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Despite the emission scandal rocking its operations which led to the exit of its CEO, Martin Winterkorn, German automaker, Volkswagen, has displaced Japanese carmaker, Toyota, as the No.1 carmaker in the world, selling 10.31 million vehicles in 2016 than the 10.175 million vehicles reported on Monday by Toyota. According to ...

  FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 25, 2017 – As one of Kelley Blue Book’s “10 Coolest Cars under $18,000” in 2016, a new Value Edition comes to the hippest small car on the market for the 2017 model year. At just $21,350, the Veloster Value Edition with a standard 6-speed ...

Volkswagen line of trucks and buses developed in Brazil and distributed to over 30 countries in Latin America, Africa and Middle East will have a new investment cycle in the amount of R$1.5 billion, the biggest in history. In addition to new products directed at developing countries, the brand will ...

Volvo Cars, the global premium mobility company, has expressed confidence that 2017 will just be another great record year for it in terms of sales. The confidence of a great year ahead follows the sales record it broke in 2016 when it reported a third consecutive year of record sales , increasing ...

Mercedes-AMG appears set to take the dynamic driving limits of the most powerful E‑Class of all time to a completely new level. A real performance saloon, the new generation E-Class is coming in  three models – E 63 4MATIC+, E 63 S 4MATIC+ and E 63 S 4MATIC+ “Edition 1”- and will be available at dealerships ...

  Indications have emerged on the reason the Confédération of African Football (CAF), organisers of the Africa Cup of Nations, ordered 16 MAN Lion’s Coaches for the 2017 tournament currently going on in Gabon. #AutoReportAfrica gathered that the buses which had since been delivered and are presently being deployed as team ...

Kenya  appears set to ensure that its Chinese funded rail line between its capital,  Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa, is inaugurated not later than June. The 472-kilometre railway is 90 per cent funded by Chinese Exim Bank and the inauguration  is scheduled for June 2017. The project will cost ...

Toyota is bringing three Mirai fuel cell electric cars (FCEVs) to Canada as the Mirai awareness campaign kicked off last weekend at the 2017 Montréal International Auto Show. The move by the Japanese car maker is in continuation of its hydrogen-powered future awareness campaign, which would be followed by other major ...

Nigeria, Jan. 16, 2017 – With most smartphone owners saying they use navigation apps while driving, Ford Motor Company is introducing new SYNC® AppLink™ capability that will project navigation apps directly from a smartphone to the vehicle touch screen. Sygic Car Navigation is first to take advantage of the new ...

Robin van Rensburg is starting the year 2017 on a good note with his appointment as the new CEO and MD of Fiat Group Automobiles South Africa (Pty) Ltd . Fiat Group Automobiles South Africa (Pty) Ltd is the sole importer of Fiat, Fiat Professional, Abarth and Alfa Romeo brands ...