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NADDC: Low-Cost Auto Finance Fund Coming for Nigerians

… To enable more citizens acquire new cars The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) said it is working to launch a new auto finance fund to enable more Nigerians to acquire new cars and corporate/commercial organisations re-fleet their pool with new vehicles. NADDC said the Fund, which will ...

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Mercedes-Benz Records Best Q3 in the Company’s History

  With sales of 220,894 vehicles in September, Mercedes-Benz said it posted its 55th record month in succession. And with 1,717,300 cars delivered to customers since the beginning of the year,  11.7% more than in the same period of last year, the past three months were the best third quarter ...

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PHOTO NEWS: First Kaduna Automotive Parts Expo

  Kaduna State Government officials taking a look at GeBe products range on display at IKA Germany’s pavilion at the First Kaduna Automotive Parts Expo on Thursday, October 5, 2017. The venue was the Kaduna Township Stadium (formerly Ranchers Bees Stadium) in Kaduna,  Details coming soon…..

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‘Blue Bikes’ Project: Volkswagen Partners Qhubeka, City of Jo’burg to Mobilise South African Youth for a Better Future

Volkswagen has demonstrated that as the maker of ‘the people’s cars’, it is putting the people at the heart of what it does, thus making the German automaker passionate about South Africans and playing a vital role in moving the people forward. It has therefore collaborated with Qhubeka and City ...

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Olympic Skier, Jaguar Break Ice-Cool GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title

Former British Olympic Skier Graham Bell has smashed the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Fastest towed speed on skis, powered by the new Jaguar XF Sportbrake.  After a couple of practice attempts it was immediately clear that Graham and the XF Sportbrake were more than up to the challenge ...

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Toyota to Premiere Tj CRUISER at Tokyo Motor Show 2017

Toyota said it intends to showcase its new crossover genre concept vehicle, the Tj CRUISER, for the first time at the 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017*. The 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017  is to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 25 through November 5. The Tj CRUISER represents the harmonious ...

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Excitement as First Kaduna Autoparts Expo Enters Day 2

Great excitement is still in the air as the First Kaduna Autoparts Expo entered its second day this Friday after the event kicked-off fully Thursday morning with the Automotive Stakeholders Conference at Assa Pyramid Hotel in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna . From the venue of the conference,  the dignatories ...

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Automechanika Johannesburg : Expert Allays Fears over Internal Combustion Engines

Though there is a measure of panic in several countries, such as Germany, the United Kingdom and France, over the calls by politicians seeking to ban the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE) within the next couple of decades , Vincent Vallette, Export Manager of Mahle, one of ...

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Nigeria Customs Seizes 3,665 Vehicles Worth over N13bn Duty

      The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col.Hameed Ali, said that the service has seized 3,665 vehicles from 2015 till date with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over N13 billion. Ali said this during his lecture titled “Problem of Smuggling and its attendant Consequence on ...

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Heritage Bank, US, NCMM Offer Support to Nigeria’s Creative Industry as Alternative to Oil

Heritage Bank Plc is fast stimulating economic diversification in Nigeria through the support for the country’s creative industry towards sustainable, persistent growth as an alternative to crude oil. The MD/CEO of the bank, Ifie Sekibo,  stated this at the Exhibition Gallery of National Museum, Benin. The exhibition was organised by ...

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