Tiger Wheel & Tyre, South Africa’s best-loved and most awarded brand in the retail wheel and tyre industry, on Thursday made its debut in Springs with the opening of a showroom and fitment centre at the new Springs Mall, at the corner of Jan Smuts and Wit Roads. The ...
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Nigeria Customs suspends plan for duty payment on imported vehicles
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Wednesday suspended the implementation of its policy for duty payments on old vehicles. The Customs service said the suspension was placed in order to resolve issues with the Senate Committee on Customs. The Acting Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Mr. Joseph Attah, said the ...
Read More »Ghana auto dealerships project 20% sales growth as removal of tax on imported spare parts excites
Auto dealerships in Ghana have projected a 20 percent sales growth in 2017 compared to last year’s sales, saying the policies of the new government in the small West African nation of 27 million are pointers to this projection. Total sales record for last year hovered around 8,000 units against ...
Read More »’You are wanted’ : Thrills and excitement with Matthias Schweighöfer and Mercedes-Benz
Production work in progress “You are wanted”, the first original Amazon series to come completely from Germany, celebrated its premiere Wednesday and from Friday, March 17, the thriller series will be available to Amazon customers in more than 200 countries at the same time, according to a statement issued in Stuttgart . ...
Read More »Jaguar’s first electric vehicle – the Jaguar I-PACE – hits the streets of London
Jaguar’s first electric vehicle – the Jaguar I-PACE – has hit the streets for the first time in London as the luxury car maker joined the growing league of auto companies exploring the great potential in emission-free electric vehicles (EVs). This is coming ahead of its official unveiling later in ...
Read More »Experience ’20 Days of Madness’ as Tiger Wheel & Tyre Pietermartizburg marks 20
Isn’t it crazy? Well, that’s the normal question to ask when a leading store decides to mark a milestone with “20 Days of Madness.” Whichever way one looks at it, of course, that exactly is what the Tiger Wheel & Tyre store in Pietermaritzburg is doing as it kick-started, on Tuesday, ...
Read More »Volkswagen Group, Tata Motors explore possibilities for strategic partnership in India
Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding towards exploring long-term strategic cooperation in clearly-defined fields with Skoda leading the project for the Volkswagen Group brands in order to share responsibility among the brands in the VW Group. The ultimate aim, it was learned, is to ...
Read More »Divergent views as ‘Park and Pay’ policy returns in Abuja
The proposed return of the controversial ‘park and pay’ policy in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has sparked off fresh controversy and mixed reactions. The policy, which has been in place until it was abolished in 2014, following an FCT High Court ruling ...
Read More »F-150 Dependability Award underscores Built Ford Tough
Ford F-150 is J.D. Power’s 2017 Vehicle Dependability Study award recipient for large light duty pickup American truck owners who value Built Ford Tough pickups are taking in some more great news: Ford F-150 is J.D. Power’s 2017 Vehicle Dependability Study award recipient for large light duty pickup. “All customers ...
Read More »Nigeria Auto Policy: Local manufacturing of spare parts should come first – BKG boss
The Nigerian Federal Government has been advised to shift emphasis from the local manufacturing of vehicles and concentrate its efforts in encouraging local production of auto parts if the much-flaunted Nigeria Auto Policy is to make any meaning to Nigerians. Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Agwu, Managing Director, BKG Exhibitions Limited, organisers of ...
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