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MINI Choses Los Angeles Auto Show for US Premiere of Electric Concept

MINI Cooper 3-door         MINI has once again chosen the Los Angeles Auto Show to stage its vision of future mobility MINI-style with the US premiere of the MINI Electric Concept. MINI’s appearance at the Los Angeles Auto Show 2017 which opens on Friday will focus on ...

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Heritage Bank Extends Agency Banking Frontiers to Ogijo

Heritage Bank Plc has registered its presence in Ogijo in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State with the commissioning of Dunmop Ventures as agent banking partner under the financial inclusion policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) designed to bring banking services to the under-banked in Nigeria. ...

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Mercedes-Benz Launches Pilot Project to Test On-demand Delivery of e-Commerce Orders

…As Drone Landed Several Times Successfully in Zurich In a global first, online orders were delivered in Zurich between 25 September and 13 October with the aid of Vans & Drones. In partnership with Matternet and siroop.ch, Mercedes-Benz carried out a unique pilot project to test on-demand delivery of e-commerce orders – and it was ...

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WesBank Partners Haval Motors on Auto Finance Scheme

WesBank, a division of First Rand Bank Limited, has concluded an agreement with Haval Motors South Africa to provide finance products for the brand’s expanding customer base in South Africa. The Chinese vehicle manufacturer Great Wall Motors (GWM) has traded in South Africa since 2007 and the brand has grown ...

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Alfa Romeo Giulia named Motor Trend’s 2018 Car of the Year

Motor Trend magazine has named the Alfa Romeo Giulia as its 2018 Car of the Year®, best representing exceptional value, superiority in its class and impact on the automotive scene. Motor Trend’s Car of the Year programme is open to any all-new or substantially upgraded 2017 model year vehicles. Rather than ...

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New Crossland X Gives Opel Powerful Presence in the B-SUV Segment

With the introduction of the new Crossland X, Opel now has a powerful presence in the B-SUV segment, the fastest-growing part of the South African local market which has seen volumes tripling in the last four years. The Crossland X will be a great addition complementing the MOKKA X. The ...

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BMW Group Splashes 200 million Euros on Battery Cell Competence Centre

    The BMW Group has continued to focus on the implementation of its electro-mobility strategy, with the company concentrating all its technological expertise relating to battery cells at a new competence centre. Klaus Fröhlich, member of the BMW AG Board of Management, responsible for Research and Development, and Oliver Zipse, ...

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Ford Wildlife Foundation Boosts WESSA Schools Programme with New Ford Ranger

  The Ford Wildlife Foundation (FWF) has boosted the efforts of the WESSA Schools Programme with the donation of  a new Ford Ranger to the  Programme. The WESSA Schools Programme facilitates transformation in schools through innovative programmes that offer project-based learning. The handover forms part of Ford Motor Company of ...

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Speed Stars Cruises to an Exciting Final Celebrity Pairing with Jena and Jesse

Jenna Ward Speed Stars on Ignition, DSTV 189 is sure to rev up to an exciting climax this Monday at 01:00  as the final celebrity pairing of the season: Jesse Clegg and Jenna Ward reaches its final day following an action-packed weekend performances by the two celebrities. There is no ...

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Volvo’s First Ever Compact Premium SUV Rolls off Production Line in Belgium

  Volvo has started the production of its first-ever compact premium SUV at its plant in Ghent, Belgium, as the first customer-bound XC40 compact SUV has rolled off the production line. Already, over 13, 000 orders of the XC 40 have been received globally and the first XC40 customers can ...

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