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The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has claimed a historic lock-out of the podium places on Rallye Deutschland. Ott Tänak claimed victory to increase his lead in the drivers’ championship to 33 points, with team-mates Kris Meeke and Jari-Matti Latvala joining him on the podium. The result―the first time ...

  The CEO of WesBank Motor Division, Ghana Msibi, has declared that poor customer experience will dilute the value of the dealer, saying  “Google, Netflix, Airbnb, Amazon, Uber Eats and Mr D Food are the motor industry’s new competition.” Speaking on “The consumer of tomorrow, impact of buying behaviour and ...

Porsche has expanded its  range with the addition of the 911 Carrera.  The new sports car is being launched as a Coupé and Cabriolet, and generates 385 hp (283 kW) from its 3.0-litre, six-cylinder boxer engine with biturbo charging. The Carrera is the entry-level 911 model and offers 15 hp ...

  The rejection of the much-touted  National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) Bill by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration in Nigeria, twice, over a five-year period may throw a whopping N2.5trillion investments by stakeholders into the drain. Lamenting the failure of the country’s auto policy to work as anticipated, an ...

(Victor Olatunji) Ghana’s Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has visited the WestPark to assess level of progress on ongoing construction works. Commenting on the importance of the Region to the country’s economy during the visit, the Minister said,  “the Western Region, with its vast natural resources and skilled ...

  In what has been described as a milestone and a world’s first, Autotalks, a global leader in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication solutions and China’s Datang, a leader in developing C-V2X communications standards and the provider of system solution of C-V2X, have successfully tested chipset-level interoperability of their respective solutions for C-V2X ...

Gokada, Nigeria’s leading on-demand motorbike hailing service and technology-driven alternative transportation platform for quick intra-city mobility,  has reiterated its commitment to passenger safety, saying  it achieved a landmark 99.8 per cent safety record since it officially commenced operations in 2018. This translates to just 0.02 per cent incident rate per ...

  … To roll top-of-the-segment Chinese cars off Lagos assembly   Dana Motors Limited has sealed a landmark partnership deal with Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM)  to introduce the widely adjudged best East Asia brand of vehicles to the growing Nigerian auto market. Positioned to be the new dress code for Nigeria ...

  …Delivers 1,134,729 cars worldwide in first half of 2019 Sets new records in France, Spain, Poland, China and Vietnam.   Mercedes-Benz has continued its winning streak as it continues to be the leader among the premium car brands in a highly competitive environment worldwide, despite ongoing model changes. From ...

    …as Top Performing Global Supplier   MANN+HUMMEL has been recognised as a top-performing global supplier at the 21st annual Ford World Excellence Awards which held in Dearborn, Michigan, last month. The award came just as the German supplier was honoured with a similar award by General Motors in ...