Auto Report Africa

    Representing a year of major milestones for Porsche Middle East and Africa FZE, the year 2017 saw the kick-off of an unprecedented product offensive, with the announcement of several new Porsche sports cars, resulting in an ever-growing choice for customers across the region. The last 12 months saw ...

  …Transforms iconic headquarters into a battery to mark the milestone   The BMW Group has delivered more than 100,000 electrified vehicles to customers worldwide in 2017, as promised at the beginning of the year. This underlines the company’s leadership role when it comes to electro-mobility. An eye-catching light installation ...

 The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has announced that the Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC), in partnership with Nissan South Africa has successfully met the training criteria to become an IMI Approved International Centre in South Africa. After successfully completing a three-day assessment, the AIDC’s two Automotive Learning Centres ...

    Heritage Bank Plc has been awarded the inaugural Nigeria Sustainable Banking Award convened by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “For Sustainable Transaction of The Year in Agriculture.” The award, which was in recognition of the bank’s outstanding success and leadership in Nigeria’s sustainable development in 2017, was ...

…EVs to be available across the entire Toyota and Lexus line-up by around 2025 Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) this Monday announced its plans toward the popularisation of electrified vehicles for the decade 2020-2030. Toyota’s electrified vehicle strategy centers on a significant acceleration in the development and launch plans of hybrid ...

    …As CEO promises to sustain the growth trajectory in 2018       Kia Motors Nigeria, the sole distributor of the leading Korean brand in Nigeria, has recorded increased sales in the year 2017 with over 200% year-on-year sales from 2016. Buoyed by this achievement, the company said ...

        … Dennis Slagle Becomes Special Projects Leader   Volvo Group has announced the appointment of Martin Weissburg, currently President of Volvo Construction Equipment, as President of Mack Trucks effective June 1, 2018. Weissburg is billed to take over from Dennis Slagle, who has led the company since ...

  From left: Felix Mahan and Omotayo Olori watch in great excitement as Kennedy Iyeh receives the keys to the brand new Ford Ranger from Abiona Babarinde at the ceremony  

          Ford Motor Company has announced the award of $200,000 in funding, part of the Bill Ford Better World Challenge (BFBWC), to support two international projects to improve health and sanitation conditions in India and Mexico. The grants are included in Ford Motor Company Fund’s annual ...

The Jaguar F-PACE performance SUV has added a five-star Euro NCAP rating to its 2017 World Car of the Year title.  The performance SUV, which also won 2017 World Car Design of the Year at the 2017 World Car Awards, scored 93% for adult occupant protection, 85% for child occupant ...