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General Motors Senior Creative Designer, Jelani Aliyu, who designed the awe-inspiring Chevrolet Volt that was unveiled in 2007, has been appointed to head up Nigeria’s National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC). Aliyu’s appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari was announced on Thursday and is seen as  a way of igniting ...

The new S-Class celebrates its world première with extensive innovations in a few days at the Auto Shanghai (19 to 28 April). Among the highlights is an all-new and highly efficient engine range with a series of new technologies for electrification of the powertrain. Intelligent Drive takes another step towards ...

Toyota on Thursday rolled out the drums at its Blue Springs manufacturing facility to mark the 10-year anniversary of Toyota Mississippi. To mark the anniversary, the automaker  announced it will build a nearly $10 million visitor and interactive training centre that will offer public tours showcasing how nearly 2,000 Mississippians ...

    ( Olaolu Olusina ) The Jaguar F-PACE, Jaguar’s first performance SUV and Jaguar’s fastest selling global model, Thursday, scooped two prestigious awards at the 2017 World Car Awards in New York as it emerged the 2017 best and most beautiful car in the world. Beating the Mercedes-Benz S-Class ...

Jaguar Land Rover’s flagship manufacturing plant at Solihull, a town in the West Midlands of England, United Kingdom,was thrown into a great frenzy, Thursday,  at the announcement of the Jaguar F-PACE built at the plant, as the best and most beautiful car in the world. The proud employees from across ...

Nine winners, who emerged in the 11th edition of the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest organised by Toyota (Nigeria) Limited (TNL), have been honored by the company. Two of the winners, who were recently honored at the award of prize and certificate ceremony which held at the corporate headquarters of ...

Volvo Cars is celebrating its 90th birthday this April and to mark this important milestone, the Swedish carmaker will roll out the first all-new Volvo XC60 in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Friday, April 14. The all-new XC60 will leave the factory 90 years to the month after the first-ever Volvo, the ÖV4, ...

  With its eye-catching design and impressive roster of features, the all-new 2018 Rio sedan and 5-door are the latest additions to the world-class Kia Motors America (KMA) model lineup.  Penned at Kia’s European and U.S. design studios in collaboration with Kia’s design base in Namyang, Korea, this subcompact duo ...

Toyota Prius Prime has been declared the 2017 World Green Car Thursday as the New York International Auto Show(NYIAS) opened this Thursday.  This is the second consecutive year Toyota earned the World Green Car title. Last year the award went to the Toyota Mirai.  “It is a great honor to ...

Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday made a stunning display of its sportiest midsize performance SUVs to-date, the Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 4MATIC+ SUV and Coupé (fuel consumption, combined: 10.7-10.3 l/100 km; CO2 emissions, combined: 244-234 g/km) as well as the Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S 4MATIC+ SUV and Coupé (fuel consumption, combined: 10.7 l/100 km; CO2 emissions, combined: 244 g/km) as the cars ...