With the move towards ‘Think Blue’, Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) is leading the charge by supporting the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s (NMMU) dream of designing, manufacturing and racing a solar car.

In May last year, VWSA made...

The SA Automotive Week will host several seminars of interest, one of these is the Mining & Industrial Energy Optimisation Seminar on the 12th October 2012.

The objectives of the seminar are to:
• Create awareness of the opportunities for...

• FMCSA increases Ford Ranger production with second shift at Silverton Assembly Plant to meet strong customer demand
• Training of more than 800 potential employee’s commenced
• Ford reaffirms its commitment to South Africa

PRETORIA, South...

Port Elizabeth is to be positioned as “the preferred and premier automotive terminal in the country,” Port Elizabeth Port Manager Rajesh Dana said last night.
In addition, he said, the intention was to make Port Elizabeth the “premier automotive...

South Africa’s automotive industry will be examining ways of greening the supply chain during the third South African Automotive Week (SAAW), which will be held in Port Elizabeth in October.

The seminar, to be held on October 12, will be hosted by...

Top leaders from industry and government outlined key focus areas and ratified numerous proposed projects that are set to boost the Eastern Cape Automotive sector at a Steering Committee meeting of the newly formed Eastern Cape Automotive Cluster....

Employees at the Ford Struandale Engine Plant rallied together to provide support for disadvantaged people in Port Elizabeth. A grocery collection initiative was put into place as part of Ford’s “Go Further” initiative, as well as the “Each One...

Construction of the First Auto Works assembly plant in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) will start in the first quarter of this year with production scheduled for the fourth quarter of next year.
The first phase of the project will see...

After a million kilometres of fault-free motoring and accident-free driving in a South Africanbuilt 2004 Volkswagen Polo, veteran salesman Gerrie Esterhuizen has had the question he has been asking for months answered.

“We always wondered what...

Volkswagen Group South Africa has maintained its top position in the new passenger car market for 2012. The Volkswagen Group in South Africa reported total sales of 8 689 units.

During July 2012, 37 844 new passenger cars were sold in South...