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Mercedes-Benz surely knows what a big deal is when one is sealed. And that was exactly what happened recently when it sealed one in Brazil for the supply of  524 trucks to Raizen, one of the three biggest Brazilian energy companies. According to deal, 524 units of the 6×4 off-road ...

  Kia Motors, the official automotive partner of FIFA,  has handed over 83 vehicles to the organisers of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 to ensure the smooth running of the 2017 tournament scheduled to start on June 17. The vehicle handover ceremony took place on June 8 at the Spartak ...

Ford Motor Company, in conjunction with its distributor Coscharis Motors, Thursday, brought back the much-anticipated Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) programme to Nigeria. This highly-acclaimed programme was implemented for the first time in Nigeria in 2016 in order to improve driving skills and road safety in Nigeria.  This year, the ...

The interior   Kia said on Wednesday that its new B-segment crossover will be named ‘Stonic’, describing it as an eye-catching and confident compact crossover with true European design flair. In a statement issued in Seoul, the Korean auto giant said the Stonic, which will go on sale in the second ...

…As MD, Kia Motors Nigeria, Jacky Hathiramani, expresses optimism​ The dwindling sales of automobiles in Nigeria has continued to drive companies operations further into stalemate making their manufacturing plants a ghost of itself as a result of under-utilisation and putting investors on the brink of exiting the country or changing their ...

  The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) on Tuesday restated its commitment to strengthening the implementation of the Nigerian Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP), saying it would work with relevant stakeholders towards ensuring early enactment of the Auto Policy into law by the National Assembly. The Auto Policy ...

Pick-up, SUV, sedan and other vehicles produced by Innoson in Nnewi Innoson in Nnewi A few days after sealing a deal with the Defence Industries Company of Nigeria (DICON) on the manufacture and supply of defence equipment, indications emerged on Tuesday that Nigeria’s leading indigenous automobile manufacturers, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing ...

Hyundai’s all-new Elantra has arrived in South Africa – with its new attractive design lines and an exciting flagship derivative that boasts a 150 kW turbocharged petrol engine and a 7-speed Dual Clutch Transmission, which thoroughly earns its Sport moniker. Building on the outstanding design and credentials of the previous ...

Two years after its market launch in South Africa, BMW i has established itself as the most successful provider of Electric Vehicles (EV) and Plug-in-Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) in the country. Since market introduction in March 2015, a total of 419 BMW i models have been delivered to customers across ...

(Olaolu Olusina) Nigerians who are eager to see affordable made-in-Nigeria cars produced in the country may soon heave a sigh of relief.This is because the newly-appointed Director-General, National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Jelani Aliyu, has taken up the challenge, assuring that their desire to have real and ...