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FOcus on transport and Logistics
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GUD plays with the big boys!
GUD has long been renowned for producing filters – for passenger vehicles. But now, as CHARLEEN CLARKE discovers, the company intends conquering the heavy-duty...
The value of growth
TruckStore Centurion is now the go-to address in southern Africa when it comes to used trucks, vans, buses and trailers. And it seems its...
Hino’s new home
Toyota South Africa Motors – or TSAM, as it’s affectionately called by insiders – has significantly upgraded its Prospecton plant. Hino invited us along
Viva Volvo!
The first FH, FM and FMX models have emerged from Volvo’s South African factory! CHARLEEN CLARKE travels to the Durban facility and discovers a...
Good oMAN!
An order for 215 trucks speaks volumes. After all, as CHARLEEN CLARKE discovers, this is not a decision that is taken lightly …
Tunbling around
The Foton Tunland single cab passes through our hands, leaving GAVIN MYERS wondering why we don’t see more of them on our roads.
Making it happen
With the help of Murray & Roberts, two entrepreneurs in Johannesburg are proving that nothing is impossible. LIESL FRANKSON spends a day finding out...
A modern classic
A Volkswagen Kombi can only mean sunny skies, smiles and serenity – GAVIN MYERS, and the rest of the FOCUS team, pile in to...
Acknowledging the ambassadors of the road
Bus and truck drivers need to be able to do so much more than just physically drive their vehicles. They need to be competent...
Land bruiser
Another year, another Land Cruiser – but this one has two more cylinders and an extra half a litre displacement under the hood. GAVIN...
Look twice
Nissan is planning to give the most popular integral van on sale in South Africa a run for its money. GAVIN MYERS asks if...
In the land of the brave
FAW South Africa (FAW SA) has proved that it deserves a place in the local and broader African market, and is now ready to...