WITH A HERITAGE that stretches back 60 years, it’s no surprise that the E-Class and its forebears have long been the mainstay of Mercedes-Benz’s passenger car line-up.

Due to its relatively conservative image and positioning in the Benz stable, it’s safe to say that the E-Class has achieved most of its past sales success with an [...]

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HYUNDAI’S iLoad van and eight-seat iMax people-mover have been awarded 4-Star occupant safety ratings in recent ANCAP tests (for vehicles with a March 2009-build onwards).

In a sector that has traditionally lagged behind passenger vehicles for both passive and dynamic safety features, this will come as encouraging news for tradespeople and for fleet and family buyers.

Those [...]

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THE TIMES, as Bob Dylan sang, are most certainly a-changing - and nowhere in the automotive world right now is this truer than in America’s largest automaker, General Motors.

As bankruptcy looms and global market share falls (GM was recently overtaken by Toyota in the manufacturing stakes), the company has been shedding brands and cutting model [...]

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