VINTAGE CARS

Flaunt it if you’ve got  it! That, exactly, is what the chairman of Renault-Nissan Alliance, Carlos Ghosn, is doing right now. Moreso, that he knows quite well that figures don’t lie. Ghosn, who also serves as the CEO of Renault, is seriously flaunting the leadership position of Renault-Nissan Alliance when ...

…As Auto Finance scheme with Jaiz Bank excites PAN Nigeria Limited, the Kaduna-based assemblers and distributors of Peugeot vehicles, will soon be restored to its past glorious days. The Managing Director, PAN Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Ibrahim Boyi, gave the promise recently in Abuja when he led the management of the ...

...Seeks review of Auto Policy to meet current realities The Managing Director of KIA Motors Nigeria, Jacky Hathiramani, has applauded the recent appointment of Mr. Jelani Aliyu as the Director-General of National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC). He described Aliyu, whose appointment has also been  hailed by all key ...

As dads all over the world look forward to celebrating Father’s Day this Sunday, June 18, 2017, Ford Motor Company of Sub-Saharan Africa highlights four reasons why the Ford Ranger is the perfect vehicle for dads who want tough, rugged pickup that will also keep their family safe. Ford says ...

After two successful years with electric buses on route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the partners in the ElectriCity venture have decided to expand electric bus operations in the city. In June next year, two electrically powered high capacity buses will start operating on route 16. At the same time, plans ...

Kia Motors Corporation has expressed confidence in the Ethiopian economy, which recently overtook that of Kenya to emerge as the economic powerhouse of  East Africa. On Thursday, at a ceremony in the Lideta area of Addis Ababa, the nation’s capital,  the Korean carmaker opened a new community-run auto mechanic training ...

South Africa has opened its first Quick Lane Tyre & Auto Centre in Silverton, Pretoria, thus joining over 1, 018 Quick Lane Tyre and Auto Centres worldwide, and more than 18  other countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Ethiopia and Uganda. Quick Lane ...

A fresh market offensive that will target urban youths in Nigeria with specialised products is in the works at PAN, the Kaduna-based assemblers of Peugeot range of vehicles. AUTO REPORT AFRICA reliably gathered that the move is in line with one of the growth plans of the company to woo ...

Despite General Motors (GM)’s planned exit from the South African market, German car brand, Opel, on Wednesday unveiled its growth plan for the market, expressing total commitment to the country in which it has been operating for more than eight decades. At a media briefing in Johannesburg, Opel, which has ...

…Invites Automotive Council boss to its assembly plant in Lagos The Stallion Group Nigeria said it would have not less than 30 percent local content in its buses and trucks with local components from plastics, rubber, fibre and petrochemicals if the local components makers were able to upscale the quality ...