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September 28, 2019 No Responses

Volkswagen Faces First Mass Diesel Lawsuit

Volkswagen will face a German court Monday, as hundreds of thousands of owners of manipulated diesel cars demand compensation four years after the country’s largest post-war industrial scandal erupted.The first hearing in what is likely to be a grinding, years-long...

September 27, 2019 No Responses

Toyota Partners GAC, FAW On Hydrogen Fuel Cars

Toyota Motor plans to launch hydrogen fuel-cell car models with its China partners Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) and FAW Group , as the Japanese automaker tries to boost its presence in the world’s biggest auto market.Toyota will also equip GAC...

September 27, 2019 No Responses

Auto Report Africa Seals Exclusive Distribution Deal With Cartar Australia

Auto Report Africa, the leading online automotive news reporting platform for Africa, has sealed a new marketing partnership deal with Cartar Australia for exclusive distribution of Cartar Mobile Lifts in Nigeria and Ghana, with future plans for the larger Wes...

September 26, 2019 No Responses

TVS Expands Network

TVA Motor Company on Wednesday entered into a new distribution partnership with Al Yousuf MC; a subsidiary of Al Yousuf LLC, in the United Arab Emirates to expand presence in the region.The new showroom is the first of its kind...

September 25, 2019 No Responses

Nissan Recalls 1.3m Vehicles

Japanese Auto maker, Nissan is recalling 1.3 million vehicles mainly in the United States and Canada to fix a problem with the backup camera displays.The recall covers the 2018 and 2019 Nissan Altima, Frontier, Kicks, Leaf, Maxima, Murano, NV, NV200,...

September 24, 2019 No Responses

Controversy Trails GM CEO’s $22m Salary

September 21, 2019 No Responses

Tata Motors Targets More Manufacturing Units In Africa

The head of commercial vehicles, Tata Motors International Business, Rudrarup Maitra has described South Africa as “strategically extremely important” to grow Tata’s footprint in the African continent. Speaking during the unveil...

September 19, 2019 No Responses

Innoson Joins Competition In Pick Up Segment

Innoson has joined ongoing competition in the Pick-Up segment in the Nigerian market.The company recently supplied 100 units to the Enugu state government Conducting Journalists round the vehicles in Enugu, the state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, explained tha...

September 12, 2019 No Responses

New Land Rover Defender Debuts

Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) manufacturer, Land Rover has unveiled the new-generation Defender that comes with a completely redesigned appearance. Based on the D7x architecture, the SUV is claimed to be capable of to withstand extreme road and weather co...

September 7, 2019 No Responses

Peugeot Restructures Joint Venture

Peugeot automaker, PSA Group and its Chinese partner Dongfeng Group have concluded a plan to restructure their joint venture operations, slashing costs in the short term and aiming to boost annual sales to 400,000 vehicles by 2025. Dongfeng Peugeot...

September 6, 2019 No Responses

New Mercedes-Benz CLA Debuts In Nigeria

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Weststar Associates Limited, authorized General Distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria has announced the arrival of the all-new CLA. Building on the success of the first generation CLA, which sold o...

September 4, 2019 No Responses

AU Condemns South Africa Violence

A senior official of the African Union (AU) has condemned the xenophobic violence in South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, saying the businessmen who suffered economic losses should get “justice”. Dozens of people were arrested on ...

August 30, 2019 No Responses

Renault, Nissan Seal Traffic Data Collection Alliance

Renault NissanTechnology and Business Centre India (RNTBCI) has joined hands with International Centre for Automotive Technology of India (ICAT) for collecting in-depth data of road accidents. The project will facilitate scientific data-driven approach towards...

August 17, 2019 No Responses

BMW To Staff: Narrow Sales Gap With Mercedes

BMW’s new chief executive, Oliver Zipse urged employees to embrace change and to find innovative ways to help the Bavarian carmaker overtake rival Mercedes at a time when demand for luxury carsis waning. According to Reuters, Oliver Zipse addressed staff...