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October 9, 2018 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover To Shutdown Plant As Demand Drops

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is planning a two week shutdown of its Solihull plant at the end of October. Britain’s biggest carmaker blamed weakening global demand, especially in China, and has faced falling diesel sales in recent months. JLR said...

October 5, 2018 No Responses

Honda Votes $2.8b For Self-Driving Car Unit

Honda is to invest $2.75bn (£2.1bn) and take a stake in General Motors’ self-driving unit, GM Cruise, as firms continue to team up in the race to develop autonomous vehicles. The Japanese carmaker said it wanted to develop a self-driving...

October 4, 2018 No Responses

GAC Unveils GS5 Crossover SUV, Delivers 500,000 Vehicles In 15 Countries

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – As part of its ongoing expansion drive, GAC Motor has unveiled new GS5 crossover Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). Already, GAC has commenced recruitment drive for staff in vehicle engineering, process and technology, ...

October 3, 2018 No Responses

NAJA Elects New Exco

The Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) has elected new executive members to run the affairs of the group for a 3-year tenure. In a keenly contested election of the 24 member association drawn from the print, electronic and online media...

September 29, 2018 No Responses

Coscharis Begins Customer Service Week, Explains Discount For Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, Ford, Rolls Royce, Others

By Moses Ebosele, citybusinessnews@yahoo.com – Coscharis Motors customer-service activities is to hold from Monday, October 1, 2018 to Friday, October 5, 2018 at all branches nationwide. The company explained on Friday that the special service titled...

September 27, 2018 No Responses

Daimler, Mercedes-Benz Owner Gets First Non-German Boss

Daimler, the German car maker that owns Mercedes-Benz, will be run by a non-German for the first time as from 2019. Dieter Zetsche, 65, will be replaced by Ola Kaellenius, a 49-year-old Swede, as chief executive in a succession...

September 25, 2018 No Responses

All-New Kia Cerato Debuts December In Nigeria

Unveiled at the 2018 New York International Auto Show in Manhattan, United States of America, the All-new Kia Cerato is to debuts in Nigeria towards the end of this year. The new Cereto according to its manufacturer has made...

September 24, 2018 No Responses

Porsche Stops Production Of Diesel Cars

The German carmaker Porsche says it will stop making diesel cars, and concentrate on petrol, electric and hybrid engines instead. It follows a 2015 scandal in which its parent company, Volkswagen, admitted it had cheated emissions tests for diesel engines....

September 21, 2018 No Responses

Coscharis Jaguar Land Rover Partners Coca-Cola Road To Mauritius Golf Open

Coscharis Jaguar Land Rover was recently at the grand finale edition of the Road to Mauritius golf event organised by Coca-Cola Nigeria. Also at the event held at Ikoyi Golf Club, Lagos were latest Jaguar Land Rover variants – the...

September 11, 2018 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz Exceeds 1.5m Sales Units In Eight Months

Mercedes-Benz delivered 1,512,268 vehicles to customers worldwide in the first eight months of this year, thus setting a new record (+1.1%). Never before in the company’s history were sales of 1.5 million vehicles achieved earlier in the year. Mercedes-Be...

September 11, 2018 No Responses

Investors Drag Volkswagen To Court Over €9B Diesel Damages

Volkswagen has gone on trial in Germany in what is the first court case against the carmaker over the diesel scandal. Investors are pursuing VW for about €9.2bn (£8.2bn) in damages, claiming the company should have come clean sooner...

September 9, 2018 No Responses

BMW Gets Voice-Activated Digital Assistant

Beginning in March 2019, select new BMWs will have a digital co-pilot onboard. The German luxury brand announced Thursday the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant will help drivers and passengers with a host of functions in the car. The Intelligent...

September 5, 2018 No Responses

Volvo Penta To Introduce Electric Power In 2021

With the aim of becoming a driving force in sustainable power solutions, Volvo Penta is going full charge into hybrid and all-electric drivelines, offering electrified solutions in both its marine and industrial segments by 2021. Volvo Penta has issued a...

September 4, 2018 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz Vito Sustain Position As Top Contender In Mid-Size Van Segment In Nigeria

Since its debuts in 2014, the current Mercedes-Benz Vito has continued to position itself as a pacesetter in the mid-size van segment in Nigeria. The mid-size van, born from Mercedes-Benz’s boldest genes has become an active part of the ‘Mercedes-Benz...