5 things we learnt this week

5 things we learnt this week

[flagallery gid=7] We’re trying something a little new here at BizNews Motoring. Hopefully you find it interesting – but it’s also a quick way to catch up on the week’s best motoring stories. Leave us some comments, if you feel so inclined, to let us know what you think…MD

Electric vehicles

German’s fail to latch on to electric vehicles

When it comes to engineering one generally expects that the German’s are ahead of the game. But as recent studies show, the European super-power is in the slow lane when it comes to electric vehicles. German Chancellor Angela Merkel set an ambitious target back in 2009 when she said they’d have 1 million electric vehicles … Read more

Audi Sportscar Experience

Gallery: Audi Sportscar Experience

[flagallery gid=6] Yesterday BizNews motoring spent the day with the team from the Audi Sportscar Experience at Red Star Raceway in Delmas. Long way from home, I know, but a trip well worth it considering the day involved thrashing a bunch of Audi RS cars around a race track. Full review to follow. In the meantime, you too … Read more

Audi to be punished in China anti-monopoly probe

Shanghai, China | AFP German luxury car brand Audi will accept punishment from Chinese authorities for breaching anti-monopoly laws in the world’s largest auto market, it said Monday. An investigation by Chinese authorities found that an Audi dealer network had “violated national anti-monopoly laws”, the brand’s China arm said in a statement, adding the Audi … Read more

Range Rover SVR

Land Rover introduce us to its pinnacle, the Range Rover SVR

[flagallery gid=4] For quite some time Land Rover has been promising an even sportier Range Rover Sport. And now it’s here. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Range Rover SVR – the fastest Land Rover ever to grace our roads. So, it’s fast you say… Yes, very, very fast. With 406kW and a planet shifting … Read more

Hyundai - new i20

Hyundai unveil new i20

[flagallery gid=5] Hyundai unveiled the new i20 today, the Korean manufacturer’s latest Fiesta/Polo/Corsa rival that they say ‘confirms Hyundai’s position as a truly European automaker’. Come again? As it turns out, Hyundai hasn’t relocated in the dead of the night, but rather says it has designed the new i20 to ‘meet the needs of European … Read more

autonomous vehicles

SA’s dangerous habit – 2/3 of us texting while driving

Whenever I get into a  car, the Good Lord provides me an opportunity to test tolerance. Stats which Discovery Insure provides in the article below reveal 80% of us talk on our cell phones while driving with hands-frees making little difference. But a worse habit is texting while operating the car. A tell-tale sign is … Read more

Tony Stewart

NASCAR driver skips race after hitting and killing a competitor

New York, United States | AFP Tony Stewart missed Sunday’s NASCAR event after striking and killing a sprint car driver who left his damaged vehicle mid-race to confront the motorsport veteran. Stewart, one of the most popular drivers in American stock car racing, ploughed into 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr during a race in upstate New … Read more

Chrysler, Nissan are the most hackable cars, say experts

It’s not since “Doc” Brown unveiled his DeLorean time machine that the average – and in the case of the DeLorean, rubbish – vehicle has contained so much electronic based technology. Along with such developments, cars have become the latest target for hackers – who would’ve thunk it? Anyway, computer security researchers have conducted tests … Read more

UPDATE: Is Bernie indispensable to Formula 1?

Yesterday we reported that F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone had bought his way out of a potential jail sentence; a sentence he was fighting in German courts on charges of bribery. Bernie vehemently denied the charges, of course, claiming that any payments made to Gerhard Gribkowsky were to end blackmail threats that the banker would hand … Read more