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  Mercedes-Benz recorded a global sales figure of 181,936 units in April and a total of 742,809 in the first four months of the year, with sales from China recording a new high of 232,050 units in the first four months of the year.  The ongoing sales success of the new A-Class ...

  BMW has introduced the 2020 M8 with M Mode and new brake technology. Like in the M5, drivers will be able to select between all- and rear-wheel drive. It was way back on May 27, 2017 when BMW first dropped images of the M8 part of what has turned out to ...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has appointed former Infiniti chairman, Christian Meunier, as the Global President of the Jeep Brand. Meunier also is appointed to the Company’s Group Executive Council (GEC). Meunier’s appointment, according to FCA, is with immediate effect. Meunier  joins  FCA  with  deep  global  automotive  experience,  serving  most  recently  as ...

Kia’s best-selling model, the Sportage SUV, continues to boost the Korean automaker’s sales as Kia Motors said it recorded 227,773 units of global sales for April 2019, a 5.3 percent decrease compared to same period last year. The Sportage SUV led sales for the month with 41,395 units sold globally ...

With sights set on getting a gold label status for the Okpekpe International 10km Road Race next year, organisers of the annual event have announced that MYLAPS Sports Timing, the global automatic sports timing company, will, for the fourth consecutive edition, provide the race with an easy to use, accurate ...

Apparently, many workers did not know that on May 1, 1926, Ford Motor Company adopted a new five-day, 40-hour work week for its factory workers, without a cut in wages, thus allowing them to rest at weekends.  In commemoration of the International  Worker’s Day, we bring you a special message ...

Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday released an emotionally appealing film on the new Mercedes-Benz CLA Coupe, tagged Play by your rules, as the Stuttgart-based luxury carmaker tries to couple the sales release of the new CLA Coupé with this appealing film. Coming ahead of the commencement of global deliveries of the new ...

    Land Rover on Tuesday said the new Defender will be completing a final phase of field testing with Tusk Trust, on location in Kenya. The announcement was made in celebration of the annual World Land Rover Day, which is celebrated on 30 April every year,  to mark the ...

  Groupe Renault, the market leader of vans and electric light commercial vehicles in Europe, has revealed  four new models, namely New Renault MASTER, New Renault TRAFIC, New Renault ALASKAN and KANGOO Z.E. Concept. The new models were revealed to the media at a special press conference in what Groupe Renault ...

A new Tiger Wheel & Tyre fitment centre has opened in Borrowdale, a suburb of Harare, the capital of  Zimbabwe. The new centre, situated at the corner of Dornie and Borrowdale Roads,  promises to give vehicle owners access to the world’s biggest wheel and tyre brands, along with award-winning service ...