More Africans buying new cars

Vehicle sales in Africa will rise nearly 20% in the next two years to hit the 2 million mark as the continent's burgeoning middle class trades up, General Motors says.

• New car sales down 2.1%
• GM CEO says Opel not for sale
• SA loves bakkies
• Low interest rates jumpstart car sales
• New vehicle sales accelerate
• New vehicle sales up 7% in March

General Motors acts to protect assets

Growing tensions with North Korea have prompted General Motors to make backup plans for its operations in South Korea, the automaker says.

• GM, Ford, Chrysler post record sales
• GM consolidates African operations
• GM recalls 'roll away' cars

GM CEO says Opel not for sale

General Motors says that its Opel unit was not for sale, following a report that Peugeot could take over the troubled European arm of the US automaker.

• Opel cuts working hours at third plant
• Loss-making Opel under threat
• Germany sceptical on GM aid for Opel

Amplats fires 12 000 as strikes escalate

Anglo Platinum has followed through threats to axe striking miners as the country continues to be reel under violent strikes.

• Amplats fires 12 000 strikers
• Rand slumps due to strikes
• Stop the violence, says Premier

Opel cuts working hours at third plant

Troubled German carmaker Opel is under pressure from US parent General Motors to drive back to profit and will cut working hours at a third plant.

• Wedding bells for VW, Porsche
• Loss-making Opel under threat
• Germany sceptical on GM aid for Opel

Fond farewell

Russia halts production of its iconic Lada Classic cars.

• Toyota poised for $4.3bn profit
• BMW car sales break records
• BMW recalls 1.3 million cars worldwide
• MBSA boasts rise in revenue
• Automotive sector gears up for record
• 'World's cheapest car' tag backfires

GM settles with apartheid victims

US carmaker General Motors has agreed to pay a symbolic sum of money for helping to prop up the apartheid state.

• General Motors' profit nearly doubles
• GM shares jump in post IPO return
• GM gives SA car sector a R1bn push

How cars are keeping pace with cellphones

Car makers are developing technology to use smartphones help drivers with a host of new services, including internet access, writes Svetlana Doneva.

• Believing the hype
• Video making second mobile revolution
• Leveraging technology

GM files for landmark share offering

US car giant General Motors has taken the first step in selling shares to the public, seeking to free itself from state control after pulling back from bankruptcy.

• GM to list on NYSE, Toronto bourse
• GM profits zoom past $1bn
• New general strike cripples Greece
• GE head slams China over hostility
• GM repays half of Argentina loan

GM profits zoom past $1bn

General Motors says its profits hit $1.3bn in the second quarter, as the car firm prepares to break free of government ownership by relisting on the stock exchange.

• GM repays half of Argentina loan

Toyota join F1 exodus

Formula One has been left reeling as Toyota became the latest automaker to quit the sport in response to the economic crisis.

• Barrichello joins Williams
• Bridgestone set to quit F1
• Williams to name 2010 line-up

Tough tasks for Zuma

President Jacob Zuma, in his second spell in the Presidency Office, is confounded with harder questions where there are fewer certain answers says News24 User Tshepo Matjila.