Jade Crookes provides cover from the rain for Duncan dos Reis, whose Porsche had a will of its own on a wet Dezzi Raceway last weekend. More racing on page 4.
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BMW and GWM enter joint venture ALWYN VILJOEN GERMANY was last week proud to announce that BMW had signed a joint venture with Great Wall Motors. If you thought it should be the newcomer Chinese car builder who must be proud to work with a 100-year old European vehicle builder, you’d be wrong. It’s all in the numbers. GWM owns four brands, namely Haval, Great Wall, WEY and Euler. In the 2016-17 fiscus, the company sold more than one million vehicles just in China. BMW Group also owns four brands — BMW, Mini, RollsRoyce and the BMW Motorrad motorbikes — and last year reported its best year yet, with 2 088 283 sales (3 362 of which were Rolls-Royces). BMW sales went down in America, remained stable in Europe but grew by 15,1% in China, which is currently BMW’s largest market with 594 388 units sold in 2017.
This is not even a drop in the ocean in China, which now has over 772 million Internet users, according to CEO of the South China Morning Post, Gary Lui. Lui said in a recent TED talk this is more people than the entire populations of the United States, Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Canada combined. BMW have their sights on this vast number of up-and-coming middle-class buyers in a 50-50 joint venture with GWM, called “Spotlight Automotive”. For Chinese buyers, the spotlight will certainly fall on value for money, as the premium prices BMW charges for its X-series cannot compete with the value offering of the Haval H-series of sport utility vehicles. The same applies in South Africa, where Haval dealers sell the H2, H3 and H6, three cars that can compete head-on with any brand from Germany and what they cannot match in reputation, they make up for in low prices,
high quality finishing and excellent build quality. Tyrone Alberts, Haval’s national sales manager, said in making the Haval range, GWM steered clear of the Chinese design-by-tracing paper phenomenon. Instead, the giant Chinese corporation headhunted top international people to design everything from the interior and incar technology to the gearboxes and engines. “The amount of money and skills being poured into this brand is simply phenomenal,” said Alberts. For instance, Pierre Leclercq, previously design chief for BMW’s M division, was responsible for the design of current Havals, while Ramon Ginah, previously Alfa Romeo’s chief interior designer, is also on board. Its Research and Development (R&D) facility in the city of Baoding, meanwhile, is a veritable mini-city itself, with around 10 000 employees, and an investment cost of some five billion Chinese yuan (around R10 bil-
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Code to fix cars cheaper Auto trade suggests 24 ways to give owners more choice UNFAIRLY high prices charged by original equipment manufacturers were top of the list of concerns from 24 private comments on the first draft of the Code of Conduct for the automotive industry. Gunther Schmitz, acting chair for Right to Repair SA (R2R), said there were several issues raised in the comments, but pricing dominated, with contributors saying they hope the code will end unfair pricing practices. Many allege that dealerships have been benefitting for years from maintenance and service plans at the expense of the consumer. One commented saying dealerships have been forcing consumers to comply by using threats of voiding the warranty. Unrealistic targets Another raises an issue he terms ‘manufacturer banks’. This relates to the inordinately high targets the dealerships are forced to meet. These targets do not offer the retail customer the best deal and in many cases, coerce the customer into weaker deals. Schmitz said the current anticompetitive situation means inflated prices for consumers. “Extended warranties are locking consumers into periods where firstly, they have no choice but to use the dealer for repairs and secondly, they are at the mercy of dealers who can charge whatever rates they choose.” R2R aims to allow consumers to select where their vehicles are serviced, maintained and repaired at competitive prices in the workshop of their choice. “Ultimately consumers are being denied the right to have their vehicle repaired at a workshop of their choice. We believe this also inhibits the consumer’s right to support local business,” he says. Insurance claims Schmitz said insurance was also mentioned by several contributors. One comment stated that insurers are currently focused on lowering the cost of claims ratios, but vehicle manufacturers’ approvals are a stumbling block. The contributor says that the manufacturers list what repairers need to have in order to qualify as approved repairers to specific brands. These requirements generally include expensive and often unnecessary equipment. And they differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. Another contributor believes the code does not address the insurance industry’s direction of repairs and alleges that insurance companies are as guilty of directing repairs as manufacturers. A third believes insurance premiums will decrease dramatically if a code is passed.
Development on the open-source Apolong self-driving minibus started late last year, but Baidu, Google’s rival in China, aims to have the buses transport people in fenced locations, like airports, next year and to unleash them on highways by 2021. PHOTO: BAIDU
Apollo ready to send robot buses into cities Gunther Schmitz, acting chair for Right to Repair SA. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Schmitz says there’s no doubt that the code will need to tackle issues surrounding insurance. “Interestingly at the Automotive Aftermarket Workshop, hosted by the Competition Commission in March last year, Viviene Pearson, a representative for the South African Insurance Association (SAIA), pointed out that premiums are becoming unaffordable because of the price of repairs. She said that only 35% of cars in SA are insured because consumers are under pressure. Unused motorplans “Alternate quality parts do exist and could go a long way to bringing down the cost of insurance premiums if used in repairs.” Schmitz said another interesting concept brought to the table was the issue of motor plans when vehicles are written off. A contributor points out that the manufacturer receives the full amount of the price of the motor plan in an upfront payment for future repairs and services on the day that the vehicle is sold. Should the vehicle be written off in the first few years, the manufacturer retains the full payment of the motor plan. Another contributor suggests that the manufacturer should be obliged to refund the unused portion of the motor plan to the vehicle owner or the insurance company that settled the claim. “The Competition Commission has addressed many of these issues in the draft code. It is going to be interesting to see how the manufacturers implement the Code to address these,” says Schmitz. “There is a need for a fair and competitive regulatory environment that enables freedom of choice for consumers and gives aftermarket Small Medium Enterprises a chance to stay in business. South African legislation needs to follow international Right to Repair trends which promote South Africa’s existing consumer and competition laws. “We believe that the code will be a good starting point for this to happen,” Schmitz said. — Supplied.
CHINESE companies Apollo and Baidu have built 100 Apolong self-driving minibuses and plans to send the robot taxis all over China next year. This makes Apollo the biggest builder of these toaster-shaped minibuses, compared to six similar robot buses being tested around the world. These range from the 3Dprinted Olli from Local Motors in Washington DC, to the VW Sedric, which is more of a robot people mover, to Toyota’s selfdriving platform which can be turned into a taxi or truck. The Apolong robot bus can
seat and stand up to 14 passengers and will start operating in several cities in China later this year, including Beijing and Shenzhen. Initially, the Apolong will operate only in fenced locations, such as parks, business parks and airports. Made in record time The Apolong Level 4 autonomous bus has been built by King Long and drives itself thanks to the Apollo open platform developed by Chinese language search engine provider Baidu, with work on the shuttle having started only in October last year.
The Apolong’s on-board sensor array includes laser radar, millimetre wave radar and HDR and stereo camera modules, it has a lightweight composite build with curved glass upper, and benefits from wide electric doors. Version 3.0 uses over 220 000 lines of open source code from over 10 000 developers since its launch last year, and involves 116 global partners from the automotive and technology spaces. The Chinese bus is also heading to Japan next year, imported by SB Drive, the autonomous ve-
Rolls turbine to power sky taxis FARNBOROUGH (England) — British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce has designed a propulsion system for a flying taxi and is starting a search for partners to help develop a project it hopes could take to the skies as soon as early next decade. Rolls-Royce said on Sunday it had drawn up plans for an electric vertical take-off and landing (EVTOL) vehicle, or flying taxi, which could carry four to five people at speeds of up to 400 km/h for approximately 800 km. These passenger-carrying drones are no longer limited to science fiction. Roll-Royce, which currently makes engines for planes, helicopters and ships, joins a variety of companies racing to develop flying taxis, including Airbus, Uber in the U.S., Volocopter in Germany and several start-ups like Kitty Hawk, Passenger Drone,
This ‘hover coupe’ concept from Rome-based design firm Lazzarini shows what flying cars could look like in the near future as more than half a dozen companies race to be first with drones that can transport people. PHOTO: SUPPLIED and Workhorse. Volocopter’s all-electric drone is being evaluated for use by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority to deploy over that city. Rolls-Royce said its proven M250 gas turbine will generate
electricity to power six electric “propulsors” specially designed to have a low noise profile. Rolls-Royce said its design could use existing infrastructure such as heliports and airports. — Reuters, WR.
ProVia parts in southern Africa WABCO has launched its ProVia brand in 10 countries across southern Africa. The German brand ProVia is known for making budget braking systems for trucks. Distributed from Gauteng, ProVia will be sold in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Wabco said in a statement 112 fast-moving parts will initially be distributed. This in-
cludes air dryer cartridges, wheel speed sensors and pressure limiting valves as well as clutch servos, spring brake actuators, air dryers and cabin leveling valves. ProVia said it aimed to bring peace of mind to commercial vehicle aftermarket customers by delivering “consistently reliable, no frills, quality products at an affordable price” through a well-established global distribution network.
Enoch Silcock, Wabco’s general manager, southern Africa, said ProVia can help large fleets achieve their safety and reliability targets at lower cost. ProVia’s Aleksander Rabinovitch said the brand offered over 160 part numbers, providing a comprehensive range of products in the commercial vehicles braking system budget spare parts segment, all distributed by APO Group. — WR.
hicle wing of the SoftBank Group. “In Japan, public transportation is facing a number of challenges, including traffic network reduction, driver shortage and driver ageing,” said SB Drive’s Yuki Saji said in a statement. “We expect self-driving technology will solve these problems in the near future. Launching Apolong is an important step to maintain public transportation in Japan.” Apollo said it aims to have the Apolong mini-buses run on “simple city roads” by 2020 and on highways by 2021. — Wheels Reporter.
BEAUTIFUL NEWS INSPIRES 25 MLN PEOPLE MERCEDES-Benz last week announced the renewal of its partnership with Beautiful News. For the past two years, Mercedes-Benz South Africa has been celebrating the spirit of South Africa and our people by telling inspiring and uplifting stories of real South Africans. That’s 615 stories — and counting — that showcase the best of South Africa. In the first three months of 2018, Beautiful News stories were watched by 25 million people, compared to 15 million in the same period in 2017. In all, nine films have been watched more than a million times each. Selvin Govender, marketing director of Mercedes-Benz Cars South Africa, says the company didn’t hesitate when it came to extending their partnership with Beautiful News. “By sharing our experiences and journeys, we’re able to move beyond a mindset of negativity to grow and develop greater empathy for each other as South Africans. Mercedes-Benz South Africa is proud to partner in the delivery of inspirational stories and positive experiences that express who we are and shape what we aspire to be.” Every day, at 4.14 pm, a new story is released on Facebook in recognition of the time of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison on February 11, 1990. Visit the Beautiful News on Facebook Page for more. — WR.
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Easy on the family budget Auto Kwid offers escape from eternally unreliable public transport SIBONELO MYENI THE Renault Kwid is listed as an entrylevel SUV in that it has a high ride height and faux off-road add ons on the bumpers. The design is one of the model’s strengths, however the three-stud wheels mean owners cannot fit after market wheels to kill the “budget” car look. The Climber does come with better look wheels so maybe an extra investment in those could yield better results. Inside, the Kwid doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not. It’s a budget model with a well laid out interior with plastic finishes worthy of the price. The spec is good with front electric windows, seven-inch touchscreen with navigation, USB/radio entertainment, Bluetooth telephony. There is a digital speedometer with no rev counter (don’t worry, the engine noise lets you know when its time to change). In bright sunlight, the speedo can be not so easy to see. Space is good for four adults and getting in and out is easy, aided by the high ride height. Clear windows might need an investment in smash and grab to aid sun protection. The boot is good to take normal
loads with a space saver provided. The main point of this test was to see if the automatic transmission is worth the investment and I have to say yes. Instead of a gear lever, there is a dash mounted dial where you select D, N or R. Drive is to the front wheels and the transmission has five forward gears. It needs getting used to when driving as you need to release the accelerator pedal when it changes gear so it doesn’t jerk occupants. The 50 kW/90 Nm three-cylinder engine majors on fuel efficiency, with our test week’s average of 20km/l allows a conservative range of 500 km from the tiny 28-litre tank. With fuel prices this high, its nice to fill it up for only R430 from empty. The one area that has always been a contentious issue with a Kwid is the lack of a passenger airbag and ABS. Granted, those are essentials and are supposed to be offered as standard but then again here is my counter argument. The Kwid competes not with other cheap cars, but with public transport at the instalment price of R2 300 per month with one year’s free insurance. Now take an
PHOTO: RENAULT average KZN family of five where the parents spend R2 400 on average a month in taxis. Add to that R500 per child for the “omalume” who are entrusted to drive the child to school, and you have a family
spend of R3 900 per month on transport. To get the eternally unreliable public transport (Quantum mafia), the whole family wakes up at the early hours just to make 8 am at work. For those who still ask about safety
of the Kwid, all I can say is, watch the taxis’ driving behaviour in morning rush hour. — imotoonline.co.za Catch Sibonelo Myeni live on Ukhozi FM, each Thursday from 7.45 am.
Claiming tax on cars It’s that time of the year where many in Mzansi are submitting their personal tax returns (IRP5), we note key points we have learned so far on what impact this has on car owners. By car owners we are referring to people who either have company cars or get car allowances or use their own personal cars for occasional business/work. 1. Car Allowance Best put, this is the scheme where you get a monthly allowance (income source) for business use of a registered motor vehicle. Let me clarify this in an easier way, people who have been given a car allowance by their employers, get this financial benefit in advance. The car allowance forms part of your total employment package. At the time of completing and submitting your IRP5 documents, we have learned that you might have to consider the following key points: Under the code 3701 on your IRP5 form submission, you then put the necessary information regards your travel in that financial year. The financial year of tax submissions (tax period) goes from travel done between March 1 of a year to the following year’s February 28. For this year’s submission, you are looking at March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2018. All personal and business travel done during this period is used for your submission. 2. Log book: This is the single most important document needed for filing when you have a car allowance. This should not be confused with a logbook that proves ownership but this is more a book where you “log” your daily business trips or even personal trips when using a car purchased under a car allowance scheme. When completing your log book for the tax year, you will need to take note of the following: Mileage: This is the distance in kilometres you travel in your vehicle in that particular period Work / business trips: You complete this section DAILY when doing business trips in your car. These are trips are directly related to your work. Traveling from home to your work address is not a
business trip. When you travel from one destination to another for conduct official work, this is then regarded as a work/business trip. Day to day: Each trip on each day will need to logged on your logbook independently and most importantly, you will need to put a business reason for EACH trip just in case SARS decides to conduct an audit on your IRP5 submission. Closing section: Your logbook will have an opening section and a closing section. The opening section is where you put the exact mileage at the start of your business trip (at point of departure). The closing section is where you put the exact mileage at the end of that particular business trip you have completed (point of arrival). Together with the reason for the business trip, this allows SARS to confirm the mileage and reasons for your business trip on your tax submission. 3. Purchase agreement: You will need to also submit a purchase agreement document as part of your tax submission to prove to SARS you actually own the vehicle you are submitting a claim on. It will have details of the vehicle i.e. (1) Registration number – e.g. 11BB22 GP (2) Price of purchase (3) Model year of first licensing registration – 2014 model (4) The make of the vehicle – VW Polo 4. Double submission You do get instances where a person has a car allowance and has also made a financial claim to the employer for business/work trips. At the time of completing and submitting your IRP5 documents, we have learned that you might have to consider the following key points: You will use both code 3701 and 3702 on your IRP5 form submission, you then put the necessary information as regards your travel in that financial year. The information/points stated above in each of the categories explained still needs your compliance in full. It’s important to contact your nearest SARS office should you feel you are inadequately capacitated to complete this section of your IRP5 tax submission. — imotoonline.co.za
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Aldo Scribante’s new surface proved tricky in the wet during the Engen Polo Cup Races. PHOTO: MOTORPRESS
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Maritzburg racer Meredith Willis (inset) won the Retro Racing first heat in his immaculate Ford Escort at Dezzi’s over the weekend. PHOTOS: COLIN WINDELL
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KZN Road Racers open throttles wide on a wet Dezzi track COLIN WINDELL WET, windy and icy conditions changed the game somewhat at Dezzi Raceway, Oslo Beach, at the weekend for round six of the KZN Road Racing Championship, with elation for some and bitter disappointment for others. Pietermaritzburg’s Meredith Willis was one who felt both sets of emotions having gone out in the first heat for Retro Racing cars in his immaculate Ford Escort to absolutely blitz the opposition and win going away from the field. “I love racing in the wet,” he said. “The car was just perfect and the wet weather tyres I have had in my garage for a few years worked a treat. It was such fun.” Sadly, that did not last and in the second heat of the day while racing to what looked like another dominant victory, an electrical issue with the Escort forced him out of the running, allowing Manfred Schroder in his Ford Escort to take overall honours for the day. Rory Nossiter in his Mini finished second for the day ahead of Greg Steen, also Escort mounted.
Despite being the youngest rider, Jesse Conci set the fastest lap for the day. Bikes Although he managed to win overall for the day, young Jesse Conci had the same — and more — emotions running wild in the 300 Class for motorcycles. He put in a stupendous ride to win the opening heat and looked set to repeat the feat in the second, but slid off at the first turn on the opening lap. He remounted his Kawasaki 250 and set off after the vanishing pack. The spectators who braved the conditions were then treated to a masterful display of riding with the youngster setting the fastest lap of the
day and slip-sliding his way through the field to finish second — enough to secure the podium top spot for the day, ahead of Neolen Pillay (Kawasaki 300). Another rider who took control of the tough conditions was Sanjiv Singh on the Kawasaki 1000, who won overall in the Superbike Master category from championship leader Matthew Steytler (BMW 1000) to narrow the gap between the two, with only a few rounds left for the 2018 season. Lee Baxendale finished third for the day. In the chase for Super Motard honours the Etzel brothers were split at the podium placings with Hein (Husqvaran 450) taking the prime place from Jesse Boshoff, also Husqvarna mounted, and Karl Etzel on his Yamaha 450. Super GT The race for Super GT cars and the Time Attack proved a handful for the Pirelli Porsche of Duncan dos Reis and, limited to using road tyres for the wet conditions, battled to keep the super quick Porsche GT3 pointing in the direction he wanted. This hampered his efforts and it was left up to the
Porsches of Willie de Beer and Lawrence Smith to provide the entertainment in a twoheat strongarm match that was eventually won by De Beer in both categories ahead of Smith in Super GT, with Dos Reis grabbing back some kudos with second in the Time Attack. Super Modifieds Elton Fuchs’ VW Golf led the Super Modified class, followed by Paul Tarboton (VW Golf) and Dieter Ziesing (BMW 2.5). Class A went to Denver Branders (Toyota Corolla) ahead of Rob Prece (Dubcorp Golf) and Ronald van Rensburg (VW Golf) while Class B honours were taken by Damien Parker (VW Golf) from Rodney Potgieter (VW Golf) and Dane Thompson (VW Golf). Tim Kinsey kept his championship chase on track by winning Class C in his VW Golf from Leigh Branders (Ford Escort) and Barry Liggins in his BMW-powered Dart. • Round 7 of the Road Racing is on August 4, with the National Historic Tour coming to town on August 11.
‘Old man’ Pepper keen to race Swazi hills PEPSON Plastics Husqvarna Racing heads to Swaziland for the fourth round of the MSA South African Cross Country Moto Championship at the Mhlibhi Piggs Peak 400, keen to continue the team’s impressive form in the first half of the season. Husqvarna Motorcycles South Africa brand manager Fred Fensham said the team’s four riders have delivered strong performances so far this year and they
start the second half of the season in the top four of their respective classes. Taki Bogiages leads the OR2 title race, Kenny Gilbert sits second overall and in OR1, Iain Pepper is third in Masters and Travis Gehlig a close fourth in OR2 “Old man” Pepper said he is looking forward to tackling the Swazi hills. “Slowly,
slowly catch the monkey,” admitted the multi-talented Pepper, who won a circuit car racing championship in the Volkswagen Challenge last year. “I have enjoyed a consistent year so far and we are a pretty strong third on the Masters championship chase; something I hope to improve on at Piggs Peak next week.” Younger team-mate Travis Gehlig from Boksburg has had a consistent year so far and will be chasing a second in the OR2 title race, Travis confirmed. “Swaziland promises to be a fresh challenge and I will
RAIN changed the complexion of the Engen Polo Cup races at the Aldo Scribante circuit near Port Elizabeth last Saturday, when the venue hosted round five of the 2018 Extreme Festival championship series. The event was the Scribante circuit’s first wet race day since the venue’s recent resurfacing, which made its traction extremities difficult to read. Saturday morning’s official qualifying session saw the times of the top 10 competitors covered by less than a second. After the Top Six Shootout, Jeffrey Kruger (Universal Health Polo) occupied pole position, ahead of Shaun la Reservee (Alpine Motors Polo), Justin Oates (URUP Polo), Jonathan Mogotsi (VW Motorsport Polo), Tasmin Pepper (Electric Life Polo) and Delon Thompson (MF Autobody Polo). Rounding out the top 10 starters were Justin Oates (URUP Polo), Clinton Bezuidenhout (Glyco Polo), Juan Gerber (Gerber Motorsport Polo) and KZN racer Daniel Duminy
(SMD Group Polo). The second race saw a multiple pile-up in the circuit’s hairpin corner, putting out Mogotsi and dropping Pepper far down the order. The incident caused the deployment of the Safety Car, in order to remove Mogotsi’s damaged and stranded vehicle from the circuit. The race eventually finished behind the official vehicle, with La Reservee leading Bezuidenhout, Jason Campos, Thompson and Keegan Campos (Campos Transport Polo). Justin Oates, Darren Oates, Gerber, Franken and Pepper filled out the final 10 positions. Meanwhile Kruger was penalised for his role in the multiple crash, dropping him to 11th place. The results left Kruger in the championship lead, with his closest adversaries Pepper and Mogotsi. • The next round of the 2018 Engen Polo Cup championship will take place at the Zwartkops Raceway near Pretoria on Saturday, August 18. — Wheels Reporter.
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