August brings biggest buying/selling opportunity at Sandton Motor Show

The Sandton Motor Show, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 29-30 August 2015, will offer consumers the biggest opportunity they have this year to admire, select and buy a car, 4×4 or bakkie on the floor.

Organised by Future Group, which also manages TruckX, the largest truck show in South Africa, the Sandton Motor Show offers dealers, manufacturers and consumers the best possible place to do business at South Africa’s biggest car show and sale.

“Budgets are tight, competition is stiff, choices are abundant and consumers are pressed for time. As a result, there is a demand for a faster, more efficient means of shopping for a car,” explains Nina Harms, project manager of the show.

“According to results of the 2015 People’s Wheels survey, almost 9 out of 10 respondents (88%) say convenience is a major influencing factor in their purchasing decisions, which is where the Sandton Motor Show comes in.”

Instant deals

“By putting together all the marques under one roof, consumers can compare makes, models and deals – because all the exhibitors must have a show special that is enticing enough to do business then and there. Buyers will also be able to negotiate finance and insurance packages on the floor and have their intended trade-in vehicles evaluated on the spot.”

According to Richard Lendrum, MD of the Future Group, a Times Media company, “With never-to-be-repeated deals, a selection of vehicles stretching across all price points and even an auction of luxury vehicles, city runabouts and classics on the cards, the 2-day Sandton Motor Show offers a one-stop purchasing solution right in the heart of South Africa’s economic hub.”

Entrance is R100 per person. For further information on how to attend or participate, either as a corporate partner or exhibitor, please contact nina@thefuture.co.za.

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August brings biggest buying/selling opportunity at Sandton Motor Show

August brings biggest buying/selling opportunity at Sandton Motor Show

The Sandton Motor Show, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 29-30 August 2015, will offer consumers the biggest opportunity they have this year to admire, select and buy a car, 4×4 or bakkie on the floor.

Organised by Future Group, which also manages TruckX, the largest truck show in South Africa, the Sandton Motor Show offers dealers, manufacturers and consumers the best possible place to do business at South Africa’s biggest car show and sale.

“Budgets are tight, competition is stiff, choices are abundant and consumers are pressed for time. As a result, there is a demand for a faster, more efficient means of shopping for a car,” explains Nina Harms, project manager of the show.

“According to results of the 2015 People’s Wheels survey, almost 9 out of 10 respondents (88%) say convenience is a major influencing factor in their purchasing decisions, which is where the Sandton Motor Show comes in.”

Instant deals

“By putting together all the marques under one roof, consumers can compare makes, models and deals – because all the exhibitors must have a show special that is enticing enough to do business then and there. Buyers will also be able to negotiate finance and insurance packages on the floor and have their intended trade-in vehicles evaluated on the spot.”

According to Richard Lendrum, MD of the Future Group, a Times Media company, “With never-to-be-repeated deals, a selection of vehicles stretching across all price points and even an auction of luxury vehicles, city runabouts and classics on the cards, the 2-day Sandton Motor Show offers a one-stop purchasing solution right in the heart of South Africa’s economic hub.”

Entrance is R100 per person. For further information on how to attend or participate, either as a corporate partner or exhibitor, please contact nina@thefuture.co.za.

Also view:

Vehicle Finance, Car Insurance and Road Safety

Buying and Selling a Vehicle – Informed decisions and the Vehicle Retailer

August brings biggest buying/selling opportunity at Sandton Motor Show

August brings biggest buying/selling opportunity at Sandton Motor Show

The Sandton Motor Show, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 29-30 August 2015, will offer consumers the biggest opportunity they have this year to admire, select and buy a car, 4×4 or bakkie on the floor.

Organised by Future Group, which also manages TruckX, the largest truck show in South Africa, the Sandton Motor Show offers dealers, manufacturers and consumers the best possible place to do business at South Africa’s biggest car show and sale.

“Budgets are tight, competition is stiff, choices are abundant and consumers are pressed for time. As a result, there is a demand for a faster, more efficient means of shopping for a car,” explains Nina Harms, project manager of the show.

“According to results of the 2015 People’s Wheels survey, almost 9 out of 10 respondents (88%) say convenience is a major influencing factor in their purchasing decisions, which is where the Sandton Motor Show comes in.”

Instant deals

“By putting together all the marques under one roof, consumers can compare makes, models and deals – because all the exhibitors must have a show special that is enticing enough to do business then and there. Buyers will also be able to negotiate finance and insurance packages on the floor and have their intended trade-in vehicles evaluated on the spot.”

According to Richard Lendrum, MD of the Future Group, a Times Media company, “With never-to-be-repeated deals, a selection of vehicles stretching across all price points and even an auction of luxury vehicles, city runabouts and classics on the cards, the 2-day Sandton Motor Show offers a one-stop purchasing solution right in the heart of South Africa’s economic hub.”

Entrance is R100 per person. For further information on how to attend or participate, either as a corporate partner or exhibitor, please contact nina@thefuture.co.za.

Also view:

Vehicle Finance, Car Insurance and Road Safety

Buying and Selling a Vehicle – Informed decisions and the Vehicle Retailer

August brings biggest buying/selling opportunity at Sandton Motor Show

August brings biggest buying/selling opportunity at Sandton Motor Show

The Sandton Motor Show, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 29-30 August 2015, will offer consumers the biggest opportunity they have this year to admire, select and buy a car, 4×4 or bakkie on the floor.

Organised by Future Group, which also manages TruckX, the largest truck show in South Africa, the Sandton Motor Show offers dealers, manufacturers and consumers the best possible place to do business at South Africa’s biggest car show and sale.

“Budgets are tight, competition is stiff, choices are abundant and consumers are pressed for time. As a result, there is a demand for a faster, more efficient means of shopping for a car,” explains Nina Harms, project manager of the show.

“According to results of the 2015 People’s Wheels survey, almost 9 out of 10 respondents (88%) say convenience is a major influencing factor in their purchasing decisions, which is where the Sandton Motor Show comes in.”

Instant deals

“By putting together all the marques under one roof, consumers can compare makes, models and deals – because all the exhibitors must have a show special that is enticing enough to do business then and there. Buyers will also be able to negotiate finance and insurance packages on the floor and have their intended trade-in vehicles evaluated on the spot.”

According to Richard Lendrum, MD of the Future Group, a Times Media company, “With never-to-be-repeated deals, a selection of vehicles stretching across all price points and even an auction of luxury vehicles, city runabouts and classics on the cards, the 2-day Sandton Motor Show offers a one-stop purchasing solution right in the heart of South Africa’s economic hub.”

Entrance is R100 per person. For further information on how to attend or participate, either as a corporate partner or exhibitor, please contact nina@thefuture.co.za.

Also view:

Vehicle Finance, Car Insurance and Road Safety

Buying and Selling a Vehicle – Informed decisions and the Vehicle Retailer

August brings biggest buying/selling opportunity at Sandton Motor Show

This Is the Heroic LeMons Team that Finished in 228th Place—So, Last—in the Biggest Endurance Race in History

At the Vodden the Hell Are We Doing? 24 Hours of LeMons race in September, 242 teams registered, 228 managed to get their hoopties onto the Thunderhill Raceway track, and 216 have been counted on the 1st lap soon after the green flag waved. Why are those numbers considerable? Nicely, that race set the record for the world’s biggest endurance road race, and the Guinness Book of Planet Records folks are in the approach of certifying it as such. With so many entries, an individual need to come in DFL, and that team was the Killer Rabbit Racing Team (KRRT) and their 1986 Volkswagen GTI. We think these guys are heroes deserving of recognition, and here’s why.

Most of the time in these races, some group gets hammered with a staggering quantity of penalty laps by the LeMons Supreme Court, and then that team’s automobile throws a rod on its 4th lap and finishes a couple of hundred laps in negative territory and thus in last place. At the record-setting race at Thunderhill, this did not occur.

The KRRT VW rolled into the inspection area during the pre-race inspections, and the LeMons Supreme Court was faced with the kind of dilemma that happens with Rabbits (and Civics) all the time: even though some examples of this kind of auto can be quite rapid on a road course, this GTI had a squishy, worn-out suspension and a track record of sluggishness in previous races. In Class A, exactly where the quickly vehicles compete, the Killer Rabbit would be eaten alive . . . but it was a tiny bit too great for Class B. So, we gave the team a choice: Class A, or Class B with a couple of handicap laps to even items out. Wisely, the team took the latter option. We have been pleased by their Monty Python & the Holy Grail theme, too.

Class B with just a couple of laps to overcome would give the KRRT guys a good shot at beating the P71 Crown Victorias and slushbox-equipped GM F-bodies. There was much optimism in the KRRT camp on Friday night.

When the huge race got going on Saturday morning, the KRRT GTI looked excellent, at very first.

Then, as so often happens with 16-valve Volkswagen engines, a terrible noise issued from below the hood, oil and smoke gushed out, and the vehicle had to leave the track behind the wrecker. The group struggled to uncover yet another engine at neighborhood junkyards but did not succeed in obtaining their automobile in working order.

The Killer Rabbit Racing Group finished one particular lap total, which gave them a total of -1 laps completed with the 2-lap class handicap factored in. That meant 228th location out of 228 entries. Who got P227, you ask? The Pit Crew Revenge “Honda Corvette” (a Civic with C4 Corvette body elements attached) also turned a single lap, but in Class A with zero handicap laps.

The Killer Rabbits refused to give up after this disappointment, and the team will return to a future California LeMons race. They’re not dead yet!

This Is the Heroic LeMons Team that Finished in 228th Place—So, Last—in the Biggest Endurance Race in History

AMID Motorcycle Expo at NASREC promises to be biggest and best yet!

This year’s AMID Motorcycle Expo at NASREC, on the 8th, 9th and 10th August, promises to be the biggest and best show yet. Every major manufacturer will have a presence and visitors will be able to get up close and personal not only with every current model on the market but also some very special new models and one extremely special visitor from a certain Italian MotoGP star’s team.

There will be competitions, giveaways, test rides to be booked, accessories to be bought, stars of racing to be photographed with, even racing to be watched outside the hall.

Inside the hall there will, once again, be a stage area hosted by Mat Durrans and Harry Fisher from The Bike Show and there will be all kinds of entertainment going on there; interviews, bike reveals, news announcements, quizzes, competitions and, most important of all, the announcement of the winner of the Pirelli SA Bike of the Year competition.

There will be a Concours competition over the course of the weekend to find the best custom and classic bikes and, what with the Outdoor Lifestyle Show and the Boat Show taking place at the same time at the same venue, there really will be something to do for the whole family making this the most unmissable weekend of the year.

WHERE: Johannesburg Expo Centre, Rand Show Road, Nasrec.

(GPS – S26° 14.810’ E27° 58.695’)

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AMID Motorcycle Expo at NASREC promises to be biggest and best yet!

Report: Ohio’s Biggest Insurers Raised Their Rates Final Year

Nearly all of the greatest vehicle insurers in Ohio increased their premiums final year, according to a new report from the Ohio Department of Insurance coverage (ODI).

For 2012-13, the general rate increase for Ohio’s 10 largest insurers was 2.6 %. As a entire, these leading 10 carriers have raised their prices every year given that 2008.

According to the ODI, 9 out of the 10 biggest automobile insurers in Ohio enhanced their premiums in 2013.

However, the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) notes that the typical auto insurance premium in Ohio this year is still less expensive than it was 12 years ago.

A recent report from the OII estimated that the typical auto premium in 2014 for the Buckeye State is $ 669. In 2003, the typical was $ 672, according to the OII, which primarily based the nationwide figure on NAIC information.

The latest concrete figures are from NAIC data in 2011, when Buckeye State drivers paid $ 177 much less for automobile insurance coverage than the U.S. typical, $ 620 to $ 797, the OII stated.

In reality, those figure give Ohio the 10th-least expensive spot in rankings of the lowest average rates in the U.S., based on “what consumers actually invest on auto insurance” for liability coverage, which is required in practically all states.

Here are these rankings:

1. Idaho: $ 535


2. South Dakota: $ 540


3. North Dakota: $ 550


4. Iowa: $ 553


5. Maine: $ 577


6. North Carolina: $ 600


7. Wisconsin: $ 601


8. Nebraska: $ 603


9. Wyoming: $ 620 (actual figure was $ 619.92)


10. Ohio: $ 620

According to the ODI, the latest findings reinforce the trend that regularly puts average auto insurance prices in Ohio among the 10 least expensive for states in the U.S.

“Ohio’s insurance coverage market place continues to offer shoppers with choice and competitive prices,” Mary Taylor, ODI’s director, stated in a statement. “With almost 700 companies promoting auto and homeowner’s policies in Ohio, prices stay well below the national typical saving buyers much more of their hard earned dollars.”

Report: Ohio’s Biggest Insurers Raised Their Rates Final Year