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POTENTIAL DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ON SA’s AUTOMOTIVE OPERATIONS
CITY OF TSHWANE: Thursday, June 01, 2023: naamsa CEO Mikel MABASA said “the automotive industry is facing multiple headwinds including: the recent escalation of interest rates hikes; the depreciation of the currency on the back of geo-political risk reputation around the Russia-Ukraine war; sectoral supply chain disruptions; as well as producer and consumer inflationary pressures. […]
Volkswagen Group sells its shares in Volkswagen Group Rus
Wolfsburg/Moscow, May 19, 2023 – Volkswagen Group has completed the sale of its shares in Volkswagen Group Rus LLC including its local subsidiaries (Volkswagen Components and Services LLC, Scania Leasing LLC, Scania Finance LLC, Scania Insurance LLC) to Art-Finance LLC who is supported by the Russian Dealer Avilon. With the registration of the transaction, ownership […]
Renault Group delivers: doubled profitability, record free cash flow, resumed dividend & further performance improvement expected in 2023
“2022 has more than kept its promises: with results above our initial objectives and market expectations, we completed the “Resurrection” phase three years ahead of schedule. This performance reflects the energy and hard work of the Renault Group’s teams even as we have faced strong headwinds related to the disposal of our operations in Russia, […]
Russia-Ukraine War Effect On SA Car Buyers
The car industry has been reeling for the past two years. First there were the Covid-19-triggered lockdowns, which disrupted countless businesses and their supply chains due to the shutdown of
F1: Daniil Kvyat and Red Bull star in Formula 1 Russian city demo
Following his maiden F1 podium in Hungary recently, the Russian driver put Red Bull’s double title-winning RB7 through its paces on a specially-constructed circuit around Tysyacheletia Square in Kazan, home to more than a million people and one of the host cities for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Kvyat, who also spent time signing autographs, […]
AUDI DTM Zandvoort 2015
Audi driver Mattias Ekström is aiming for the top step of the podium in the DTM races at Moscow: With a victory at the Red Bull Ring, the Swede had taken the lead in the Championship at the end of July. Now, the Russian round of the internationally popular touring car racing series is on […]
DAKAR 2015 MINI – Stage 5
Fifth stage win for MINI at the 2015 Dakar Rally // Vasilyev claims victory at stage five // Six MINI ALL4 Racing finish within the top ten. Munich (DE). Vladimir Vasilyev and his co-driver Konstantin Zhiltsov in the MINI ALL4 Racing have won stage five at the 2015 Dakar Rally. The two Russians, who won […]
Wassily Kandinsky
Today 16th December 2014 Google is celebrating the life and legacy for the second time of the world renowned painter and artists Wassily Kandinsky. If memory serves me correctly the previous Google Doodle for Wassily Kandinsky only appeared in the Google Russian Search Engines and todays one is being announced worldwide. Today’s Doodle is exactly […]
2014 United States Grand Prix – Preview
Round 17 of the 2014 Formula One World Championship brings us to Austin for the United States Grand Prix, held at the Circuit of the Americas. Driver / Senior Management Quotes Lewis Hamilton Crossing the line on Sunday in Sochi was a really amazing moment. To win the very first Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix […]
Lewis Hamilton wins Russian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton won the first ever Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix today at the Sochi Autodrom, with teammate Nico Rosberg finishing second after a strong recovery drive from a first lap pit-stop. The 1-2 victory is the team’s ninth in 2014 and sealed the F1 Constructors’ Championship for Mercedes-Benz This is the first time in […]
2014 Russian Grand Prix – Qualifying
MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg finished first and second in qualifying this afternoon for the 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi. The team scored a fifth consecutive front-row lockout – and its ninth in all in 2014 – this afternoon in Sochi Lewis’ 38th career pole position marks the […]
First Day of School 2014 – 1st September 2014
Today September 1, 2014 Google displayed their “First Day of School 2014” Google Doodle on its Russia, Poland, Serbia, Israel, Slovenia and Czech Republic homepages.