When the staff at Parents magazine was putting together their list of “Best Family Cars for 2012,” they naturally turned to some experts for help. And those experts—from Edmunds.com—turned to Honda for three standout choices for families of all sizes: The Honda CR-V, Odyssey and Civic Hybrid.

General Motors South Africa has exported its first shipment of Chevrolet Sparks, produced at its Struandale facility in Port Elizabeth. The first shipment of the Spark was exported to Mauritus..

”The vehicles are the first to be sourced for Mauritius from the GM South African Struandale plant,” said Peter Leyland, General Motors Sub-Saharan Africa, Export Operations, Business and Dealer development Manager.

IT was not surprising that Kia Picanto was crowned ‘Budget Car of the Year’ by The Nigerian Auto Awards. The Picanto beats other contenders to grab the award and the audience lauded the decision of the organisers. No doubt, the award was one of those that the audience felt was well deserved and Kia representatives in Nigeria, Dana Motors should be proud of it.

WHEN Ferdinand Piëch arrived as Volkswagen’s chief executive in 1993, things looked dire. The carmaker was overspending, overmanned and inefficient, and had lost its reputation for quality. How things have changed: last year the VW group’s profits more than doubled, to a record €18.9 billion ($23.8 billion).

This Lexus will cause your adrenalin to rise. It is the fastest Lexus ever and only 500 units are available in the world, all units pre-sold. It is called the Lexus LFA.