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1960 Belgian Grand Prix: F1’s other dark weekend

The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix is widely considered to be one of F1’s darkest weekends — with just cause. Aside from Ayrton Senna’s…

Nvidia’s neural network taught itself to drive cars

Self-driving cars are quickly becoming one of the hottest things in the automotive industry. But is driving easy enough for a neural network to learn with…

These might be the road signs of the future…

From bus lanes and yield notifications to stop signs and speed limits, road signs haven’t changed much over the years, it would seem. But automotive innovation…

How will 2017’s F1 cars look compared to 2016’s racers?

The F1 season has passed the halfway mark, and several teams are already looking to the 2017 season. Next year brings a raft of…

Michael Schumacher: The real King of Spa?

The Formula One summer break is in full swing, featuring a three week break from the German Grand Prix to the upcoming Belgian Grand…

Hisense, TGN Racing co-develop ‘first 4K racing simulator in Africa’

Hisense and TGN Racing Simulators are joining forces to build the “first 4K racing simulator in Africa”. The rig will be used by professional…

What innovation really means for business [SPONSORED]

Innovation, like any good words appropriated too many times for too many purposes, has become something of a cliché, says Adam Oxford of htxt.africa, a…

Jaguar rebranding creative is crazy – good?

Jaguar. The ‘J’ bit of JLR is struggling. And that’s being kind. All its Le Mans racings wins, gorgeous E-Type memories and heroic XJ220…

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

For German car companies, China’s luxury car market has devolved from secure future profits to disastrous income losses. With its powerful economy and a…

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Donald Trump has had a resurgent year. Tesla? Not so much. The Cybertruck sales aren’t tracking initial reservation demand and full autonomous self-driving functionality…

Vivo update – a big safety gain

Polo Vivo has been South Africa’s most popular passenger car for many years. Like its progenitor, the Citi Golf, it’s a case of very…

Review: Range Rover Evoque P300e Dynamic HSE

Range Rover Evoque P300e Dynamic HSE. It is an elaborate name for an exciting luxury SUV. The Evoque has always been a future Land…

Safer Swift due this Spring

Swift was the model that anchored Suzuki’s return to South Africa in 2008. At a time when Toyota had exited RunX, there was nothing…

Nvidia isn’t hype for automotive engineers

Nvidia earnings were the most anticipated financial services event of the year. As the world’s most valuable publicly traded company by market capitalization, you…

Pick-up trucks and Tesla-Trump politics

EVs have never been a core issue in American elections. The American auto industry’s Big Three make profits from large pick-up trucks and ladder-frame…

Quartermaster is unquestionably cool – and capable

Ineos has done what Land Rover could not, reviving its original Defender’s spirit. The independently financed British brand has created the fantasy off-road exploration…