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Gone are the days where “V” after a number indicated of the number of valves of an internal combustion engine, be it a 16V or even a powerful 48V.
In January, we reported on the new Ford Territory making its way to South Africa. Well, it has arrived, and three models will lead Ford’s onslaught in this highly competitive part of the SUV segment.
Coming to South Africa in Q3 of this year, the new Mitsubishi Triton and XForce keep on winning design awards. The latest is the Triton and the new XForce compact SUV both have won the iF Design Award 2024 in the product design discipline.
Jaecoo is ready to make its debut and has kick-started its launch season with the first batch of J7 commercial vehicles having arrived in South Africa.
Bigger, bolder and better. That is the case with the new BMW 5 Series, which now, for the first time, includes a full electric version, called the i5 eDrive40.
Honda added a new face to its local SUV range, namely the Elevate, to compete in the highly competitive SUV segment of the local passenger car market.
GWM South Africa is going to ruffle feathers with the local launch of its Tank 300 off-road lifestyle SUV.
An icon in the world of hardcore 4x4s has been updated to soldier on where many others struggle. Toyota’s Land Cruiser 70 Series will now appeal to a broader audience with many changes to the vehicle.
The 6th generation of Honda’s new CR-V has hit the streets in South Africa. This iconic vehicle for Honda has been a stalwart for the brand internationally as well as locally over many decades.
Volkswagen is to launch the new T-Cross, Tiguan and Touareg locally during this year, and a test fleet of its electric ID.4 vehicles will also arrive here.
The good news is that we will see the limited edition of Audi’s RS 6 Avant, called the GT, in South Africa during the second quarter of this year. The bad news is that just one of these bad boys is earmarked for our shores. In total only 660 will be produced.
Ford launched the Ranger Platinum in the highly competitive bakkie segment and claims it is the most luxurious and sophisticated Ranger ever. It joins the recently announced Tremor as the latest additions to the Ranger line-up.
Nissan bolstered its Magnite range with the addition of the Kuro version at the top end of its line-up.
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