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Martin Riedel KG delivers Christmas trees all over southern Bavaria by Unimog

Really, the saying that Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the Unimog appears to be very true in Bavaria and if it wasn’t for Alois Endl and his Unimog vehicles, many families in Bavaria wouldn’t have a tree this Christmas. Every day in the run-up to Christmas, the stalwart forester ...

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Auto journalists honour late NAMA ED, Madueke

    The late Executive Director of Nigeria Auto Manufacturers Association (NAMA), Mr. Arthur Madueke, has been honoured by the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association {NAJA} at its recent awards night held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. The post-humous honour was one of the high points of the 2016 ...

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FRSC bans petroleum tankers from night movement

With effect from this Monday, December. 19, no petroleum tanker would be allowed to move in the night on all roads in Nigeria. The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, handed over the order, Sunday, as he expressed concern over the high rate of ...

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Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe ‘Night Edition’ underway

Mercedes- Benz has revealed the plan to make its exclusive S-Class coupé even more exclusive with the introduction of the ‘Night Edition’ of the S-Class Coupé  to the European market by April 2017 while the U.S. launch is billed for August 2017. And with effect from January 9, 2017, this ...

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All-new 2017 Ford GT rolls out of production line as deliveries begin

Less than two years after the Ford GT was unveiled at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in January 2015, Ford Performance is now delivering the first cars to customers around the globe. This came as the first road-going version of the all-new 2017 Ford GT rolled off the ...

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New Documentary : No Regrets: The 2016 Mercedes-AMG DTM Team Story

A new documentary showcasing the performances of 2016 Mercedes-AMG DTM Team has premiered in Stuttgart, Germany before a global audience. The documentary was made possible as Mercedes-AMG DTM Team was accompanied by a camera crew throughout the 2016 DTM season – the first time that this has happened in the ...

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Opel unveils plans for the Future

Opel said at the weekend that it is setting a new course to make production in Europe even more efficient as the Rüsselsheim-based  carmaker revealed that the successor of the extremely successful Mokka X SUV will be made in Eisenach by 2019 even as it disclosed that the successors of ...

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GMSA achieves total landfill-free validation

Coming four years ahead of General Motors’ global deadline of 2020, General Motors South Africa’s (GMSA) has been declared a 100 per cent landfill-free organisation, with its two manufacturing sites in Port Elizabeth recently joining its non-manufacturing facilities in achieving zero waste to landfill. GMSA’s manufacturing plants in Struandale and ...

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Volkswagen Group honours 45 trainees from 19 countries

The Volkswagen Group has honoured 45 trainees from 19 countries as  its annual “Best Trainee Awards 2016” were presented to these young top achievers from all over the world at the VW Group headquarters in Wolfsburg recently.  The 45 award winners, made up of nine young women and 36 young ...

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2017 Kia Niro sets Guinness World Record Title

Taking off from Los Angeles City Hall and arriving the New York City Hall in downtown Manhattan, the 2017 Kia Niro, Thursday,  officially received a Guinness World Record® title for the lowest fuel consumption driving across the USA from coast to coast (hybrid car).  The new record-setting mark is an incredible ...

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