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F1-derived hypercar project still on-track four years after announcement 

By Fri Apr 09 2021 The organisation and human resources director at Lafarge Africa Plc, Gbemiga Owolabi, has said the building solutions giant is “well prepared for the post-COVID future”. Speaking recently, Owolabi, who joined Lafarge in the heat of the novel coronavirus outbreak last year, noted that the strategy organisations used before and during COVID-19 must be different from that of the post-pandemic era, a period often referred to as the “new normal.” Highlighting some of the measures the company took since he joined the firm amid the crisis, Owolabi revealed that Lafarge Afr...

Mercedes-AMG SL to replace AMG GT Roadster: report 5 April 2021 12:29 pm / 0 comments The Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster will be phased out of the German automaker’s product line-up when the next-generation Mercedes-AMG SL makes its debut, said Mercedes-AMG CEO Philipp Schiemer in an interview with Car and Driver. Dubbed R232 for its latest iteration, the upcoming SL has been revealed by the automaker last month to be undergoing its final stages of testing. Now under the responsibility of Mercedes-AMG, the R232 SL has been designed to be a ‘more balanced car than the GT’ with a wide spre...

AMG's CEO on a Strategy for the Future Jens Meiners © Mercedes-Benz Despite electrification, the Mercedes performance division wants to be anything but politically correct. Mercedes-AMG has been busy, between rolling out a new plug-in-hybrid platform and preparing to unveil the AMG high-performance version of the EQS electric luxury sedan. Car and Driver talked with AMG CEO Philipp Schiemer about what else is coming from the performance division of Mercedes. Among the possibilities, Schiemer said, don't expect any more Project One–style non-street-legal projects. Do expec...

Opus Automotive has turned its hand to the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series, lifting output to 1096bhp