Category: Auto

Mercedes-Benz, Geely Float $780m Joint Venture
January 9, 2020 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz, Geely Float $780m Joint Venture

Mercedes-Benz has partnered with Geely, the owner of Volvo to form a joint venture company identified as  Smart Automobile Company  that will produce electric vehicles from 2022.  According to Agency Reports, Both companies will invest $388.77 million in the Joint...
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Rolls Royce Delivers 5,152 Cars In 2019, Highest In 116 Years
January 8, 2020 No Responses

Rolls Royce Delivers 5,152 Cars In 2019, Highest In 116 Years

British luxury car manufacturer Rolls Royce sold 5,152 units of cars in 2019, up 25% from the previous year, when it retailed 4,107 units. The automaker in a statement explained that this  was the highest sales in its 116-year history....
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Kia Appoints Tae-Jin Park As Executive Director, Chief Sales officer
January 8, 2020 No Responses

Kia Appoints Tae-Jin Park As Executive Director, Chief Sales officer

South Korean car manufacturer Kia Motors on Tuesday announced the appointment of Tae-Jin Park as Executive Director & Chief Sales Officer for the India market.  Park will be responsible for driving Kia Motors’ Sales, Marketing, Service and Network D...
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Daimler Recalls 744,000 Mercedes-Benz Vehicles
January 6, 2020 No Responses

Daimler Recalls 744,000 Mercedes-Benz Vehicles

Citing faulty sunroof glass panel, German automaker, Daimler AG is to recall  744,000 Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the United States from the 2001 through 2011 model years The large recall covers more two dozen vehicles from C-Class, CLK-Class, CLS-Class and...
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Kia Delivers 45,294 Seltos in Five Months
January 4, 2020 No Responses

Kia Delivers 45,294 Seltos in Five Months

Between August and December 2019, Kia Motors India sold not less than 45,294 units of the new Seltos Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).   For the month of December, the carmaker sold 4,713 units. With 14,005 units sold in November 2019,...
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2019: A Year Of Downsizing For Auto Markets
December 31, 2019 No Responses

2019: A Year Of Downsizing For Auto Markets

If global automotive manufacturing were its own country, it would be the sixth largest economy in the world, a technical job-placement firm, Fircroft, declared  in one of  its report on the industry.   This finding was made in 2017, when...
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Hyundai To Showcase Flying Car Concept In 2020
December 31, 2019 No Responses

Hyundai To Showcase Flying Car Concept In 2020

Hyundai Motor will showcase the Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) concept at the CES 2020 as part of the brand’s future mobility vision. This is going to be the automaker’s first flying car concept which aims to be a part of...
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Kia Wins 2019 Car Of The Year Award
December 29, 2019 No Responses

Kia Wins 2019 Car Of The Year Award

Kia has won two 2019 Women’s World Car of the Year awards – the Kia XCeed won the ‘Urban Car Award’, while the Kia e-Soul picked up the ‘Green Car Award’.  A statement explained that Kia was the only manufacturer...
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Kia To Unveil Seltos EV In 2020
December 26, 2019 No Responses

Kia To Unveil Seltos EV In 2020

South Korean carmaker, Kia Motors is to launch a battery-electric version of the Kia Seltos in  2020.  Already, Kia Seltos has grabbed many eyeballs in the Indian market.  The company has delivered more than 40,000 units of the SUV since...
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Jaguar Land Rover Acquires Bowler
December 21, 2019 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover Acquires Bowler

Jaguar Land Rover’s special vehicle division has acquired the all-terrain performance specialist Bowler.  According to JLR, the development will bring low-volume production techniques and extreme durability. Founded in 1985, the Derbyshire-based veh...
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STALLION MOTORS WINS AUTO AWARDS IN NIGERIA
December 19, 2019 No Responses

STALLION MOTORS WINS AUTO AWARDS IN NIGERIA

Stallion Motors has been conferred with four prestigious awards by The Nigerian Auto Journalists Association (NAJA).  NAJA awards are the most recognized and mentioned of all car awards in Nigeria. The association hands out a multitude of awards in a...
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BUHARI WELCOMES PROPOSAL BY HYUNDAI TO SET UP CAR PLANT IN NIGERIA
December 18, 2019 No Responses

BUHARI WELCOMES PROPOSAL BY HYUNDAI TO SET UP CAR PLANT IN NIGERIA

Nigeria will collaborate with and support Hyundai Engineering Company Limited to set up a car plant, and also rehabilitate petroleum refineries, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.  Receiving the President/Chief Executive Officer of Hyundai Engineering, ...
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Skoda Delivers 109,000 Units In November
December 13, 2019 No Responses

Skoda Delivers 109,000 Units In November

Czech automaker Skoda’s global delivery in November went down marginally to 109,000 units, a drop of 1 per cent from November 2018, when it recorded 110,100 units. The automaker registered 1,300 deliveries in the Indian market, down 8.1 per cent...
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Mercedes-Benz Increases Price, Unveils New GLA Crossover
December 12, 2019 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz Increases Price, Unveils New GLA Crossover

German luxury carmaker, Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday announced that it will increase the price of its cars in India by up to 3 per cent from January 2020.  Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz said its second-generation GLA entry-level crossover is getting a beefier en...
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