HINO DAKAR TRUCK ATTACKS MONGOLIA

Hino Team Sugawara made an excellent debut with its first new racing truck in eight years when it finished sixth overall and the highest placed trucks in the recent Rally Mongolia, which started and finished at Ulan Bator.The main reason for competing in this gruelling 3 000km race, run over seven days, was to evaluate the new truck with the eye on the 2012 Dakar Rally in South America.

NEW ENGINES FOR NEW AUDI A6

Since its local introduction in June 2011, the latest generation Audi A6 has unquestionably demonstrated the company ethos of Vorsprung durch Technik with regards to the Audi A6’s aluminium steel construction and technological innovation.

VW ROMPS ON IN SALES

During August 2011 a total of 36 138 new passenger cars were sold in South Africa. This equated to an increase of 13 percent when compared to July, and grew by eight percent when compared to August 2010, bringing year-to-date sales of new passenger cars in 2011 to a level 16.7 percent above January to August sales last year.

LAND ROVER DC100 CONCEPT TO DEBUT AT FRANKFURT

The Land Rover DC100, a modern interpretation of the iconic Land Rover Defender will make its debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.

NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR AT PEUGEOT SA

Peugeot South Africa has announced the appointment of a new managing director. Francis Harnie (46) takes over from Jean Francois Bacos, who returns to the PSA head office in Paris, France.
 

VOLKSWAGEN OPENS R60 MILLION TRAINING FACILITY

Volkswagen Group South Africa opened a new R60-million Training Academy at its Centurion site in Gauteng today. The 4 000m2 facility has been custom-designed to provide high-quality training courses to continuously improve the performance of VWSA’s Dealers.  The Company’s investment in this infrastructure is an extension of Volkswagen’s focus on its people skills as it strives to become the skills development benchmark in the local automotive industry.  

NISSAN MICRA ENGINES OUT IN RECORD TIME

The year 2011 is a year of celebration for employees at the Renault Nissan Alliance India Pvt Ltd (RNAIPL) as the Company has crossed yet another milestone by producing the 100 000 1.2-litre and 1.5-litre HR12DE petrol engines in a record period of 15 months. Earlier, the alliance plant had achieved a milestone by producing 100 000 Micra cars in a record period of 13 months.