NORTH AFRICA

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 ...

The Volkswagen Group has signed a joint venture agreement with its Algerian distributor, SOVAC , for the establishment of a Volkswagen assembly plant in the North African country. The deal is for a joint venture company, SOVAC Production S.P.A, that would ensure that a local assembly to be located in ...

MAN has opened three new dealerships in Morocco. The new MAN dealerships are located in Agadir, Nador and Tangier. The opening of the new dealerships came as MAN appears set to continue its winning streak in Morocco with the sales of its trucks rising sharply in the past two years. ...

  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 ...

 The 2017 Dodge Challenger has earned a five-star overall safety rating from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Five stars is the highest rating in the regulatory agency’s vehicle-evaluation programme. Excited at the new rating, Head of Vehicle Safety and Regulatory Compliance, FCA North America, Mike Dahl, said: “This proves ...

Opel has unfolded plans to launch a model offensive , appropriately tagged “7 in 17”, with  seven premieres in 2017 across all its vehicle categories. Never in its long history – automobile production since 1899! – has Opel had so many new models in a single calendar year. The “7 in ...