TYRES / AUTO PARTS

  Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, celebrates the 50th anniversary of its horizontally-opposed “Boxer” engine this year. Subaru’s signature Boxer engine was first introduced on the Subaru 1000 compact passenger car on May 14, 1966. The origins of the Boxer engine trace their roots back to ...

Foremost Ford dealership in Nigeria, Coscharis Motors, has reiterated its commitment to the Ford ideals, especially in the area of After-sales service delivery. The company said as the foremost automobile dealer and representatives of Ford Motor Corporation in Nigeria, it will render to its customers across the country all the ...

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, is to flag-off a special National Campaign on tyres which will involve free safety checks on tyres, as well as consultation on safe use of tyres. The campaign is coming as a Stakeholders’ forum on tyres being organised ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Thursday insisted that excessive speeding and sudden tyre burst led to the recent fatal accident which claimed the lives of six medical doctors from Ekiti State and their driver along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. It revealed that the right rear tyre, a Bridgestone brand manufactured ...

The campaign by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for the use of speed limiting device in vehicles operating in the country has received a big boost. This is as the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, Wednesday in Enugu, commissioned 300 factory-fitted Hummer Buses with the devices into ...

Continental Tyre said on Wednesday that it is embarking on a growth strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa with the official launch of a new legal entity in Ghana. The new division, Continental Tyre West Africa, according to a statement obtained by AUTO REPORT AFRICA, focuses the company’s efforts on developing the ...

Tyre manufacturing giant, Continental Tyre, said on Monday that it would be expanding its presence in West Africa with the launch of a new legal entity for the region, based in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, on Wednesday, 20 April 2016. Explaining the motive of the new entity in a ...

Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (SRSA) is boosting the second phase of its investment recently launched in that country with a R2 billion investment to upgrade and expand its Dunlop tyre manufacturing plant at Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal province. The investment , according to a statement, is a catalyst for both socio-economic and ...

Tiger Wheel & Tyre has announced the launch of the new Turn 1(TM) range of automotive batteries, which is now available at Tiger Wheel & Tyre outlets throughout South Africa. “This new product line represents both an extension of the Turn 1(TM) brand as well as an expansion of Tiger Wheel & Tyre’s automotive ...

Nitrogen tyre inflation is one of the many services offered by Tiger Wheel & Tyre. This practice, which is common in the motor racing and aircraft industries, will increase vehicle safety as well as benefit everyday motorists financially. Optimal handling, performance and safety are every motorist’s goal and can only ...