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motoring

VW boosts spending to speed up electric car shift

second-generation Volkswagen Amarok
Motoring

Second-generation Amarok: Built in SA and on sale in March

no new diesel and petrol cars
Motoring

Banned: No new petrol and diesel cars in Europe after 2035

vw ev
Motoring

VW boosts spending to speed up electric car shift

second-generation Volkswagen Amarok
Motoring

Second-generation Amarok: Built in SA and on sale in March

no new diesel and petrol cars
Motoring

Banned: No new petrol and diesel cars in Europe after 2035

VWSA
Motoring

VWSA: Award-winning carmaker named award-winning employer

By Motoring South Africa19-02-2021 11:24

Eastern Cape-based Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) has been named Top Employer for the 10th consecutive year.

FW De Klerk dies dead
News

On This Day: What happened on 3 February?

By TheSouthAfrican.com03-02-2021 21:06

We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. Every day is worth remembering.

Toyota
Motoring

Toyota tops global sales in 2020: Asian auto giant snatches lead from VW

By Motoring South Africa29-01-2021 13:01

Toyota sold 9.53 million units in 2020 despite a challenging year for automakers.

VW Golf GTI
Motoring

VW Golf 7 GTI TCR revisited: Will the new Golf 8 deliver the ultimate GTI?

By Lance Branquinho25-01-2021 14:08

The Volkswagen GTI is flawless. A bold claim, but VW has been perfecting the hot hatch formula with its driver’s choice Golf, since the mid-1970s.

VW Polo Vivo Mswenko
Motoring

VW proves resilience, popularity with record passenger car market share

By Motoring South Africa18-01-2021 16:38

Further cementing its brand claim to being “the peoples’ car”, Volkswagen Group South Africa has emerged from 2020 as the national new passenger car market leader.

VW Golf
Motoring

VW’s iconic ‘wunderauto’ Golf named Europe’s top-selling car in 2020

By Motoring South Africa12-01-2021 21:46

The company said there was a significant increase in orders since the product range was completed with eight derivatives, with one in three Golfs now a hybrid.

VWSA B-BBEE Initiatives Trust
Motoring

VWSA B-BBEE Initiatives Trust supports businesses during pandemic

By Motoring South Africa17-12-2020 16:56

Support offered to black-owned business since inception of trust amounts to R76.5 million.

VW Amarok 190kW
Motoring

‘Most powerful bakkie’: VW’s190kW Amarok double cab goes on sale in SA

By Motoring South Africa13-12-2020 15:48

With an overboost function that powers the Amarok to a maximum power output of 200kW for 10 seconds, it is the most powerful bakkie on sale in South Africa at the moment.

Icon on wheels: Enduring legac
Motoring

Icon on wheels: Enduring legacy of the VW Beetle [watch]

By Riyaz Patel23-11-2020 16:11

With more than 21 million units sold, the VW Beetle was considered the best-selling car in the world in the 20th century.

VW T-Roc is ready for local gr
Motoring

VW T-Roc is ready for local gravel adventure travel

By Lance Branquinho23-11-2020 15:22

If you are a VW fan, the T-Roc is your new road trip vehicle of destiny.

Volkswagen Polo Vivo
Motoring

Volkswagen leads South African passenger car market for most of year

By Motoring South Africa12-11-2020 17:39

The locally manufactured Polo Vivo continues to be the Volkswagen’s
best-selling model range.

Volkswagen T-Roc Kitty Phetla
Motoring

#TheDrivetoDefy: VWSA partners with trailblazers to tell story of new T-Roc

By Motoring South Africa26-10-2020 16:21

Going the extra mile – high, and across the world: Volkswagen’s new T-Roc defies the norm to move the boundaries of modern motoring.

VW Caravelle
Motoring

#Vanlife goes grand with Volkswagen’s new Caravelle 6.1

By Lance Branquinho06-10-2020 14:56

One of South Africa’s favourite family vehicles, has been updated with new tech.

Volkswagen ID.4
Motoring

South Africans will have to hurry up and wait for Volkswagen’s ID.4

By Lance Branquinho28-09-2020 18:56

Volkswagen’s first electric vehicle has been confirmed for South Africa – but don’t expect to see it here by next year.

VW’s former CEO to have his da
Motoring

VW’s former CEO to have his day in court over ‘dieselgate’ scandal

By AFP10-09-2020 21:48

Five year’s after the scandal rocked the automobile industry, Martin Winterkom still faces charges over market manipulation.

VW Amarok V6: High-speed cruis
Motoring

VW Amarok V6: High-speed cruising with even more horsepower

By Lance Branquinho08-09-2020 12:31

The fastest bakkie now has more power as Volkswagen South Africa (VWSA) upgrades its Amarok range.

Volkswagen
Motoring

Volkswagen scoops seventh Eastern Cape Exporter’s Award

By Motoring South Africa18-08-2020 13:56

Volkswagen Group South Africa wins recognition for environmental protection at Eastern Cape Exporter of the Year Awards.

Thomas Schaefer VWSA Skoda
Motoring

Exclusive: Thomas Schaefer reflects on VWSA journey and road ahead

By Shaun Gillham11-08-2020 19:52

An officer and a gentleman: Outgoing Volkswagen SA CEO Thomas Schaefer is heading back to Europe…but promises to return.

VW Ghana assembly plant
Motoring

VW expands sub-Saharan Africa footprint with vehicle assembly in Ghana

By Shaun Gillham07-08-2020 08:18

Ghananian government welcomes the start of production at Volkswagen’s first assembly plant in Ghana, while African Association of Automotive Manufacturers welcomes new leadership.

ford ranger
Motoring

Used is the brand new ‘new’: Interest in SA second-hand car market surges

By Shaun Gillham03-08-2020 21:09

Online car searches for second-hand vehicles in South Africa surged to set a new, all-time record for the 2019/2020 review period and recorded a whopping 40% year-on-year increase in online searches.

Trailblazer: VWSA’s Schaefer t
Motoring

Trailblazer: VWSA’s Schaefer takes the wheel as ŠKODA Auto global CEO

By Motoring South Africa03-08-2020 17:58

Thomas Schaefer is leaving Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) to join ŠKODA Auto as the new Global CEO effective 3 August 2020.

Volkswagen
Motoring

VWSA: Production continues at plant after brief workforce disruption

By Shaun Gillham22-07-2020 10:49

Concerns allayed, production resumes after brief “unprocedural strike” at Volkswagen South Africa

VWSA new directors Nkoane Percy Smith
Motoring

New-look board as Volkswagen SA ushers in changes

By Shaun Gillham13-07-2020 20:56

The Eastern Cape-based manufacturer has unpacked a number of key changes to its leadership structures.

GTI
Motoring

Volkswagen launches its GTI Global Touring Car championship defender

By Avon Middleton03-07-2020 11:07

VW Motorsport has unleashed its new GTC race car, the replacement to the previous season’s championship-winning Jetta.

medical facility
Motoring

VWSA hands over phase 1 medical facility in Eastern Cape

By Avon Middleton25-06-2020 10:54

Seven weeks ago, Volkswagen South Africa announced its intention to repurpose its old factory to become a temporary medical facility. The first phase of that facility is now open.

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