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Heritage Bank Partners Generation Next to Position Pupils for Leadership Roles

  Heritage Bank Limited has partnered with Generation Next, a-non-governmental organisation, to prepare over 1, 500 secondary school students for leadership role that will take Nigeria to greater heights in the future. The programme, themed: “Raising Emotionally Intelligent Generation,” held in Lagos yesterday, spanned digital knowledge, career, education and confidence building ...

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Honda Invests in Revolutionary Driving Simulator for Future R&D Activities

Honda is set become the world’s first car manufacturer to adopt new state-of-the-art driving simulator technology, based on a revolutionary architecture called DiM250 (Driver-in-Motion). Most driving simulators make use of motion technology derived from flight simulators, and typically use six actuators to deliver six ‘degrees of freedom’. However, to accurately ...

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Seven Hyundai Models Recognised for Safety in IIHS Awards

In one of the automotive industry’s most recognised and rigorous vehicle tests, the Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport have been awarded 2018 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ recognition. In addition, Hyundai’s Ioniq Hybrid, Elantra, Elantra GT, Sonata and Tucson models were Top Safety Pick award winners “Hyundai was one of the leading brands for Top Safety Pick+ and Top ...

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Continental Partners Tour de France

      From 2018, Continental will be an official partner of the Tour de France, entrenching the pioneering German tyre manufacturer’s reputation for producing best-in-class tyres for the original equipment and replacement markets, covering everything from cars to trucks, motorcycles and, of course, bicycles. The sponsorship agreement was officially ...

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Mercedes-Benz Passes Two Million Vehicles Sales Mark

This November, Mercedes-Benz delivered 195,698 vehicles to its customers, thus achieving the 57th record month in succession with a 7.2% increase. This adds up to a sale of 2,095,810 units since the beginning of the year 2017. This represents not only the best-ever figure for the period of January to ...

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Weststar Ends Distributorship of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, RAM, Fiat in Nigeria

Weststar Associates Thursday in Lagos said it has agreed to a mutual termination of  its distributorship agreement with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA ) as it announced its plans to consolidate and expand the Mercedes-Benz business in Nigeria, Weststar said with effect from Monday, 5th December 2017, it will no longer distribute the ...

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Jeep® Grand Cherokee SRT wins Auto Bild Sports Cars Readers’ Choice Award

The high performance Jeep® Grand Cherokee SRT has been honoured by readers of the influential German magazine Auto Bild Sports Cars. The powerful Jeep model scooped the readers’ choice award for best import in the Vans and SUV category. This is the first time the famously knowledgeable readers of the ...

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”H” Registration Plate for Two Exclusive Mercedes-Benz Models from 2018

    … 190 E 2.5-16 and 560 SE Three decades ago, two exclusive Mercedes-Benz models celebrated their premiere: The 190 E 2.5-16 (201 series) prepared the way for the then compact class to become a star performer, while the 560 SE (126 series) combined the top performance of the flagship S-Class model with ...

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Ford SA Upgrades Locally-built Ranger for 2018

Keeping aligned with the times and ahead of the competition, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has introduced a raft of new enhancements and product updates on the Ford Ranger, which is locally produced at Ford’s Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria. “The Ford Ranger has cemented its status as ...

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Hyundai Inaugurates ”Be There With Hyundai” Fan Competition for Russia 2018

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest automaker and a proud FIFA Partner, has launched the “Be There With Hyundai” slogan competition for 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.  The competition enables football fans  to submit potential team slogans on FIFA.com for each of the 32 national teams competing in the 2018 FIFA World ...

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