BMW 3 SERIES GT COMING IN MARCH?

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Two rumours are currently doing the rounds, and they are quite related. One is that BMW is preparing a 3 Series GT, which is similar in concept to the existing 5 Series GT. The other rumour is that this particular car is going to be launched this coming March at the 2012 Geneva International Motor Show....

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MATURE FORD KUGA BREAKS INTO MZANSI MARKET

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Ford South Africa is reinventingits fleet quite steadily, adding model after model at an easy pace. The latest to join them is the Kuga, a car that’s been on the European market since 2008, making it four years old or so. It’s relatively new, but still not brand new. Nevertheless, it’s Ford’s local...

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NIP/ TUCK FOR BMW X6 IN FACELIFT OPERATION

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BMW first released the X6in 2008 and has since sold a reported 150 000units of the thing. That’s apparently more than what they expected to sell of the coupe SUV. No one is complainingof course. Now it’s time for a facelift, as it normally is every three and a half years. Expectedly the X6 facelift...

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TOYOTA UNVEILS LE MANS CHALLENGER

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Toyota Racing yesterday announced more details of its forthcoming FIA World Endurance Championship participation, including an intention to race two cars in specific races. The new team, which is based at Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) in Cologne, Germany, will make its race debut on 5 May in the Six...

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SUPER BMW M PERFORMANCE CARS REVEALED

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Following its announcement of a new sub-brand called BMW M Performance, the company has now detailed exactly what kind of engine technologythese cars will feature. M Performancewill officially be launched at the 2012 Geneva International Motor Show in March, and these models will be there. But South...

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MERCEDES-BENZ TRAINING SCARCE-SKILLS TECHNICIANS

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The scarcity of appropriately skilled technicians in the automotive sector has spurred Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) to extend their involvement in the training of technicians by initiating a technical learnership at the St Anthony’s Education Centre in Boksburg.The three-year pilot programme sees...

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GM SET TO KILL "ARE WE THERE YET" QUESTION

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Got backseat boredom? DVD players and Game Boys are so five years ago, but a new concept in rear seat entertainment technology that uses the windows themselves could replace squirminess and snoozing with interactive scribbling, sweeping and pinching.General Motors Research and Development put that challenge...

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ON THE ROAD: JAGUAR XKR COUPE

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Another Fast Jaguar In The House?Most certainly. XKR is actually one of the fastest cars IN4RIDE has ever tested, boasting a 0 – 100km/h time of just 4.5 seconds at high altitude. The bassy supercharged V8 liberates enough thrust to propel that thing so quickly into triple figures that you can completely...

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HYUNDAI CONTROVERSIALLY LAUNCHES H1 MULTICAB

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If you are black, especially young and black, look away now or click on another story. This one’s not for you. It’s about the launch of the new Hyundai H1 Multicab, a vehicle that is aimed at white, married men over the age of 40 who are looking at an alternative to the usual double cab bakkie(pickup)....

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GINIEL, TOYOTA SA, DAKAR: HISTORY MADE!

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Toyota made history at the 2012 Dakar Rally in South America when three Toyota Hilux pickups built and developed in South Africa by Toyota Motorsport finished third, sixth and 11th in an 8 000-kilometre 15-day marathon that saw the original 161 starters in the car category reduced to 79 at the finish.It...

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GEELY PARTNERS WITH THE FRENCH

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Geely has announced a strategic partnership with Faurecia France, a global Fortune 500 company and the sixth largest automotive parts supplier in the world, to form a joint venture manufacturing automotive exhaust systems. The joint venture is the second cooperation between Geely and Faurecia France,...

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AUDI R8 GT SPYDER COMES TO MZANSI

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Following on the sold-out success of the Audi R8 GT Coupé, Audi South Africa is now introducing the Audi R8 GT Spyder on special order. Like the Coupé, the open-top version of the high-performance sports car is capped at 333 units scheduled for production 2012. Each car sports an individual number on...

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OVER 3000 MZANSI MINIS AFFECTED BY GLOBAL RECALL

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If you are a MINI owner or driver, or you know someone who drives these lovely little cars, you may want to read this carefully. It’s a press statement we received from BMW South Africa this morning regarding a global recall for pretty much the entire MINI range. “MINI is conducting a worldwide technical...

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LIFE AFTER FORD: VOLVO LOOKING FOR NEW MATE

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Volvo Cars used to be owned by Ford of the United States. Now it’s owned by Geely of China. The relationship with Ford means the two are still tied together in terms of some technologies and powertrains they both use. But this will all end in 2017, and Volvo wants to ensure it’s not left out in the...

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