Auto Report Africa

    French automotive giant, Groupe PSA, Monday, anounced a phased shutdown of operations at its production plants across Europe. The carmaker hinged the decision, among others, on the acceleration observed in recent days of serious COVID-19 cases close to some of its production sites, supply disruptions from major suppliers, ...

…Invites real-time questions from the public, to reward best 60 with six-month print, digital subscriptions to TIME magazine   KIA is set to reveal the all-new Sorento to the global audience Thusday, March 19,  via Facebook livestream. The new Sorento will be fully revealed online in European specification, following the cancellation of ...

      The President/CEO of Coscharis Group, Nigeris’s wholly-owned conglomerate , Dr. Cosmas Maduka, has bagged three awards in recognition of his numerous contributions to the growth of commerce and industry in the country. The credible recognitions came recently from three different platforms, honouring  Maduka as an entrepreneur par ...

The 2.4km of tarmac at Pretoria’s Zwartkops Raceway hosted the first battle of the 2020 Polo Cup, now sponsored by famous tuning brand Oettinger. And as with the 23 seasons before this one, the Oettinger Polo Cup did not disappoint, keeping race fans on the edge of their seats. When the ...

  The Above and Beyond collection of men’s and women’s performance clothing and technical equipment has landed in South Africa, inspired by the durability and capability of  the New Defender. Incorporating 50 years of Musto heritage in world-leading performance clothing, the collection includes the Welded Thermo jacket with RECCO integrated ...

… Emerges Lead Settlement Bank, Transaction Adviser The Nigerian agricultural sector is set to witness a huge growth, as Heritage Bank Plc the lead settlement bank for Gezawa Commodity Market (GCMX) has collaborated with key stakeholders to revolutionise agricultural value-chain, aimed at providing fully integrated ecosystem for commodity Exchange. Heritage ...

    Ken Lee is the senior design director for light commercial vehicles (LCVs) at Nissan.  In this encounter, he revealed that he has been fascinated with cars and car design since childhood. Ken, who took the helm of Nissan’s LCV design team six months ago, has been making innovative designs ...

Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) is supporting the national Youth Employment Service (YES) programme, for the second consecutive year, by offering work opportunities to 520 unemployed youth. The group, which began its 12-month employment period penultimate week, is made up  of 141 candidates placed at VWSA, another 194 working for the ...

The news that car sales in China plunged 80 per cent  in February due to the impact of measures to tackle the Coronavirus (Covid-19) is an indication that the increasing health crisis across the globe might alter car market forecasts. David Leggett, Automotive Editor at GlobalData, said: “There are signs that ...

Volvo has announced the cancellation of the customary product exhibition, among others, as part of a highly streamlined programme for its Annual General Meeting scheduled to hold on April 8 . The Swedish automaker also maintained that no food will be served at the AGM as it attributed the streamlining ...