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Weekly News Wrap 14/03 2014
Weekly News Wrap 14/03 2014-November 2024
2023-12-14 EST 02:30:50

If you’ve missed any of our motoring news, here’s a weekly news wrap of all things automotive that happened this week.

Five Wildest Cars from the Geneva Motor Show

Nimrod Zero

Here’s a top five list of some of the wildest cars that made an appearance at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, including the radical orange two-seater Hyundai PassoCorto sporting futuristic styling, carbon fibre monocoque chassis, and a 1.6-litre twin-turbo engine outputting 201 kW of power.

Subaru Viziv 2 Concept Previews Future-Generation Crossover

Subaru Viziv 2 Concept

Subaru presented a follow up to its first Viziv Concept which launched a year ago at the Geneva Show and was followed by a Viziv Evolution Concept which debuted at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show.

SsangYong XLV Concept Unveiled

SsangYong XLV Concept

SsangYong unveiled its new XLV 7-seater Concept SUV which is another addition to the brand’s series of multi-interface concepts which were first seen with the XIV-1 shown back in 2011 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Mercedes-Benz C-Class First Drive

Mercedes-Benz-C-Class

Stuart Johnston test drove the new 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class in France. You can read all about his experience here.

2014 Opel Meriva Unveiled In Geneva

2014 Opel Meriva

Opel’s Meriva MPV debut at the Geneva motor Show with new styling and a number of changes to its mechanical side including two new executions of a new 1.6-litre diesel engine.

Top Five Tuned Cars from the Geneva Motor Show

Tuned cars of Geneva

The Geneva Motor Show does not only bring you the latest production cars and concept vehicles, but there show also makes way for custom tuned cars, and we list our top five here.

Lexus RX and GS Range Updated

Lexus RX

Lexus South Africa announced its range upgrades for the GS Sedan and RX sport utility models for the 2014 model year.

GWM M4 Pricing Announced

GWM M4

Pricing has been revealed for the GWM M4 which first showed up on shores last year at the Johannesburg International Motor Show.

2015 Hyundai Sonata Spied Undisguised

2015 Hyundai Sonata

The first images of the 2015 Honda Sonata showed up on the internet, apparently taken at a Hyundai plant – a month before the model’s world premiere at the 2014 New York Auto Show.

Ford Ranger Spec Updates Announced

2013 Ford Ranger

Ford South Africa has announced additional value offerings and specification updates on certain Ranger derivatives, including all XLS models.

Jaguar XE Announced as New Name for Premium Sport Sedan

Jaguar XE

Jaguar has finally announced the XE entry-level sedan which will go on sale in the middle of next year, and will be the company’s first production model to ride on a newly developed aluminium architecture.

Next Generation Ford Focus to Have Sleek Coupe Styling

Ford Focus Facelift

In an interview with Edmunds, Ford global product development vice president Raj Nair confimed that the firm will be bringing a next-generation Focus which will build on Ford’s global design language.

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