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Toyota prepares to host 2018 Classic Car Festival

The Toyota Automobile Museum will host the 2018 Classic Car Festival at Meiji Jingu Gaien Park in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on November 17. The goal of the car festival is to nurture and promote automobile culture, as well as to encourage interaction among car fans; this year marks the event’s 12th ...

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Hyundai Motor maintains top 40 best global brands position

Hyundai Motor has been ranked among the highest valued brands in the world once again, according to the latest rankings published by global brand specialist Interbrand. Hyundai’s global brand value grows 3% since 2017 to a company record high of US $13.5 billion. This result successfully places the company in ...

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Renault, Brilliance sign strategic partnership agreement with Chinese province of Liaoning

Groupe Renault and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (Brilliance), which formed the Renault-Brilliance-Jinbei Automotive Co., Ltd., a joint venture to manufacture and sell light commercial vehicles (LCV), in January on Wednesday signed a Strategic Cooperation agreement with Chinese officials from Liaoning Province to further accelerate growth of LCVs in China. ...

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Heritage Bank, NIMASA partner on global maritime safety standards

  Heritage Bank Plc  and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) have joined forces to educate stakeholders about the maritime enforcement global benchmarks. The training session, which had as its theme: Maritime Enforcement Safety: Current Global Benchmarks, had in attendance representatives of  Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Ports Authority, Lagos State ...

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Mercedes-Benz appoints Bettina Fetzer as Head of Marketing

Mercedes-Benz has appointed Bettina Fetzer  as Head of Marketing . Fetzer, 38, who was most recently in charge of global products and brands PR at Mercedes-Benz Cars, is expected to assume her new position on November 1, 2018. She had also taken responsibilities in various positions in the communications department ...

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Land Rover raises over £600,000 to preserve endangered Rhinos

A rhinoceros sculpture designed by Land Rover Chief Design Officer, Gerry McGovern, has helped Tusk raise over £600,000 in aid of endangered rhinos at auction. Twenty-one unique 1.2m-long rhino sculptures were created in honour of the Tusk Rhino Trail, the London-based public art installation which concluded on World Rhino Day ...

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First Ford Ranger Raptor trial units produced in South Africa

Assembly of first Ford Ranger Raptor trial units, as build-up continues towards full-scale production Culmination of R3-billion investment and extensive upgrades to Silverton Assembly Plant Additional R160-million invested in readiness for production expansion in 2019 Ranger Raptor set for launch in first half of next year The dream of producing ...

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Nissan’s coolest city car gets a radical makeover

Nissan has teamed up with a world-renowned street artist to transform the all-new Micra, which is engineered for the streets, into a striking example of modern art at The City of Gold Urban Art Festival taking place from October 7-13, 2018 in Johannesburg. Established by graffiti and tattoo artist Rasty Knayles – ...

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 Mercedes-Benz sells more than 200,000 vehicles worldwide in September

• From January to September, unit sales by Mercedes-Benz of 1,715,087 vehicles were at the high prior-year level (-0.1%) • Worldwide, Mercedes-Benz sold 202,819 units in September (-8.2%) • In the third quarter, 526,255 cars with the star were delivered to customers worldwide (-8.2%). • In the first nine months, ...

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Coscharis Motors, Ford announce sponsorship for Season 5 of The Next Titan TV show

• Ford and local distributor Coscharis Motors sponsor The Next Titan TV show The winner of Season 5 will receive a brand new Ford Focus Coscharis Motors continues to support aspiring entrepreneurs Coscharis Motors and Ford Motor Company have announced their continued sponsorship of entrepreneurial reality TV show, The Next ...

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