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With strong sales of the new E-Class Saloon and Estate last month; as the models attained growth of around 40 per cent to a new best-ever figure, Mercedes-Benz is poised to maintaining its strong pace shortly before year-end, achieving double-digit growth in unit sales once again in November. And with ...

All is set for the all-new, fifth-generation Lexus LS flagship sedan  to make a global debut at the 2017 North American International Auto Show next month. Coming 28 years after the LS 400 made a historic debut in 1989 in Detroit thus heralding the birth of the Lexus brand, the ...

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, Thursday announced that the all-new Subaru Impreza has been named 2016-2017 Car of the Year Japan. The company said this is the second time Subaru has been awarded the honor, following the Legacy’s win in 2003. “Based on the Subaru ...

Ford has officially unveiled the South African-built model of Everest with its launch on November 28. The launch of the Everest built at the Ford Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria was attended by auto journalists from across Africa . The official unveiling pointed to the fact that Everest is set ...

Stuttgart / Graz, Austria – The twenty thousandth Mercedes-Benz G-Class has left the Magna Steyr production line in Graz, Austria – a white Mercedes-AMG G63 (combined fuel consumption 13.8 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 322 g/km). It is the first time that this volume has been achieved in one year. ...

(SEOUL) December 5, 2016 – Kia Motors Corporation announced today its November 2016 global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 283,660 units sold. This figure represents a 9.1% year-on-year increase compared to the same month ...

Ford Tuesday announced that the multi-award-winning 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine is to be offered with innovative cylinder deactivation technology for further reduced CO2 emissions and improved fuel efficiency. The automaker said its compact and powerful 1.0-litre EcoBoost will in early 2018 become the first three-cylinder engine in the world to ...

  Subaru is surely going big and is joining the SUV segment of the market soon. The 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show has therefore provided an opportunity for Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, to unveil the Subaru VIZIV-7 SUV Concept. VIZIV is a name derived ...

Mazda Motor Corporation has unveiled the all-new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV. The fully redesigned model, which refines every element of Mazda’s design and technology to offer new dimensions of driving pleasure, will be launched in Japan in February and is expected to launch in Southern Africa mid-2017. The slogan for ...

President of Ford’s Middle East and Africa, Jacques Brent, Thursday, visited Nigeria for the first time. Brent, who was in Lagos for the media launch of the 2016 Ford Edge, was accompanied on the trip by top Ford Africa officials, including Rob Johnston, Regional Manager – Sales, Marketing, Parts and ...