SEGMENT ANALYSIS

Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA), last weekend, drubbed the Mercedes Benz teams at the PeoplePavilion in Uitenhage as the bi-annual OEM Challenge Trophy won two years ago by Mercedes Benz was retained in Uitenhage, the home of VWSA. It was really an interesting Heritage Day weekend at the OEM Challenge ...

  Heritage Bank Plc. has explained why it is so committed to the growth and development of Nigeria’s creative industry which is a major contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Group Head, Corporate Communications, Heritage Bank, Fela Ibidapo, gave the explanation recently  after the viewing part one of ...

911 GT2 RS Nuerburgring Nordschleife        Porsche’s 911 GT2 RS is now the fastest sports car and this is incontrovertible. The car set a new record for road legal sports cars on the famous 20.6-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife in the 911 GT2 RS on September 20. The record time ...

  Bosch’s KTS Diagnostic Tester, Monroe’s OE Spectrum shock absorber and Qwerty Tyre Solutions’ Str8-Lign Wheel Alignment unit, Wednesday morning, won the gold, silver and bronze, respectively,  in the Automechanika Johannesburg 2017’s Innovation Awards competition in South Africa. Three other awards were presented to representatives of each of the winning ...

Toyota said on Tuesday that it is set to maintain its position as the top manufacturer of hybrid vehicles worldwide with a $373.8 million investment in five U.S. manufacturing plants. Toyota said the new investment will support the production of its first American-made hybrid powertrain and will implement Toyota’s New ...

Two finalists, Talha Moosajee and Raais Asmal, have emerged as they have cruised their way to the last stage of the 2017 Volkswagen Driver Search honours at the Zwartkops Raceway in Pretoria. They emerged victorious after four gruelling days of physical tests, psychological evaluations, media lectures and naturally a string of stringent ...

  mediaReach OMD, the leading media agency in West Africa, has unveiled the latest edition of mediafacts, a book it has been publishing annually since 2001. Over those years, the book has become reputable as the prime reference on media information in West and Central Africa, renowned as easily accessible ...

Saudi King Salman ordered on Tuesday that Saudi women will now be allowed to drive cars. The royal order put an end to a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom’s repression of women. The kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, has been widely criticised ...

As the search for the 2017 Volkswagen Driver Search continues in South Africa, eight young prospective racing drivers have been shortlisted for the next round of the competition while the game is over for the other six who didn’t make it after the first round was completed at the Zwartkops ...

Eunisell Chemicals, Africa’s leading specialty fluids management company, Friday, organised a technical training and seminar for lubricant additive customers in Lagos. The one-day event was part of the company’s efforts to raise the awareness of participants on the technical aspects of the lubricant market. This, according to Eunisell, is to ...