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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.

Diesel vs Petrol: a nostalgic look at the truck and bus world of yesterday

Diesel vs Petrol

Reading Jake Venter’s article on diesel engines in the August 2010 issue of FOCUS got FRANK BEETON thinking about the relatively short period that this form of propulsion has dominated the road transportation scene.

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Parts, praise and promise

Parts, praise and promise

The second Automechanika South Africa trade fair for the automotive aftermarket industry showed a high quality, enthusiastic turnout from the industry, and brought with it some promising news. GAVIN MYERS enjoyed the show.

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Atego and Axor aces

Atego and Axor aces

Mercedes-Benz recently freshened up its Atego and Axor models. GAVIN MYERS finds out that, in true Mercedes tradition, they pack some serious kit

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Asian transport: birth of the Iron Silk Road

Asian transport: birth of the Iron Silk Road

In a move that is changing East-West trade balances, Asian countries are not only upgrading and expanding the ancient Silk Road for internal trade, but also to speed up trade with the rest of the world − including Africa, writes UDO RYPSTRA.

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Licenced to kill: cost cutting could be lethal

Having watched from the sidelines during “truck stop” initiatives aimed at training traffic officers to better identify defects on heavy vehicles, one question keeps nagging at me: how is it that this random selection of vehicles pulled off by the traffic police and sent over the inspection pits during these events is in such generally poor mechanical shape?

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