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January 4, 2017 No Responses

Dakar 2017: Team Toyota wins opening stage

(Wheels 24)-It was a picture perfect start for Toyota Gazoo Racing SA, as Nasser Al-Attiyah and navigator Mathieu Baumel (#301) triumphed in the opening stage of the race, a 26th stage victory for Al-Attiyah on the Dakar Rally. Giniel de...

January 3, 2017 No Responses

Volkswagen dethrones Volvo as best-selling car in Sweden

Sweden’s best-selling car in 2016 was not a Volvo – the first year that has happened in more than half a century. Instead the Volkswagen Golf topped sales, according to the country’s carmakers association. The Golf made up 5.9% of...

January 2, 2017 No Responses

Daewoo partners Iran on Shipbuilding

South Korean shipbuilder, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) and Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) have agreed a mutual cooperation related to the Iranian shipbuilding industry. The parties signed a Head of Agree...

December 31, 2016 No Responses

VW acquires mobile-payment provider

(Auto News) Volkswagen AG has bought North American parking-payment operator PayByPhone in the latest move by Europe’s biggest carmaker to expand from manufacturing into mobility services. The purchase of Vancouver-based PayByPhone, which processed more th...

December 24, 2016 No Responses

Audi Q8 SUV flagship debuts

Audi will debut a near-production concept for its Q8 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) flagship at the Detroit auto show next month. The Q8 will compete with the upcoming BMW X7 coupe-styled, full-size SUV. The concept has the “typical spaciousness of...

December 17, 2016 No Responses

Toyota targets 10.2 million sales in 2017

For the year 2017, Toyota anticipates a one percent rise in global vehicle sales as growth in North America, Europe and Asia prompts a recovery from a 1 percent slide in sales this year. The automaker estimates sales across its...

December 17, 2016 No Responses

Minister seeks support for creative industry, GAC Motors

Citing revenue and tourism benefits, the Minister of Information & Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has implored Nigerians to give adequate support to the nation’s creative industry. Speaking during the unveiling of the GAC Motor’s GS4 in Lagos the Min...

December 17, 2016 No Responses

Auto Journalists honour Hyundai Elantra with two awards

The All-new Hyundai Elantra and Hyundai Elantra Sport have been awarded the best new small car title and the best new sports/performance car title by the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC). First introduced in 1991, the Elantra compact s...

December 15, 2016 No Responses

Jaguar Land Rover recognized as one of Africa’s best brands

Jaguar Land Rover South Africa and sub-Sahara Africa has been recognised as one of Africa’s top brands, at the World Brand Congress awards of 2016. The awards ceremony took place in Mauritius, one of the markets Jaguar Land Rover operates...

December 15, 2016 No Responses

Kia gets two ‘good design’ awards

Kia Motors has won two 2016 GOOD DESIGN awards, for the Telluride Concept and the production Cadenza sedan, in the program’s ‘Transportation’ category. This is the seventh consecutive year in which the Korean manufacturer has received GOOD DESIGN awards,...

December 12, 2016 No Responses

10 GM models to get 9-speed automatic in 2017

(Auto News) Chevrolet’s new nine-speed automatic transmission illustrates the difficulty of eking out fuel economy improvements as automakers work to meet increasingly stringent fuel efficiency standards. Launched in the Chevrolet Malibu in September, th...

December 10, 2016 No Responses

VW tops spending on advert with $6.6billion

(Auto News) Volkswagen Group has emerged top in the first 100 advertisement spenders worldwide. Fifteen automakers and tire maker Bridgestone Corporation constituted the automotive category on the World’s Largest Advertisers list. Seven of those automakers m...

December 9, 2016 No Responses

‘Suspend policy on vehicle importation ban through land borders’

The House of Representatives has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to direct Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to suspend recent policy banning the importation of vehicles through the nation’s land borders. In its resolution on Thursday, the lawmakers explained...