Category: Motoring

Mazda was only meant to reveal its new turbocharged Mazda3 on Wednesday, July 8, but the company’s Mexican division jumped the gun and posted it on their website and a video was uploaded on their YouTube channel on the weekend. The video shows that the turbocharged Mazda 3 will be fitted with a 2.5-litre turbo-petrol […]

Johannesburg – Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) is said to be spending over R10m to assist the local taxi industry in the fight against the spread of Covid-19. The help comes in the form of over 65,000 litres of sanitiser, 2,000 handwash dispensers and Covid-19-related marketing initiatives. “Toyota had already committed to these taxi support […]

San Fransisco – Just after wreaking havoc on Tesla stock this past week, Elon Musk was back with his attention-grabbing Twitter posts over the weekend, when he said it would be good to install games like Minecraft and Pokemon Go in Tesla cars. “Minecraft has amazing legs,” the Tesla CEO said in a Twitter post. […]

Reports from various publications have confirmed that Audi will be bowing out of the German Touring car (DTM) series at the end of the 2020 season. It was reported on Monday that the Ingolstadt-based carmaker has been mulling over the decision to exit DTM before the coronavirus crisis. Audi wants to shift focus to return […]

He died at his home in Los Angeles from complications from Parkinson’s disease, a family spokeswoman told US media. Mr Iacocca is also remembered for his appearances in Chrysler ads in the US, pointing at viewers and telling them: “If you find a better car, buy it!” In a statement, the company said it was […]

Uber Technologies Inc unveiled its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington on Wednesday as it works to eventually deploy vehicles without drivers under some limited conditions. Uber said the new production XC90 will be assembled by Volvo Cars in Sweden and have human controls like steering wheels and brake pedals, but also with factory-installed steering […]

China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Tuesday said its voice-controlled assistant will feature in local vehicles from Audi AG, Renault SA and Honda Motor Co Ltd, as the tech giant expands in artificial intelligence. The Tmall Genie Auto smart speaker will allow drivers to use voice commands to, for instance, place orders on Alibaba’s online […]

Volkswagen (VW) says a modernisation plan is to result in 4,000 job losses The German carmaker said a €4bn (£3.5bn) drive for digitalisation over the next three and a half years would see non-production roles hit though it did not foresee any compulsory redundancies. At the same time, the company said, 2,000 roles would be […]

Google Maps is introducing a feature that will alert drivers to roadblocks and speed cameras. The feature will be rolled out in 40 countries, including South Africa. The current speed limit will be visible in the bottom corner of the app, while speed traps will show up as icons on the roads. According to TechCrunch, the […]

The inquest into Reshall Jimmy’s death continued on Monday, trying to establish whether the man’s fiery end was the fault of Ford. John Loud, an American forensic expert, testified for the motoring giant that they were not to blame. After Jimmy’s death, Ford recalled around 4,000 Kugas when more fires erupted. Loud compiled a report […]