New Toyota RAV4 Gets Outdoor Website
3 Aug 2013, 12:01 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Having a showcase website recreated in real life seems a little crazy, but Toyota South Africa wants to break the digital barriers between its products and customers so it created such a place in th...
TVS Announces Two New Bikes for the African Markets
31 Jul 2013, 14:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Indian motorcycle manufacturer TVS (recently teamed up with BMW) announces two new bikes for the African market. Africa is slowly becoming a very attractive market for the manufacturers of cheap,...
Toyota Reveals 2014 Dakar Line-up
25 Jul 2013, 14:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Besides introducing the special edition Dakar Hilux, Toyota Motorsport South Africa has recently announced its line-up for the 2014 Dakar Rally. Dakar Rally champions Giniel de Villiers and Dirk ...
Limited Edition Toyota Dakar Hilux on Sale in South Africa
25 Jul 2013, 14:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Celebrating the performance of the Hilux pickup in the 2013 Dakar Rally, Toyota has recently launched a special edition version for the South African market. The Dakar package for the Toyota Hilu...
South Africa Likes the New Toyota Auris
11 Jul 2013, 15:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / And how could you not like it? The new Auris looks a whole lot better than the previous model, it is better equipped and it’s even offered with a hybrid powertrain on some markets. Design w...
Bikes Banned after 6PM in DR Congo City Due to Murder Spree
11 Jul 2013, 11:10 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Now, this is indeed one disturbing piece of news: the Mayor of Lumumbashi, a city in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the Zambia border, has banned the presence of motorcycles aft...
Hero Starts Operations in Africa
7 Jul 2013, 07:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Hero MotoCorp, one of the biggest motorcycle manufacturers in the world, announces the beginning of their operations in Africa. Hero's first foothold on African soil will be Kenya, where the In...
Nigerian Car Thief Confesses: “I Love Stealing Toyotas”
5 Jul 2013, 15:21 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Car thieves have adapted now to steal more popular vehicles over the high end German ones, so you should double check if your Toyota is properly locked before leaving it somewhere. A 43-year-old ...
Toyota Egypt Production Briefly Shut Down Because of Protests
4 Jul 2013, 12:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The political unrest going on in Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi made Toyota’s subsidiary there briefly stop production. Fortunately, the production restarted in time at the assembly ...
2014 Lexus IS Launches in South Africa
3 Jul 2013, 16:07 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / South Africa is the latest region to benefit from the long awaited, exquisite 2014 Lexus IS. The updated Lexus IS throws the gauntlet in front of its main German rivals, coming with its new sharp...
Toyota Kenya Opens New Hino Workshop
28 Jun 2013, 09:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Toyota Kenya has recently unveiled a new Hino showroom and workshop, part of the Japanese multinational investment programs . This recent investment is just a part of the manufacturer’s str...
Severe Audi R8 Crash Splits Car in Half in South Africa
18 Jan 2013, 14:52 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / This is a very strange one. It is a crashed Audi R8 from South Africa, which is so far not unusual, considering the fact that we had another supercar crash from the country, last week. Still, this o...
South Africa Gets Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 Alpine Edition
16 Jan 2013, 14:29 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee is an imposing vehicle, and the extra sporty bits bolted onto the SRT8 model further accentuate those traits. Now, Jeep has launched a limited edition model, for the Sou...
Zimbabwean Tycoon Crashes Ferrari 458
11 Jan 2013, 14:15 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / In recent months, the frequency of supercar crashes has increased, and we have tried to cover and post all of them. This latest one comes from Cape Town, South Africa, where a Zimbabwean property ty...
Renault Gains Exclusive Rights to Build Cars in Algeria from 2014 to 2017
21 Dec 2012, 12:19 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Renault has just announced that it has signed an exclusivity agreement with the Algerian government, to be the only automaker to make cars in the country, between 2014 and 2017, at an all-new plant....
Renault to Build Cars in Algeria for African Market
18 Dec 2012, 12:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This week, French President Francois Hollande will visit North Africa with business clearly on his agenda. Bloomblerg has learned that an agreement between France and Algeria will be signed, and Fra...
Adventurers Attempt 9134-Mile African Record in a Fiat Panda
27 Nov 2012, 14:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Two British adventurers have decided to try and beat a point-to-point record which has been standing since 1983, when it was set by British Army Brigadier John Hemsley. He managed to get from Mount ...
African Elephant Overturns and Punctures Small Car
19 Nov 2012, 15:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This overgrown monster is called Bishop. He’s an African elephant bull, five tons of fury and dominating power. Compared to that sort of natural might, what chance does a Korean city car have?...
Nissan May Introduce Datsun Brand in Africa as Low Cost Option
23 Aug 2012, 11:25 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the ever-expanding Chinese and Indian manufacturers already making cheap and increasingly capable cars, it’s only a matter of time before these cheap cars trickle into Africa, where they ...
Toyota Hilux Driver Removes Wheel Clamp With Circular Saw
22 Aug 2012, 06:56 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Some people really have a problem with authority and regardless of what situation they may find themselves in, they will stop at nothing to get their way. Take this African man and his white Toyota ...