The BMW Group has reconfirmed its position as the world’s number one premium automotive company. This came as the  Group achieved its best-ever annual sales in 2017, the seventh consecutive year it has achieved a new annual record. This success was spread throughout the company with both BMW ...

      Groupe Renault has continued on its growth path for the fifth consecutive year as the French auto giant witnessed another record year in 2017. The annual sales report released on Monday indicate that the company sold 3,761,634 vehicles globally last year as Groupe Renault (including Lada) reported ...

Two Chinese companies have held a groundbreaking ceremony to start the construction of a subsea pipeline installation for Dangote Oil Refining Company Limited in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub. Top officials of the Nigerian Dangote’s Group, Xie Xianju, Deputy General Manager of China Harbor Engineering Co (Nigeria) and Zhang Qing, General ...

Hyundai has emerged as one of the leading brands for Top Safety Pick+ and Top Safety Pick awards in 2018, with a total of seven models being recognised. The all-new 2018 Hyundai Sonata has earned the highest safety rating by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) with a Top ...

    Ahead of its South African debut in the third quarter of 2018, the  all-new Volvo XC60 has emerged the best performing large off-roader, and the car with the best overall performance of 2017 in the prestigious Euro NCAP 2017 Best in Class safety awards. The XC60 scored a ...

        Weststar Associates Limited, the  sole distributor of Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Nigeria, has added the Mercedes-Benz Citan to its portfolio for the Nigerian market. Weststar said its decision to bring the new luxury van to the local market was in line with the ‘Mercedes-Benz Vans goes global’ ...

The International Road Federation (IRF) is marking its 70 years in 2018 as it celebrates the milestones it has achieved over the years. The global transport body was established by two dozen industry leaders in Washington DC to assist Western Europe in the reconstruction of its infrastructure after the second ...

Uber and Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing app, is planning to hire no fewer than 10, 000 female drivers in Saudi Arabia by June 2018. CNN reported that the companies have already launched training sessions targeting Saudi women who have already obtained driver’s licenses from abroad. Female customers currently represent the ...

    Toyota C-HR has emerged the top-selling new SUV in Japan for 2017. This came as the leading automaker Thursday  revealed strong results for its C-HR model in 2017 (Jan.-Dec.), with sales topping 117,299 units, earning the top spot among all automakers in the number of new SUVs sold in ...

    BMW M is responding to the increasing demand of its customers  by expanding its global network of exclusive showrooms. In the last four years, the number of BMW M certified dealers has doubled globally to 850 businesses. The latest example of this is the exclusive location “Performance Munich ...