Mercedes-Benz Trucks launches new Actros in South Africa
Reliability, efficiency and safety are the three core characteristics that define the new Mercedes-Benz Actros. With over 25,000 vehicles sold in South Africa since it was introduced to the market in 1998, the Actros family has long been the...
Volkswagen launches new Crafter
With a maximum permitted weight of 5.0 metric tonnes, a larger maximum cargo volume of 17.5 m³ and an excellent variety of drive types and derivatives, the new Crafter offers highly functional solutions for everyday use that will meet...
Mahindra commits to South Africa with assembly facility
Mahindra South Africa has joined the league of South African vehicle manufacturers with the opening of a state-of-the-art vehicle assembly facility in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
The new vehicle assembly facility for Mahindra vehicles is located in the Dube TradePort Special Economic...
FAW meets its customers on their turf
FAW South Africa has once again met and interacted with its customers at the Nampo Harvest Day in Bothaville, Free State.
The company’s stand at the popular annual agricultural show featured an impressive ‘showroom’ of FAW models, including the soon-to-be...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles South Africa partners with TruckX and FleetX
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles South Africa has partnered with TruckX and FleetX 2018.
With a record-breaking 2 187 visitors attending TruckX 2017, it’s no wonder that a number of blue-chip OEMs as well as organisations and brands representing all sectors of the trucking,...
Hino cuts part pricing in aid of lower fleet operating costs
Hino South Africa has cut the retail selling prices of all its replacement parts by 4% from the beginning of May as a contribution to assisting fleet owners to lower operating costs. Stable parts supply is critical to truck...
Slump in commercial vehicle sales for month of April
The South African commercial vehicle market recorded a decline in sales during April, lagging 7.5% behind the year-to-date results of 2017. A total of 7 674 new trucks and buses have so far been sold in 2018.
This is according to...
DAF trucks presents limited 90th anniversary edition
DAF Trucks presents the limited 90th Anniversary Edition of the New XF. This truck commemorates the fact that 90 years ago Hub van Doorne laid the foundation of DAF: now one of Europe’s most successful truck manufacturers. The anniversary edition...
UD Trucks’Innovation Roadmap aims to offer fully-electric, autonomous trucks towards 2030
UD Trucks announced the launch of “Fujin & Raijin. Vision 2030”— an Innovation Roadmap which aims to deliver a variety of solutions for smart logistics, including fully-electric and autonomous trucks leading up to 2030.
The roadmap focuses on the...
Driven: New Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
Over the last couple of months we have reported rather extensively on the new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, and have had an in-depth look at the technology that will be incorporated into this vehicle. Earlier this month Reuben van Niekerk was...
