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Coscharis President, Maduka, emerges Nigeria’s ‘Auto Personality of the Year’

The President/ CEO of Coscharis Group, Dr. Cosmas Maduka, has emerged the ‘Auto Personality of the Year’ in Nigeria for  2016. Maduka was presented with the award by the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) during the 2016 NAJA Awards ceremony which held recently  at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria ...

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Mercedes-Benz hosts two-week art portrait exhibition in Lagos

On Saturday, November, 26, 2016, friends, families and art enthusiasts trooped into the Mercedes-Benz Centre in Lagos for the opening reception of an art exhibition by Tayo Ayelowo, themed “Standing with the Kings”. The showroom was transformed to an art gallery for portrait paintings of various traditional rulers in Nigeria, ...

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Mercedes-Benz wins top categories at NAJA Awards show

On November 24, 2016, the Nigerian Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) held the much-anticipated auto award show at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. Mercedes-Benz emerged winner of two distinct awards; Luxury Car of the Year (Mercedes-Benz S-class) and Heavy Duty Truck of the Year (Mercedes-Benz Actros). “We keep winning! ...

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Daniel Rowe wins first national title for Volkswagen Motorsport

Daniel Rowe and his Volkswagen Motorsport Golf GTI last Saturday won the Sasol GTC Africa Production title  at a very unpredictable Zwartkops Raceway event in South Africa . Rowe, a dominant presence in the GTC Production category since round one,  continued with that form, winning both GTC Production races on ...

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Coscharis Motors set for BMW Golf Cup National Final

Coscharis Motors said it would play host to the BMW Golf Cup International Tournament on December 2  at the Lakowe Lakes Golf Club in Lagos. The tournament, according to the company,  is the National Final to qualify the Nigerian market for the World Final in Dubai next year. It said ...

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Nissan outlet wins 2016 NAJA ‘Outstanding Showroom’ Award

Stallion Nigeria  futuristic showroom in Victoria Island, Lagos has been adjudged the most outstanding ‘Showroom of the Year,’ outshining rival CFAO and Porsche outlets at the recently-held 2016 Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA ) Awards. The wholly Nissan and Infiniti state-of-the-art facility was inaugurated in May 2015 and has since ...

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Ford Ranger is Nigeria’s ‘Pick-up of the Year’

The Ford Ranger has been selected as the 2016 Pick-up of the Year by the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA), reinforcing its status as a segment-defining model in the highly competitive light commercial vehicle sector. The award, was accepted by the marketing team of Coscharis Motors, the sole authorised Ford ...

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Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) : BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford ,VW Group join forces to ramp-up e-mobility

A very important step towards facilitating mass-market battery electric vehicle (BEV) adoption has been taken. A statement issued in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday, said leading automakers, namely the BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche , have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...

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Volkswagen Group seals deal with SOVAC on Algeria plant

The Volkswagen Group has signed a joint venture agreement with its Algerian distributor, SOVAC , for the establishment of a Volkswagen assembly plant in the North African country. The deal is for a joint venture company, SOVAC Production S.P.A, that would ensure that a local assembly to be located in ...

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