Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company has unveiled plans to create a new facility in Luxembourg that utilises an innovative production process to meet growing customer and consumer demand for premium tyres. The plans, according to the company, are part of ways of advancing the company’s connected – business model. Expected ...

The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance has announced what has been described as an ambitious strategic plan, tagged, Alliance 2022, a six-year plan targeted at doubling annual synergies to €10 billion. Chairman and chief executive officer of the Alliance, Carlos Ghosn, while unveiling the plan last week, said: “Today marks a new milestone ...

Preparations are in top gear for the Pure&Crafted SA Festival scheduled to hold in Johannesburg on September 30 with the event promising to feature a celebration of motorcycles and customisation with live music and gourmet food stands at the Ground in Muldersdrift in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The organisers ...

Just as they did when Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas a couple of weeks ago, Ford and its dealers, once again, are providing special assistance for victims of Hurricane Irma in Florida, including first responders, existing customers, and those needing to replace lost or damaged vehicles. Ford has 123 dealerships in ...

The 2017 Frankfurt Motors Show officially opened to the public this Saturday though the annual show had been opened to the media since September 12 for global premieres of new vehicles by carmakers from across the world. The focus of this year’s event is electric mobility. Since the opening on ...

A new president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America has been named. He is Kyung Soo (Kenny) Lee, one of the most respected leaders in Hyundai’s global operation.  Sixty-one-year-old Lee will be responsible for Hyundai’s U.S. sales and marketing and will take up his role as president and CEO  on September ...

Weststar Associates Limited, the authorised general distributors of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Nigeria, has sealed a landmark deal with Total Nigeria Plc., as it recently delivered a total number of 55 Mercedes-Benz Actross 3340S trucks to the oil company in Lagos. The delivery and handing over of ...

Heritage Bank Plc has aligned forces with Cross River State and Senator Florence Ita Giwa-led Seagull Band to educate the people on Climate Change: A time for Change. The event which held in Lagos recently was put together by Seagull Band, one of the five bands of the Carnival Calabar at ...

After becoming the first premium manufacturer to enter FIA Formula E Championship in 2016, Jaguar has created the world’s first production battery electric vehicle race series.  The Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY will be the support series for the FIA Formula E Championship, taking place on the same weekends at the same ...

(FEATURES) Toyota GAZOO Racing heads to Austin, Texas this weekend for the second North American round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas. The team moved directly from Mexico City, venue of the last round on September 3, to Austin for ...