Motoring

For fleet owners and private vehicle owners alike, keeping track of work in progress with repairs is hard but, sometimes even tougher is finding the right person to do the job. MechoAutotech, a Nigerian platform providing global automotive spare parts and vehicle repairs and maintenance services, will launch a version…

Tens of thousands of South Africans rely heavily on taxi services to commute to and from work, these often overcrowded and uncomfortable mini-bus vehicles make the journey quite a chore. Designed specifically for the South African traveller and landscape, the Mercedes-Benz Inkanyezi offers the ideal balance between functionality and comfort…

From Bluetooth and sat-nav to smartphone-like apps for your radio display, drivers can enjoy a wide range of handy features. And as the wheels of innovation keep turning, the road ahead for in-built car tools seems very bright. In recent years, manufacturers have added several features to their models to…

The Chery brand has taken off in South African and the local company has now opened a new parts warehouse in Parkhave, Boksburg that will house stock worth around R70-million of 4 500 part lines. “In 2022, Chery’s first full year of sales, the company welcomed 13 142 new customers…

My wife and I have had our Renault Zoe - our first electric car - for nearly four years now, and we love it. But I’m also the first to admit that electric cars are not for everyone, at least not yet. They aren’t exactly cheap, and there are many…

Let’s Have a Look! I visited the Celebrity Cars Cars and Coffee event on February 12, 2023, in Henderson, Nevada. This show happens every Saturday. Cars start to arrive before 7 am to get the best parking spots. The variety of cars is impressive. For this article, I chose to…

The secretary of state announces that in the last six months of 1919, motor vehicle accidents in Vermont to the number of 1,126 were reported to him; of that number 951 were considered serious enough to warrant classification. The cause attributed to the largest number is “negligence of the operator” and speeding and reckless driving comes next. Taking away his license is a punishment that generally leaves the offender in a sadder but wiser frame of mind, but is like locking the stable after the horse has been stolen. Accident prevention is the remedy and the man who curbs his speed mania and keeps his mind on the job when driving will help to reduce the number of such reports.

The English language is as versatile as it is sometimes abused and the Americans are offered mocked for their adaptions such as ‘erb’ for herb, lootentant for lieutentant and the like. Nearly three quarters of Brits (73%) say they have a good grasp of the English language, yet a new…

A touch of luxury and hopes for lower running costs did not turn out as hoped — I’m in the worrying position of having a reasonable but diminishing amount of savings, and a low income. Being a widowed parent means I qualify for things like Widowed Parent’s Allowance from the government, and boy has that helped in the years since my wife died. …