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Communist cousins in demand from behind the Wall

Their spluttering engines, bone-rattling suspensions and outdated design once ruled behind the Iron Curtain but now the Trabant and its communist cousins are collectors' items, says MARTON DUNAI.
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Giant export deal for top SA automaker

A major South African automaker has scored a major right-hand drive export coup that will be worth R27-billion, reports Johannesburg correspondent ROY COCKAYNE.
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2009 Toy Runs - here's the details for your city

Sunday, November 29 will be the 27th time motorcyclists all over South Africa gather, their bikes festooned with Teddy bears and tugboats, soccer balls and Barbie dolls, to ride in huge, noisy processions for the children. [ 3 Comments ]
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VW chasing second South American Dakar title

The 31st Dakar rally will start on New Year's Day 2010, from Buenos Aires in Argentina, the second running of "the world's toughest motor race" in South America.
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'Tiger nose' Sorento really is the cat's whiskers

Kia's new style identity involves a "tiger's nose" grille - and indeed it looks like one, if a bit skew. Whatever, the new Sorento SUV that it now adorns in South Africa is most certainly the cat's whiskers of its automotive genre, says LES STEPHENSON.
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