The two-car Castrol Team Toyota heads to the Eastern Cape coast this weekend (July 15 and 16) looking for a second victory in this year's South African Rally Championship. The Volkswagen Rally, which starts in Uitenhage at 12.00 on Friday and finishes at the Port Elizabeth beach front on Saturday afternoon, kicks off the second half of the eight-round season and once again features the intimidating, fast gravel roads of the Longmore Forest near Hankey on both days. In the only other forest … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape Forests Will Test Rally Teams
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Is Exposure Worth More Than Money
With prize money totalling R100 000 in 2011, The Herald VW Cycle Tour will again set the benchmark as the Eastern Cape's richest race, said race director Shane Bradfield. The event, which takes place in Port Elizabeth on February 5 and 6, is the culmination of a festival of cycling in the Friendly City that includes the four-day South African Road Cycling Championships. In the lead-up to the year's first national classic, professional team bosses highlighted the role mass participation … [Read more...] about Is Exposure Worth More Than Money
2010 New Passenger Car Market Klaps 2009
During December 2010 a total of 26 615 new passenger cars were sold in South Africa. Total new passenger car sales in December, including sales not reported in detail to NAAMSA, increased by a huge 38.9 percent when compared to December 2009, bringing the full year 2010 new passenger car market to a level 30.6 percent above the market for 2009. "Sales of new passenger cars ended 2010 strongly with sales in December above expectations. The selling rate of new cars per day in December was … [Read more...] about 2010 New Passenger Car Market Klaps 2009
Can Volkswagen Make it Three in a Row?
www.MyPE.co.za: Volkswagen's quest for a third successive Dakar Rally victory began on Saturday, 1 January 2010 as the 33rd running of the world's longest and toughest motor sport event got underway in Argentina's capital city of Buenos Aires. A total of 407 cars, trucks, bikes and quads started the epic 9 500-km 16-day journey through Argentina and Chile. First among the 139 cars competing to drive off the start podium on the Avenue of 9th July was the diesel-powered Volkswagen Race Touareg … [Read more...] about Can Volkswagen Make it Three in a Row?
