Hyundai Motor has been ranked among the highest valued brands in the world once again, according to the latest rankings published by global brand specialist Interbrand. Hyundai’s global brand value grows 3% since 2017 to a company record high of US$ 13,5 billion (about R 200,8 billion).
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The Porsche 911 Speedster will go into production
Dubai. The concept study, presented during the 70th birthday of the sports car manufacturer, will be produced as a limited special edition: Porsche has decided to start producing the purist Porsche 911 Speedster in the first half of 2019. Exactly 1,948 units of the open-top two-seater will be built.
NEW DRIVERS CONFIRMED FOR JAGUAR I-PACE eTROPHY SERIES
South Africa, 27 September 2018 – Jaguar Racing has revealed a new wave of drivers who will take part in the inaugural Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY, the world’s first all-electric production-based race series.
Namibian License Plates
Ever wondered how many Namibian towns have their own number plates? Is Otavi OT or OV? Were you stuck behind a slow OM driver for hours and want to figure out why? Well, good news, NamWheels has all the details for you below in a handy table:
Mercedes-AMG C43 Coupé point-of-view driving movie
Join us as we take the roaring C43 AMG Coupé for a smile-inducing drive along a beautiful coastal road!
Top List: our favourite Ferraris
The prancing horse
A recent big birthday (also by a competing brand) and the announcement about Ferrari’s Engine of the Year awards have inspired us to come up with our list of favourite red Italian cars…
Ferrari’s turbo-charged V8 is voted the best engine of the last 20 years
A record number of six awards
Stuttgart, 5 June 2018 – The latest iteration of Ferrari’s turbo-charged V8 that equips, in various forms, all Ferrari’s V8-engined cars, has been nominated the best engine in the world for the third year running in the 2018 International Engine of the Year Awards.
The broken button
I’ve been reviewing cars for almost a decade and in that time, only two cars have ever broken down on me. The freaky thing is that both were completely unexpected faults and the vehicles in question share a nationality. Take a deep breath, everyone. They weren’t British or Indian. They were both Japanese.
Top List: Emergency brake from 100km/h!
Have you seen our Top List of 0-100km/h times? You should, it’s really quite impressive. Anyway, we don’t just strap our fancy equipment to most press cars for testing their acceleration, no sir, since late 2016 we also do a once-off emergency stop from 100km/h. Here follows the list of cars from best to worst, by stopping distance:
New car assembly plant in Namibia
Groupe PSA and the Namibian government have signed an investment agreement facilitating the joint-venture agreement between Groupe PSA and Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) to assemble OPEL and PEUGEOT vehicles in Walvis Bay.