Auto Report Africa

Infinity Tyres Limited, Nigeria’s foremost automotive aftermarket sales and services company, has concluded arrangements to open a new retail facility in Kaduna State to cater to the needs of customers and new prospects in the neighbouring States, thus adding yet another outlet to its growing  network of 10 company-owned facility ...

Mazda Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation have established their new joint-venture company “Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc.” (MTMUS) that will produce vehicles in Huntsville, Alabama starting in 2021. The new plant will have the capacity to produce 150,000 units of Mazda’s crossover model that will be newly introduced to ...

    Daimler Trucks is set to commence the market launch of the current generation of  Mercedes-Benz Actros and Arocs in more than 40 markets in the Middle East and Africa. This follows this week’s  successful launch of the new Mercedes-Benz Actros and Arocs in Dubai  for the Middle East ...

  Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea’s largest carmaker, has appointed a former BMW design chief and renowned industry expert, Thomas Schemera, to lead its newly-established High-performance Vehicle and Motorsport Division, with the aim to enhance its high-performance vehicle and motorsport business.  The High-performance Vehicle and Motorsport Division, launched this March, ...

Nearly 50 years after Land Rover created the luxury SUV sector with the introduction of the Range Rover, the British luxury carmaker has unveiled the world’s first full-size luxury SUV coupé: the limited-edition two-door Range Rover SV Coupé at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. Created by Land Rover Design and ...

    As the Paralympic Winter Games , PyeongChang 2018, opens Friday, March 9, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) will be  supporting 25 Para athletes from 12 countries, including some that are Toyota employees, as “Team Toyota Athletes”. The Paralympic Winter Games will run from March 9 through March 18. “We ...

  The Nissan IMx KURO has been unveiled at the Geneva International Motor Show, marking the European debut of the IMx electric crossover concept vehicle. Kuro, which means black in Japanese, comes to life on the IMx, which was first revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2017, with ...

  Modern cars are handsome looking things, but there are people in this world who would like to tear them to pieces. People like Rob Carstairs, an aerodynamicist, at Ford.  “The first thing I’d get rid of is the side mirrors. Off they go, that’d be great.”  Rob’s reason for ...