercedez Benz are set to launch a takeover bid for Nokia’s Here mapping division in a bid to stop one of…

This autonomous truck just got a license to hit the highways of Nevada

If you’re afraid of autonomous vehicles, you might want to avoid the roads of Nevada. That state has officially granted Daimler trucking subsidiary Freightliner…

This video ad of the Audi RS 3’s birth is super powerful [video]

Audi’s hot Sportback busted onto the scene in 2004, but this powerfully gritty video is breathing new life into the latest RS 3 model….

BMW thinks startups are sexy, builds them a garage

There’s no getting around it: startups are proper sexy. Everywhere you look, cities are trying to attract high-growth tech companies and the founders of…

Your average 14-year-old French kid could soon be zipping about in a Renault Twizy

If you were one of those people frustrated at how long it took before you were old enough to get your license, you’ll probably…

Audi holds off A8 production to build in more autonomous tech

Audi is set to delay the release of the next-generation A8 luxury sedan until late 2017 in order to equip it with more autonomous…

Kia Optima Sportspace will turn you into a wagon driver

Two words were never quite used in the same sentence before: Kia and sexy. Now that’s definitely about to change. The company has unveiled…

PlayStation GT Academy graduates to pilot Nissan’s Nismo LM GT-R

Racing in Gran Turismo isn’t too different from pounding a real thing around the racetrack, correct? Definitely, at least if you have a look…

BMW releases Microsoft-like patches to plug ConnectedDrive system holes

I’m sure mechanics who plied their trade in the mid-Seventies didn’t have a clue about computing or hackers for that matter, but we’re faced…

Germany opens up section of Autobahn for more autonomous car testing

The race to deploy the first comercial self-driving cars is on like never before. The German government is showing its commitment to the further…

RIP Quibi: Short-lived streaming service shuts down

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New SA tech startup launches virtual healthcare booking app

Enabling growth in the digital economy: lessons for and from South Africa [Opinion]

Microsoft’s Surface Go 2 launches in South Africa: price and details

LG officially launches the world’s first rollable 4K television

New iPad Air pre-orders open in South Africa: price and details

Prado: Better engine for Toyota’s ‘junior’ Land Cruiser

Mini JCW GP: Mega price for fastest Mini in South Africa

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