One month after its convincing shakedown run at a private PSA Peugeot Citroën venue on September 16, the 908 HYbrid4 underwent its first genuine track test at Estoril, Portugal, in October. The car completed a little more than 300km in the hands of Nicolas Minassian, Stéphane Sarrazin and Alexander Wurz. ”Our aim wasn’t to put [...]
Archive for October, 2011
The 908 HYbrid4 takes to the track
Monday, October 24th, 2011The new BMW 3 Series Sedan
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011The sixth generation of the BMW 3 Series Sedan, the world’s best-selling premium car, sets new benchmarks in terms of sporting prowess, elegance and comfort. The pioneering history of the 3 Series serves as inspiration for the new sports sedan, whose powerful styling represents a fresh interpretation and conscientious development of traditional BMW design cues. [...]
Electric Vehicle A Reality In South Africa
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011Addressing the 2011 Car Conference at the Johannesburg International Motor Show, Pierre Loing, Nissan International’s vice president product planning and zero emission business unit, said that the success of the multiple award-winning Nissan LEAF has paved the way for greater acceptance of EV technology – a necessity, given the threat to our planet’s survival from [...]
Nissan’s Np300 Hardbody Gets More Muscle With Absolute Stopping Power!
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011With over seven decades of unstoppable heritage behind Nissan full LCV range, the credentials of the NP300 Hardbody make it a true contender for the 1-ton workhorse championship belt. It begins with a platform formed from a sturdy ladder-frame chassis, upon which lies a reinforced load bed which will not baulk under even the most [...]
Nissan Invites Sa Public To Shift Reality With Innovative Juke Launch
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011The Juke displays Nissan’s innovative ability in daring and fore-ward thinking design and technology, continuing the brand’s trend of leading the burgeoning Crossover vehicle niche. Like the original Crossover, the Nissan Qashqai, the Juke stands alone in its class, boldly with an entirely unique, appealingly modern and exquisitely fashionable new urban demeanour. The Nissan Juke [...]
Subaru Supports Fall Car Care Month
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011CHERRY HILL, N.J., — Subaru of America, Inc. announced that the company is endorsing the Car Care Council’s Fall Car Care Month, a nationwide October program focusing on the importance of regular vehicle maintenance. To celebrate the occasion, Subaru dealers — who, for the first time in the program’s history, are all participating — are [...]
Fiat to broaden its reach with the export of Fiat Linea
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011Mumbai, September 29, 2011- Fiat India Automobiles Limited announced its intent to increase its focus on exports under which they have exported the Fiat Linea to Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka the inauguration is set for on 29 th September, 2011. As far as the dealership is concerned, Speed Italia is rightly going to be [...]
First All-New Chevrolet Malibu Produced in Korea
Friday, October 21st, 2011SEOUL – GM Korea celebrated the production of the first all-new Chevrolet Malibu at its Bupyeong #2 plant in Incheon. Sales of Chevrolet’s first global midsize sedan will start next month in Korea, the product’s initial market.GM Korea’s Bupyeong plant is the first in the world to build the eighth-generation Malibu, which will form a [...]
Spark Joins Chevrolet’s U.S. Small Car Lineup in 2012
Friday, October 21st, 2011DETROIT – Chevrolet hopes to excite first-time buyers and city residents when the Spark mini car joins the brand’s small car family next year in the United States and Canada. The Spark is a five-door, four-passenger hatch that is on sale in Chevrolet markets around the world. For young, urban dwellers, the 2013 Chevrolet Spark [...]
Picanto completes the hat-trick with Scottish car of the year award
Friday, October 21st, 2011Kia’s all-new Picanto has done the hat-trick, being named Best Small Car by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers at their Car of the Year Awards in Glasgow.Following on from the What Car? Green Awards win in the supermini segment and the Northern Group of Motoring Writer’s Car of the Year accolade, the Picanto has [...]




