Opening match

With the World Cup behind us, attached a note from Angela Graham, Starfish Communications, who had the opportunity to attend the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

New Five and Kingsley Holgate star on RPM

BMW’s latest 5-Series may be larger and more sophisticated than its predecessor, but it’s still an exciting saloon when piloted with commitment. We flew to the fairest Cape for our first experience behind the wheel of the newcomer.

Engen Volkswagen Cup racers ready for action at Kyalami

Single-make racing action is the order of the day at Kyalami in Johannesburg on Saturday, 5 June. This is the last national race meeting | for the Engen Volkswagen Cup competitors until after the Soccer World Cup | and the drivers will be working hard for their points at this fourth round of the national series.

BMW X1 headlines RPM this week

Some call it quirky, others love it to bits. Either way, judging by the number of BMW X1s already on our roads, the compact all-terrainer looks set to be a hit. And having driven to derivatives, we can tell you that the styling doesn’t prepare you for the dynamic experience. Join us as we put the newcomers through their paces.

Evocative Evora heralds RPM TV’s return

After a four-week break, RPM TV returns to SuperSport for the second, 13-episode set of three 2010 series. And we celebrate our return with a test of a new, head-turning performance machine.

Engen Volkswagen Cup racers tackle PE event with Vivo race cars

THE Engen Volkswagen Cup delivered a high level of racing action at Scribante on Saturday. This event marked the first round of competition in this single-make series in the new Volkswagen Polo Vivo guise.

Engen Volkswagen Cup promises excellent racing action in PE

Round three of the Engen Volkswagen Cup series takes place in Port Elizabeth on Saturday (1 May), the third round of the 2010 championship – and the first competition outing for the new face of the series.

Behind the wheel of Porsche’s Panamera

It may well be Porsche’s most controversial newcomer since the Cayenne SUV, but the Panamera makes a strong case for luxurious four-door motoring, linked to the dynamic satisfaction of a sports car. We drive the Panamera 4S on Mpumalanga’s most thrilling roads.

Cape Town calls the Engen Volkswagen Cup competitors

The Mother City lures Engen Volkswagen Cup racers to Killarney for round two of the WesBank Super Series on Saturday (13 March).

Does Audi’s A5 Sportback change the rules?

This week on RPM TV, we drive the new Audi A5 Sportback – a car that attempts to break the motoring mould by combining the virtues of a luxury saloon, a sleek coupé and practical estate in a single package. But how convincing is the result?

Glamorous two-doors spotlighted on RPM

With summer well and truly here, the motoring spotlight on RPM this week falls on two recent, glamorous arrivals to our shores.

Engen Volkswagen Cup racers in major battle for championship honours

THE Engen Volkswagen Cup single-make series crowned its newest champion at Kyalami on Saturday. Mathew Hodges (31) and his PG Glass Polo kept hisnose in the fight with some excellent driving to claim the title at the final round.

Citi Celebrity Challenge competitors in legendary Kyalami performance

THE Legends of South African motorsport tackled the challenge of Kyalami on Saturday in the second Citi Celebrity Challenge.

Titans of the track in battle to be the Citi Celebrity Challenge winner

THE race and rally antics of South Africa’s top competitors have fuelled motorsport conversations – and arguments – for decades. Who is the best, who is the fastest, who still has what it takes?

Legends to strut their stuff at Kyalami for Citi Celebrity Challenge

THE door-bashing, panel-bending antics of the South African motorsport legends proved a crowd favourite at Killarney – and now they are headed to Kyalami to showcase their skills at the final round of the national motorsport season.

Meeting our new MD

Our new managing director, Dieter Horni, is most definitely a tyre man, having been with Continental AG for 26 years and in the tyre industry for 31 years.

Legends in flat-out fun for Citi Celeb Challenge at Killarney

THE Legends of South African motorsport lived up to their reputations during the Citi Celebrity Challenge at Killarney on Saturday. Sarel van der Merwe, Terry Moss, Chris Aberdein, Glyn Hall and Geoff Mortimer teamed up with current racers Giniel de Villiers, Guy Hodgson, Enzo Kuun and Pierre Arries for two races of six laps.

Frankfurt Show Special on RPM

In this week’s episode of RPM on SuperSport, the spotlight falls on the greatest motoring show on earth: the International Automobile Exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. We are devoting virtually the entire episode to what is generally referred to as the Frankfurt Motor Show.

On your Marks, Set, Go for Volkswagen Legends at Killarney!

THE heat haze shimmering over the hot tar of Killarney race track might lead some to think they are witness to a mirage when a field of liveried olkswagen Citi Golfs race into view. The pilots hard at work behind the wheel might well add to the perception.

Engen Volkswagen Cup racers ready to fight for line honours in Cape Town

THE Engen Volkswagen Cup moves into high gear for the penultimate round of the 2009 championship. The event, taking place at Killarney in Cape Town on Saturday, 26 September, promises to be a dramatic duel between the championship contenders.

Engen Volkswagen Cup sets scene for two dynamite rounds in 2009

The Engen Volkswagen Cup single-make series has a reputation for producing exciting racing. When the championship rounds took place at Phakisa Freeway in Welkom on Saturday, the racers did not disappoint.

Tough day ahead for Engen Volkswagen Cup racers at Phakisa

THE rivalry of the Engen Volkswagen Cup explodes into on-track action at Phakisa Freeway in Welkom on Saturday, 5 September. Here the championship contenders for the 2009 title step into the battle for points.

Intense action right from the start in Engen Volkswagen Cup series

THE Engen Volkswagen Cup racers tackled the first race of their WesBank
Super Series meeting at Zwartkops Raceway with gusto on Saturday.

E-Class Coupé stars on RPM

Mercedes-Benz is justifiably proud of its new E-Class sedan. But the E-Class Coupé is arguably the more glamorous model – and also an even more involving car to drive.

A terrific trio on RPM: new E-class, high-tech Lexus hybrid, and brilliant 370Z

All good things come in threes – and this week, RPM has a trio of top attractions.

Peugeot’s latest drops its top

It may be Peugeot’s sexiest Coupé Cabriolet to date, but the new 308 CC also offers a great drive and a classy interior. We drive the French star just days after its local debut.

Engen Volkswagen Cup a hotbed of racing action at round five

THE only way that round five of the Engen Volkswagen Cup championship at Kyalami could have gone better for Devin Robertson (7) and his Champion Spark Plugs entry was if he won the first race. Instead, he finished race one in second position.

Jag’s supercharged XK-R

The latest Jaguar XK coupé is an evocative machine, and one we experienced in the French Alps earlier this year.

Twingo RS and hot Hondas

There’s a performance fest on RPM this week as we get behind the wheel of some hot machines, some old and some new, for this week’s episode.

New BMW Z4 hogs the RPM spotlight

By all accounts, BMW’s latest, all-new Z4 is a more sophisticated, more spacious – and more grown up – roadster than its predecessor.

Compact SUVs square up on RPM

The advent of two newcomers to the premium compact SUV sector has created red-hot rivalry between three big nameplates: Audi, BMW and Volvo. Up to now, the BMW X3 has been the easy market leader, with little in the way of competition.

Engen Volkswagen Cup competitors produce top racing action

THE Engen Volkswagen Cup delivered a solid dose of motorsport action at Killarney on Saturday. For Gennaro Bonafede (3) and his Champion Racing Polo, the event was a long-awaited return to form.

Action the order of the day at round two of Engen Volkswagen Cup

The Engen Volkswagen Cup series saw some intense competition during round two of the national championship at Kyalami in Johannesburg on Saturday 28 March. Two races on the day with more than enough thrills and spills throughout the field.

The Continental Tyre NASB Easter Soccer Tournament kicks off this week

The Northern Areas Football Association - NAFA (formerly NASB) Continental Soccer Tournament will kick off on Friday 10 April this year at the Adcock Stadium in Port Elizabeth

Polo racers light up track in Engen Volkswagen Cup championship

THE first round of the Engen Volkswagen Cup single-make series got
underway on a rather unique note at Aldo Scribante Raceway in Port
Elizabeth on Saturday. The defending champion, Jared Mortimer (1) and his
Formsfit Printing / Liquid Lounge Polo started race one at the front of
the grid.

Challenging race day for Engen Volkswagen Cup competitors

COMPETITION in the Engen Volkswagen Cup series produced some nailbiting moments during their outing at Kyalami on Saturday. Racers in this single-make series were involved in some of the most exciting racing of the meeting.

Through Africa and now Europe on Continental tyres

The Globeriders Cape2Cape group, comprising two Port Elizabeth doctors and their families, who left the South African city in March 2007 on a three-year around the world trip, have succeeded in driving over the African continent into Italy and through Europe into Ireland.

Continental Concept Tyre on Land Rover LRX

Hanover, February 2008. With the Land Rover LRX study, the British 4x4 specialist is presenting its vision of all-terrain cars of the future. At the Auto Show in Detroit, the British carmaker has just introduced its concept vehicle – lighter-weight, more economical, equipped with a hybrid drive, and with an even wider variety of possible uses.

New Passat CC Launched with Self-Sealing Tyres from Continental

Hanover, February 2008. The new Passat CC four-door, which just premiered at the Detroit Motor Show, leaves the plant equipped with self-sealing Continental tyres.

Continental SA Employees win Trip to Germany

In a national competition that sparked tremendous interest amongst employees at Continental Tyre South Africa, two very lucky employees had their dreams come true when the winners of the Conti Team Cup Supporters Competition were drawn on Wednesday, 12 April 2006.

Running Against All Odds with Continental

Continental Tyre made it possible for local athletes to compete at the Two Oceans Marathon, one of the country’s most famous ultra-marathons held in Cape Town over the Easter weekend.

Continental Tyre Sponsors a Successful Soccer Tournament

Due to the resounding success of the 2005 event, Continental Tyre became the main sponsor of the Northern Areas Soccer Tournament held over the Easter Weekend at the Adcock Stadium in Port Elizabeth for the second time.

Cape Agulhas to Alexandria in 20 days

After months of preparation, two very adventurous South Africans, Jaco Liebenberg and Gappie de Klerk, embarked on an overland trip through Africa commencing at Cape Agulhas and ending in Alexandria.

New Continental Tyre SA Managing Director announced

A Port Elizabeth businessman will take over as Continental Tyre SA’s (Conti) new Managing Director at the beginning of July. Claudio Boezio, a qualified CA who has previously held the position of Conti’s General Manager – Finance and IT, joined the firm in 2000.

The Continental Tyre 2005 Milligan Vintage Trial

The annual Continental Tyre Milligan Vintage Trial took place between Monday, June 6 until Thursday, June 9, 2005, travelling along a spider’s web route from Port Elizabeth into the picturesque Garden Route in the Eastern and Southern Cape, using Wilderness as the base.

International enthusiasm for ContiFanWorld

Continental agreeably surprised by international enthusiasm for ContiFanWorld. Already available online in seven languages - German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Turkish. ContiFanWorld receives online recognition: Flashforward Award 2005 in the Games category.

New Range Rover Sport to be fitted with Continental tyres

The new Range Rover Sport L 320 will run on Continental tyres as Original Equipment. The manufacturer of the all-wheel-drive luxury SUV opted for the ContiCrossContact UHP and the Conti4x4SportContact to provide the vehicle with maximum grip and handling, as well as ensuring a highly comfortable ride.

Continental launches SSR Tyres

Changing a tyre on the side of the road is stressful enough without the added dangers of fast moving traffic, bad weather, and poor visibility, particularly at night.

New speed record on Continental tyres

Jan Fatthauer, owner of the customising company 9ff, has set a new speed record of 388 km/h (242.5 mph) for road-approved vehicles in a car fitted with Continental standard production tyres. His Porsche-based record-breaking racer was fitted with ContiSportContact 2 Vmax tyres for the event, to ensure good grip even at very high speed.

Continental Tyre SA part of quest for Gold

Continental Tyre SA sponsored the Despatch Karate Club earlier this year. The JSKA Karate World Championships were held in Pretoria, South Africa, in July 2004.

Ford Q1 Award presentation to Continental Tyre South Africa

On Thursday, November 11, 2004, Continental Tyre South Africa received the coveted Ford Q1 status. At the handing over of the plaque and the Flag Raising were Mr. Trevor Kok, Manufacturing & Supply Director for Ford Motor Company SA, Mr. Jean-Marie Pirnay, C.E.O. for Continental Tyre SA, Mr. Ashley Collet, Supplier Technical Assistance Supervisor for Ford, and Mr. Jim Lavery, Supplier Technical Assistance Engineer for Ford Motor Company.

Continental Challenge Rugby Match

Toyota Rugby Club vs Continental African Bombers Rugby Club

The Continental National Triumph Indaba 2004

The Continental Triumph Indaba took place on Saturday 23 April 2004 to Monday 26 April 2004 in Port Edward, Kwazulu Natal.

Grey Rugby Festival

The annual Grey High School Rugby Festival was held for the 10th year over the weekend from April 1 to 5, 2004. The eight participating teams in this festival are invited by Grey High School from the top schools rugby teams in the country. It has got to be one of the highlights of the schools rugby calendar in South Africa.

Topcar Hooked on Golf golf day.

Held at Mount Edgecombe in Durban on 19th of March 2004.

Tschops Sipuka Retains Engen VW Cup Crown

South Africa’s first black racing champion Tschops Sipuka retained his 2002 Engen VW Cup Championship Crown with two run-away wins at Kyalami on the 22nd of November.

New Golf Drives with Technical Highlights from Continental

When the new Golf goes on sale at dealer outlets in the next few days, Continental AG will also benefit from the strong demand for this new model...

Good year for Continental

Frankfurt - Continental, the German maker of tyres and car parts, said on Wednesday it expected its shares to rise by 30-40% in the long term now that they were being re-admitted to the blue-chip DAX 30 stock index after an absence of seven years.

Continental Back in DAX

On September 22 the international automotive supplier returns to the German's stock market's blue chip index. The announcement was made by the Deutsche Boerse AG in Frankfurt/Main.

Continental answers the call of the wild

Continental’s new World Contact tyre is being put through its paces on the punishing Petronas Africa Trek 2003.

ContiClub - The Dawn of a New Era

ContiClub will cater for the “elite” sector of the tyre replacement market, catering for customers who are less price ensitive and are focussed on buying premium branded tyres rather than economy or budget branded tyres.

Continental Tyre SA in Bold New Partnership Move

Continental Tyre South Africa (Pty) Ltd heralded in 2003 with the first direct Black Empowerment equity holding in the tyre manufacturing industry in the form of Vulisango Industries.

A Good Buy for Smart Shoppers

A Tyre for Quality- and Price-Conscious Consumers

Continental Tyre Rolls Out Empowerment

PORT ELIZABETH -- Continental Tyre South Africa has heralded in 2003 with the first direct black empowerment equity holding in the tyre manufacturing industry.

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