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The boldly designed Telluride is set to unveil at the 2016 North American International Auto Show which opened this week in Detroit as Kia pushes the boundaries of technology and luxury with unique in-cabin health-and-wellness technology. The concept highlights Kia’s first use of 3D-printed components, which add a distinct, modern ...

General Motors South Africa (GMSA) finished 2015 off on a strong note, posting the best sales results of the year for Chevrolet, Opel and Isuzu, a statement issued in Port Elizabeth has said. According to the statement obtained by AUTO REPORT AFRICA, in December, GMSA sold a total of 5 231 ...

As part of its transformation into an auto and mobility company, Ford said it would be introducing FordPass® – a platform that reimagines the relationship between the automaker and the consumer, stressing that FordPass aims to do for car owners what iTunes did for music fans. Ford said the platform,which would ...

Volkswagen’s new CEO, Matthias Mueller, has defended the company in the face of a worldwide emissions scandal and massive potential fines. ‘We are not a criminal brand or group,’ Mueller said Sunday night at a pre-event media conference for the Detroit auto show, ahead of his meeting with the Environment ...

Disturbed by the trend of road traffic crashes and fatality attributed to speeding, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) as the Lead Government Agency saddled with the responsibility of Road Traffic Management in Nigeria said it would begin pre-enforcement patrols for the implementation of the use of speed limiting device ...

 German automotive manufacturer, Daimler AG, said on Wednesday that the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is the world’s first standard-production vehicle to be awarded a test licence for autonomous driving in the US state of Nevada. The company, which also scored a world first through this feat, and also in time for ...

Kia Motors Corporation announced on Thursday its 2015 full-year global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of -2,916,118 units sold. This figure, according to a statement issued in Seoul, Korea, represents a 0.3% ...

(Olaolu Olusina, Lagos) For three days last November, stakeholders in the Nigerian lubricants sector converged on Lagos, the commercial capital of the country, to brainstorm on the way forward for the lube market in Africa’s largest economy and the most populous black nation in the world. The occasion was the ...

Kia Motors said on Wednesday that it would reveal a new concept car on January 11 at the 2016 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Conceived at the Korean automaker’s California design studio, the concept, according to a statement issued in Seoul, offers an abundance of advanced technology – including ...

Kia Motors Wednesday unveiled its new sub-brand, tagged ‘DRIVE WISE’, to encompass its future Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. DRIVE WISE, according to a statement obtained by AUTO REPORT AFRICA, embodies Kia’s philosophy to realise intelligently safe vehicles featuring Kia’s ...