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Kia Motors Corporation said it sold a total of 231,275 vehicles globally in October 2017 . The figure, according to the Korean auto giant, included sales of  passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles.  Kia said in October, domestic market sales totaled 37,521 units, representing a decrease of 6.3% ...

Toyota on Wednesday continued its evolution as a mobility company with the launch of  its first-ever global marketing campaign, “Start Your Impossible”,  in 24 countries . The global launch was in celebration of Toyota’s eight-year global sponsorship of The Olympic and Paralympic Games as the first-ever Mobility Partner in the history ...

    (By Debbie Mielewski)  A lot of people are familiar with soy – tens of millions of consumers eat and drink it every day. But what might come as a surprise is that many of us actually sit on recycled soy all of the time.  This year marks 10 years ...

  Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited (HMNL) Wednesday, November 1, 2017, kick-started a  comprehensive 30-day discounted service campaign for owners and fleet managers of Hyundai cars, including Hyundai Commercial Vehicles. The campaign, tagged ‘Before service clinic’, is aimed at helping customers rediscover the value of their Hyundai vehicles and appreciate the commitment ...

  Drivers are spending more time in their cars than ever and with this, the car starts to have a lot of stuff in it – mobile phones, pens, sunglasses, wallets, tissues, and lose change.  Clutter, like cans and plastic bottles may look innocent enough, but when the car is in motion ...

  ‘We all wear clothes’ – an apt assumption by the conceptualisers of “Threads”, an accelerator programme for local fashion entrepreneurs in South Africa, sponsored by Standard Bank.  If there is one thing consumers have in common, whether African, Asian or European, it’s clothes: we all wear clothes.  “In a ...

… Launches Battery Storage Farm  The BMW Group continues to build on its leading international role in the field of electro-mobility, as the 100,000th BMW i3 Thursday rolled off the production line at the company’s Leipzig plant. The BMW i3 has played a major part in making the BMW Group ...

  The Bimmerfest 2017 may have come and gone but the sweet memories of the second edition of the annual event will continue to linger for some time to come. BMW sole representative in Nigeria, Coscharis Motors, in partnership with the BMW Club Nigeria, had invited lovers and enthusiasts of ...

  Lexus, this Wednesday, October 25, 2017,  premiered to the world its automated-driving-capable “LS+ Concept” concept vehicle as the 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017 opened in Japan with media launches. It also unveiled at the show limited editions of the “RC F” and “GS F”, commemorating the 10th anniversary of Lexus ...

There was real excitement at the first-ever BMW M Festival in South Africa despite the fact that the two-day show which held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Gauteng last weekend attracted just under 20,000 people. Organisers of the event have also expressed satisfaction at the turn of events at the ...