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Sep 23, 2016 · The first car in South Africa, a Benz Velo imported by businessman John Percy Hess, arrived in Port Elizabeth at the end of 1896. The “horseless carriage” was then transported by train to Pretoria (as there was no benzene in the country for its engine) where on 4 January 1897 it was displayed to Paul Kruger, the then president of the ...
The Type 3 was marketed as the Volkswagen 1500 and later as the Volkswagen 1600, in three body styles: two-door Notchback, Fastback and Variant. World First: In 1968, the Type 3 became the world’s first volume production car to feature electronic fuel injection, pioneered by Bosch and offered on the Volkswagen 1600 TE & LE version (E ...
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The Chevrolet Spark ( Korean: 쉐보레 스파크) is a city car manufactured by General Motors 's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was developed by Daewoo and introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz ( Korean: 대우 마티즈 ). In 2002, General Motors purchased Daewoo Motors, which was marketing the vehicle with several GM ...
A coupe utility version was released in 1971 under the Chevrolet El Camino name and was offered with imported Holden 186 six and 308 V8 engines. A version of the later Holden HQ utility was marketed in South Africa as the Chevrolet El Camino AQ.
Nov 14, 2017 · Nyayo Car, Kenya —. Arguably Africa's first homegrown produced car, Nyayo Car was founded in 1986 by the Kenyan government who had big ambitions for the country's car industry. The project...
Africa's Motoring Pioneers and Record Breakers Robert Jefferson. The first drive that could qualify as overlanding in Africa was undertaken by a Briton called Robert L. Jefferson. Hard on the heels of the first horseless carriage, he set out in 1907 in nothing more sophisticated than a single-cylinder “dog-cart” Rover.
A notchback is a car design with the rear section distinct from the passenger compartment and where the back of the passenger compartment is at an angle to the top of what is typically the rear baggage compartment. [1] Notchback cars have "a trunk whose lid forms a distinct deck." [2] In profile view, the body has a step down from the roof with ...
