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Ranger designers rethink mixed reality

Ford’s T6 series platform has truly become the brand’s global car of the 2020s. Everest and Ranger are built on the advanced T6.1 series…

Suzuki’s remarkable South African redemption

Suzuki has a long history in South Africa, but its car business is a story of interruption. The Japanese compact car brand disengaged from…

Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa’s EV battery future

Zimbabwe and Mozambique have an abundance of materials required for building automotive grade EV batteries. But where are they going to be made? The…

Porsche powers ahead with EV-only Macan

Porsche SUVs. They’re respected but not adored. For followers of the world’s most iconic German car brand, SUVs are tolerated. A brand sacrifice to…

Budget speech misses NEV promise – again

Any budget is challenging. Whether it’s your household expenditure, that yearend vacation planning or long-term savings goals. But being responsible for allocating and sharing…

Tokyo showcases a comeback for Japanese car design

Tokyo is a global epicentre of futurism and design. Since the early 1980s, product design, industrial innovation and tech integration have found a willing…

Shenxing battery is CATL’s latest EV breakthrough

CATL has revealed a new advanced EV battery, capable of remarkable recharging speeds. The Chinese company commands unprecedented scale and technology leverage in the…

Ford EcoSport Active is not mellow yellow

EcoSport is Ford’s compact crossover product presence in the local market. Although the platform is nearing ten years in age, demand remains strong. Much…

Microprocessor crisis could be over for Toyota

The automotive chip supply crisis remains unresolved, but some of the world’s biggest car companies are revealing new strategies and partnerships to manage it….

The Ferrari sedan idea lives on with Alfa Romeo

Ferrari helped an Italian brand build a four-door sedan, once. But the way they’ve done it with Alfa, three decades later, is a lot…

Nickel prices force a rethink on electric car batteries

Scaling and improved process engineering have dramatically reduced the cost of lithium-ion battery packs during the last decade. But a nasty inflation shock could…

VW’s global Polo updates finally arrive in South Africa

Crossovers might have all but displaced the sedan as a vehicle category in South Africa, but VW’s hatchbacks remain popular. The German brand’s Vivo…

VW shows more of its new Amarok bakkie

Anticipation is building for the second-generation Amarok double-cab. And to keep bakkie fans on edge, VW has released a series of new graphics, relating…

Road test: Jaguar’s I-Pace electric SUV

German luxury car brands are making a lot of marketing noise about their electric vehicles, but since 2019, the most compelling battery vehicle choice…

Road test: Toyota’s GR Yaris hot hatch

Toyota South Africa doesn’t need any business tutoring. With a quarter of the local market, it dominates most vehicle segments. Best known for an…

The 2022 new Ford Ranger is a bakkie for the future

Ford’s has a huge presence in the global bakkie business. Is it telling that the world’s best-selling vehicle is still a Ford, the American…

Peugeot’s double-cab bakkie lands in South Africa

Most South Africans associate Peugeot with stylish city cars and crossovers. But the French brand is now adding a heavy-duty utility option to its…

Here are the winners of the 2021 South African Car of the Year Awards

The South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ) has announced the winners of the 2021 Car of the Year awards. The winners were announced…

VW launches mobile game tie-in for local Golf GTi 8 launch

VW South Africa has launched GTI8OnTour, a mobile game to tie in with the local launch of the eighth generation of the Golf GTi….

Updated Kona is a crossover Kahuna from Hyundai

Hyundai has very successfully transitioned from product offerings such as hatchbacks and sedans to crossovers and SUVs. Since its market debut in 2018, the…

VW Golf 8 GTI arrives: Here is the price for South Africa

Originally designed during a time of crisis at Volkwagen, the Golf GTI has become a celebrated family performance car. It is rightly classified as…

JAC brings N55 electric truck to South Africa

JAC Motors has announced its N55 Electric Vehicle (EV) is now available to order in South Africa two years after its international launch. The…

Converting and driving a bulletproof bakkie

Emergency begets innovation and South Africa is, by nature, a specialist in armoured vehicles. SVI engineering has been making transport safe for two decades…

Mobile World Congress 2025: A Glimpse into the Hyperconnected Future

$4 Trillion Gone: Unpacking the US Stock Market Turmoil and Its Ripple Effect

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Injini Accelerates EdTech Revolution in SA with New Mastercard Foundation Fellowship Cohort

Preferental: The Startup Transforming South Africa’s Rental Market with AI

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

G63 AMG is a better build with Grabber AT3s

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life