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The Phoenix
| december 2014 / January 2015
What’s the Buzz
Contents
Cover Feature
Global
aBr words in action
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Auto Alert
2014 Automechanika Frankfurt
Technology and Feature
Publishing Editor
Graham Erasmus
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22 South African Automotive Week
28 Customer C.A.R.E.
34 Project 2002
36 e-CAR
38 Diesel-Electric Diary
42 Right to Repair
44 Industry News
47 Midas Franchise
48 MISA News
50 Road Safety Initiative
Editor
Tristan Wiggill
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local, show and leisure
52 Wilde Things
54 Diesel-Electric Conference 2014
56 Partinform
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People, Places, Products, Potential
Formula One from the Inside
GM Sales & Production
Marlene Erasmus
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Industry News
Global Motorsport Overview
What’s the Rev
Road Tests
Midas Motorsport Overview
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Correspondents
Frank Beeton
Baron Claude Borlz
Graham Duxbury
Dave Fall
Gavin Foster
Austin Gamble
Eugene Herbert
Gilbert Hogg
Larry Khumalo
Stephen Matthews
Roger McCleery
Alwyn Viljoen
Fingal Wilde
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Moving Matters
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CEO
Rajan Govinden
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The Fink
Bikers’ Corner
AIDC Guess the Celebrity
Last Writes
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