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2017 Genesis G90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick + Award

The 2017 Genesis G90 has earned one of the industry’s highest safety honors as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) named it a Top Safety Pick+ due to its exceptional performance during testing. The Genesis G90 embodies a smarter, more progressive approach to luxury and safety by keeping innovation and ...

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New Lexus LS to make a global debut at the 2017 NAIAS

All is set for the all-new, fifth-generation Lexus LS flagship sedan  to make a global debut at the 2017 North American International Auto Show next month. Coming 28 years after the LS 400 made a historic debut in 1989 in Detroit thus heralding the birth of the Lexus brand, the ...

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MAN Lion’s Intercity is Russia’s Intercity Bus of the Year

The jury of the ‘Best Commercial Vehicles of the Year in Russia’ competition was full of praise for the characteristics of the MAN Lion’s Intercity, and awarded the vehicle the top prize in the category ‘Coach/Intercity Bus’. Speaking at the awards ceremony in Moscow, Sales Director, Bus and Engines for ...

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2017 World Rally: Hyundai Motorsport unveils Team’s new i20 Coupé WRC

Hyundai Motorsport is surely good to go in its preparation for the 2017 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) with the unveiling of the new Hyundai i20 Coupé WRC, in which the team will compete in the Championship .  Designed to meet WRC’s raft of new technical regulations, the new Hyundai ...

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Re: Re-focusing FRSC for accident prevention

( By Sani Abdullahi)  As the lead agency for road safety management and administration in the country, the primary concern of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) remains safety of road users which is ensured through public enlightenment programmes, enforcement and engineering, using the Regular and Special Marshals as well ...

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Opel Astra wins Overall Best of the Best Award

Opel Astra has emerged both the overall winner as well as a category winner at the 2016 Best of the Best Awards held by Independent Motoring, a member of a leading South African media group. Opel Astra won the trophy for Overall Best of the Best award and Best Family ...

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All-New Subaru Impreza wins 2016-2017 Car of the Year Japan

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, Thursday announced that the all-new Subaru Impreza has been named 2016-2017 Car of the Year Japan. The company said this is the second time Subaru has been awarded the honor, following the Legacy’s win in 2003. “Based on the Subaru ...

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Ford Explorer voted Luxury Car of the Year at the 2016 Marketing World Awards

The Ford Explorer has been named Luxury Car of the year at the World Marketing Awards, reinforcing its status as a segment-defining model in the SUV vehicle sector. The award was accepted by the marketing team of Coscharis Motors, the sole authorised Ford dealer in Nigeria, at the prestigious Marketing ...

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Mercedes-Benz Holds ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Future Talk in Berlin

A major focus of the recently concluded Mercedes-Benz “Future Talk” was on the integration of artificial intelligence in the field of mobility and the interaction of humans and machines. The Future Talk is a dialogue format successfully established by Mercedes-Benz in 2013. By exchanging ideas with vanguards from various disciplines, ...

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Ford unveils South African-built Everest for Sub-Saharan Africa

Ford has officially unveiled the South African-built model of Everest with its launch on November 28. The launch of the Everest built at the Ford Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria was attended by auto journalists from across Africa . The official unveiling pointed to the fact that Everest is set ...

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