Automotive Business Review — February 2018

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Editorial Beat

Phoenix^1

What’s the Buzz^4

Logistically Speaking^5

Auto Alert^6

e-CAR^9

Automechanika Shanghai 2017^10

Vantage Point

Lubrication Matters #1 16

What’s the Buzz^18

Bosch Service South Africa^22

Filtration News^24

Lubrication Matters #2^26

Product News^30

Lubrication Matters #3 31

Automotive Industry^32

Industry News 33

Cover Feature - DOE^34

Customer C.A.R.E. 36

Mobility Beat

Partinform^38

MISA News^40

UD Trucks^42

What’s the Buzz^43

F1 from the Inside^44

Project 2002^45

Vehicle Review^46

Vehicle Launch^49

The Edge

The Fink^50

Wilde Things^52

What’s the Buzz^53

Wilder & Wilderer Things^54

Bike Torque^58

Last Writes^60

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