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Jaguar has implemented a few new tweaks for the 2017 Knysna Hillclimb which will once again return to the infamous hill around Simola Golf Resort from the 4-7 May. Jaguar’s support of the Knysna Hillclimb for the fourth consecutive year has not only ensured the good health of the...

“Rapid reliable transport between suburbs and cities, and ultimately, within cities”. That bold claim made by Uber relates to the company’s flying car which could get off the ground in the next decade, providing everyone from network operators to cities collaborate effectively. Chief product officer Jeff Holden says this...

As Volkswagen looks to minimize financial rupture from Dieselgate, the automaker giant is expected to announce its withdrawal from World Rally Championship. The announcement could be made after tomorrow’s board meeting at the company’s Wolfsburg headquarters. Having clinched four manufacturer titles and four driver’s championships in as many years,...

The Mercedes X-Class has finally been revealed after countless renderings and spy shots! The new model has been developed in a close collaboration with Renault-Nissan, partner to Mercedes’ parent company, Daimler, and is set for production in Spain and Argentina alongside the Renault Alaskan and the Nissan Navara. Five...

The poster child of the electric vehicle movement, Tesla, has made waves in the autonomous driving industry once again following the announcement that every new model that leaves the production line will come fitted with the necessary hardware for complete autonomy. Tesla’s bold claim is that their new hardware...

The first batch of spyshots revealing the new McLaren 650S replacement have emerged! A closer look at the images show major modifications to the bodywork that have never been featured on any other McLaren. For example, the prototype features a cut-out in the front, indicating that the headlight’s have...

Get a taste of DTM with the recently launched Mercedes-AMG C63 R When you think ‘Hardcore track-ready German Coupe’, chances are you’ll think of the fresh BMW M4 GTS and, well, nothing else. We can only imagine that this thought had been doing the rounds between the employees of...

The 2016 Mercedes-Benz C-Class joins the Chrysler Pacifica, Honda Civic, Chevrolet Volt, Audi A4, BMW X1, and more in getting a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The German premium midsize vehicle received good ratings in all five of the IIHS crashworthiness evaluations: Small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side,...

The KIA Rio in its third generation has been on our shores for about four years now and the Korean carmaker recently introduced a fourth model that clearly adopts a sharper rendition of KIA’s current design language. Obtaining its design cues from the Soul, the hatchback gets a taller...