Category: Auto

Top Gear Names Kona Electric Best Small Family Car
April 23, 2020 No Responses

Top Gear Names Kona Electric Best Small Family Car

Kona Electric has been acknowledged as the Best Small Family Car in the inaugural TopGear Electric Awards, after it completed a 1,600-kilometers road trip across 9 European countries.  A statement explained that Hyundai Motor’s fully electric SUV was not only...
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Toyota South African Projects 15-20% Drop In Production, Explains Zero Sales In April
April 23, 2020 No Responses

Toyota South African Projects 15-20% Drop In Production, Explains Zero Sales In April

The president and Chief Executive Officer of South African unit of Toyota, Andrew Kirby, on Wednesday projected between 15-20 per cent drop in production in 2020.   Kirby told a virtual media briefing that Toyota South Africa, which produces between...
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JLR Introduces Plug-In Hybrid Technology To Range Rover Evoque, Discovery Sport
April 23, 2020 No Responses

JLR Introduces Plug-In Hybrid Technology To Range Rover Evoque, Discovery Sport

Jaguar Land Rover has introduced new plug-in hybrid technology to Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport. The company explained on Wednesday that the latest plug-in hybrid system can switch to an electric-only mode for shorter rides. Also, this...
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Auto Journalists Mourns Anumudu, Globe Motors Chairman
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Auto Journalists Mourns Anumudu, Globe Motors Chairman

The Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) has received with shock, the news of the death of William Anumudu, Chairman/CEO of Globe Motors Holdings Limited, one of the biggest automobile franchise owners including Mercedes, Toyota, Hyundai and the Higer b...
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Bridgestone To Suspend Operations In Eleven Plants
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Bridgestone To Suspend Operations In Eleven Plants

Japanese tyremaker,  Bridgestone Corp is to suspend operations at its 11 domestic plants, including 8 tyre factories, from late April to early May to cope with dwindling demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.The world’s biggest tyrem...
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Uwatse Mourns Anumudu, Commiserates With Family, Friends
April 21, 2020 No Responses

Uwatse Mourns Anumudu, Commiserates With Family, Friends

The Chairman, Weststar Associates Limited, authorized General Distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria,  Benson Uwatse has  condoled with the family and friends of William Anumudu, who died on Tuesday at the age of 6...
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Cross River Test-Runs Cable-Car
April 20, 2020 No Responses

Cross River Test-Runs Cable-Car

In a bid to revive the Obudu Ranch Resort, the Government of Cross River has carried out repairs and maintenance of the cable-car at the resort. Mr Bobby Ekpeyong, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Obudu Ranch Resort, during...
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Jaguar Land Rover Reports Drop In Sales
April 20, 2020 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover Reports Drop In Sales

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reported a 12.1 per cent decline in retail sales at 5,08,659 units for the financial year 2019-20.  The company in a statement explained that total retail sales in the fourth quarter of the previous financial...
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Ford Declares $2b Loss, Drop In Q1 Sales
April 18, 2020 No Responses

Ford Declares $2b Loss, Drop In Q1 Sales

Ford Motor Co on Friday estimated first-quarter loss of $2 billion and said it would tap debt markets to shore up its cash reserves as the coronavirus outbreak halted production and pummeled vehicles sales. According to Agency Reports, the number...
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Toyota To Cut Production As Coronavirus Squeezes Demand
April 17, 2020 No Responses

Toyota To Cut Production As Coronavirus Squeezes Demand

Toyota Motor Corporation is cut production of finished vehicles by 40 percent in Japan in May as demand shrinks around the world because of the coronavirus pandemic. The measures, which will cut production to 79,000 vehicles for the month, include...
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Hyundai Restarts Car Plants In Russia, Czech Republic
April 17, 2020 No Responses

Hyundai Restarts Car Plants In Russia, Czech Republic

Hyundai Motor has resumed  operations at Eurasian plants shut down for weeks as a precaution against the spread of the novel coronavirus. The South Korean automaker restarted its Russian assembly plant in St. Petersburg followed by reboot of the factory.....
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Volkswagen Cuts 2020 Forecast As Turnover Drop By $60b In Q1
April 16, 2020 No Responses

Volkswagen Cuts 2020 Forecast As Turnover Drop By $60b In Q1

Germany’s Volkswagen (VW) on Thursday said it would not meet its 2020 forecasts, after the group saw turnover fall to 55 billion euros (or 60 billion dollars) in the first quarter, down from 60 billion euros a year ago. According...
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Suzuki Suspends Production Till Further Notice
April 16, 2020 No Responses

Suzuki Suspends Production Till Further Notice

Japanese car manufacturer, Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited (SMG) India  has suspended production of cars till further notice.  Citing latest government directive on the COVID-19, the company explained that it will be extending the suspension of ...
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VW To Resume Production In South Africa May, April 20 In Germany
April 16, 2020 No Responses

VW To Resume Production In South Africa May, April 20 In Germany

Volkswagen on Wednesday said factories producing cars for its core brand in Zwickau, Germany and Bratislava, Slovakia will resume production starting on April 20, with other locations ramping up plants starting from April 27 onwards.  Meanwhile, factories...
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