NORTH AFRICA

  Drivers are spending more time in their cars than ever and with this, the car starts to have a lot of stuff in it – mobile phones, pens, sunglasses, wallets, tissues, and lose change.  Clutter, like cans and plastic bottles may look innocent enough, but when the car is in motion ...

Team De Rooy came top, winning the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions in the Truck Class of the Rallye OiLibya Maroc, which ended recently, using the standard Goodyear truck tyres.  The Team De Rooy Iveco Powerstar 4×4 of Federico Villagra, Adrian Yacopini and Ricardo Torlaschi not only won the Truck ...

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has rolled out the 100 millionth Honda Super Cub series motorcycle and has celebrated the global production milestone with a commemorative ceremony attended by President and CEO, Takahiro Hachigo, at its Kumamoto Factory, Japan, where the Super Cub is produced.  Mass production of the first-generation Super ...

The delay by the Egyptian Parliament in passing the country’s  Automotive Directive into law may be holding back a lot of investments into the country’s auto sector. The Automotive Directive is an auto development strategy draft aimed at opening the country’s auto sector to investments with mouth-watering incentives for local ...

  The group CIO at GE Global, Anthony Thomas (Tony), has been named the Chief Information Officer by Nissan. Thomas, who is expected to assume the duties of CVP, CIO (chief information officer), Global IS/IT Nissan on Oct. 23, 2017, will be based at Nissan’s headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, and ...

Kia Motors Corporation has announced its September 2017 global sales figures for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, saying it recorded total sales of 252,254 units.  In a statement issued this Tuesday, the Korean carmaker said in September, domestic market sales totaled 48,019 units, representing an increase of 25.4% ...

For the third year in a row, Hyundai has maintained its position as one of the world’s 40 most valuable brands, according to the latest Best Global Brands report from Interbrand, the respected international consultancy.  The Korean carmaker retained its place as the world’s 35th most valuable brand and 6th ...

  With sales of 220,894 vehicles in September, Mercedes-Benz said it posted its 55th record month in succession. And with 1,717,300 cars delivered to customers since the beginning of the year,  11.7% more than in the same period of last year, the past three months were the best third quarter ...

Though there is a measure of panic in several countries, such as Germany, the United Kingdom and France, over the calls by politicians seeking to ban the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines (ICE) within the next couple of decades , Vincent Vallette, Export Manager of Mahle, one of ...

 • Emerges fourth biggest automotive brand   Honda is now one of the world’s top 20 brands, according to research by Interbrand in its latest ‘Best Global Brands’ study. Honda has moved up by 3% to be ranked as the 20th most valuable brand in the world. Interbrand puts its value ...