Volkswagen’s new CEO, Matthias Mueller, has defended the company in the face of a worldwide emissions scandal and massive potential fines. ‘We are not a criminal brand or group,’ Mueller said Sunday night at a pre-event media conference for the Detroit auto show, ahead of his meeting with the Environment ...

Disturbed by the trend of road traffic crashes and fatality attributed to speeding, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) as the Lead Government Agency saddled with the responsibility of Road Traffic Management in Nigeria said it would begin pre-enforcement patrols for the implementation of the use of speed limiting device ...

 German automotive manufacturer, Daimler AG, said on Wednesday that the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is the world’s first standard-production vehicle to be awarded a test licence for autonomous driving in the US state of Nevada. The company, which also scored a world first through this feat, and also in time for ...

Kia Motors Corporation announced on Thursday its 2015 full-year global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of -2,916,118 units sold. This figure, according to a statement issued in Seoul, Korea, represents a 0.3% ...

(Olaolu Olusina, Lagos) For three days last November, stakeholders in the Nigerian lubricants sector converged on Lagos, the commercial capital of the country, to brainstorm on the way forward for the lube market in Africa’s largest economy and the most populous black nation in the world. The occasion was the ...

Kia Motors said on Wednesday that it would reveal a new concept car on January 11 at the 2016 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Conceived at the Korean automaker’s California design studio, the concept, according to a statement issued in Seoul, offers an abundance of advanced technology – including ...

Kia Motors Wednesday unveiled its new sub-brand, tagged ‘DRIVE WISE’, to encompass its future Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. DRIVE WISE, according to a statement obtained by AUTO REPORT AFRICA, embodies Kia’s philosophy to realise intelligently safe vehicles featuring Kia’s ...

Hyundai Motor America said Tuesday that it posted its best year ever in 2015 with sales of 761,710 vehicles, up five percent compared with 2014 . In a statement issued in California, the company said this marks sixth consecutive year of record U. S. sales. It however noted that for ...

Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Giniel de Villiers and navigator Dirk von Zitzewitz are pushing hard on Stage 3 of Dakar 2016, to move into second place in the overall standings. The stage, which took place Tuesday, saw the crews relocate from Termas de Río Hondo to the town of Jujuy, ...

The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) Tuesday announced the hiring of its technical leadership team, bringing together an all-star group of scientists and engineers to help drive research into artificial intelligence and robots. TRI CEO Gill Pratt, according to a statement obtained by AUTO REPORT AFRICA, introduced the technical team and ...