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May 24, 2022 No Responses

Toyota To Cut Global Production Plan, Deliver 9.3m Vehicles By March 2023

Toyota Motor Corporation will cut its global production plan by about 100,000 to roughly 850,000 vehicles in June due to the semiconductor shortage. Reuters report on Tuesday that the company did not change its estimate of producing about 9.7 million vehicles worldwide...

May 21, 2022 No Responses

World’s Most Expensive Car

A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe, one of only two on Earth, has sold for a record $143 million, making it the most expensive car in the world. The car was named after its creator and chief engineer, Rudolf Uhlenhaut, and wa...

May 12, 2022 No Responses

New Range Rover Sport Debuts

Sensational New Range Rover Sport has made its global premiere with a dramatic world-first climb up a flooded dam spillway in Iceland. New Range Rover Sport is based on Land Rover’s advanced, flexible Modular Longitudinal Architecture (MLA-Flex), which...

May 10, 2022 No Responses

Toyota To Forecast Higher Profit, Helped By Solid Demand

Toyota Motor Corporation is expected to forecast higher profit for the year ahead when it reports earnings this week, helped by solid demand and a weaker yen, even as commodities costs and supply chain woes put pressure on the global...

May 4, 2022 No Responses

Hyundai Rolls Out Creta Knight Edition

Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday unveiled Creta Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) ‘Knight Edition’. According to Hyundai, the new edition the new edition will be offered on a S+ trim (MT only) and the SX (O) trim (IVT/AT only) availab...

May 2, 2022 No Responses

Hyundai To Unveil IONIQ 5

Korean automaker Hyundai has confirmed that the brand will be introducing the Ioniq 5 electric vehicle in India in the second half of 2022. The car will be a part of Hyundai’s Beyond Mobility strategy, which will also bring other...

April 15, 2022 No Responses

Kia Unveils Miss Nigeria As Brand Ambassador

Kia Nigeria has unveils Shatu Garko, Miss Nigeria Queen as their brand ambassador. The unveiling and handover ceremony was held at the Kia Showroom, Adeola Odeku, Lagos, and marks the beginning of Shatu’s brand ambassadorship with Kia Nigeria. The bran...

April 10, 2022 No Responses

Mikano Unveils All-New Geely Azkarra, Gets Order For 100 Units

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com The Motors division of Mikano International has welcomed the All-New Geely Azkarra Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) to Nigeria. Unveiling the Azkarra at a colourful ceremony in Lagos, on Saturday, General Manager, M...

April 7, 2022 No Responses

MG, Toyota, Hyundai Top In Sales Satisfaction Index

On a 1,000-point scale, MG India has ranked highest in the J.D. Power 2021 India Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study., MG scored 881, followed by Toyota India (877) and Hyundai India (875). The J.D. Power 2021 India Sales Satisfaction Index (S...

April 5, 2022 No Responses

All-Electric Rolls-Royce Spectre Concludes Winter Testing

All-electric Rolls-Royce concludes winter testing 55km from Arctic Circle According to Rolls-Royce, Spectre endures -40˚C temperatures at specialist facility in Arjeplog, Sweden 25% of 2.5 million km testing programme, simulating 400 years of use,...

April 4, 2022 No Responses

Ford Recalls 737,000 Vehicles

Ford Motor Co is recalling 737,000 vehicles in the United States over a part that could develop an oil leak and a software error that could hinder braking, it said on Friday.The automaker is recalling 345,451 of its 2020-2022 Ford...

March 19, 2022 No Responses

Electric Vehicles: Nigeria Seeks UN Assistance

The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking the assistance of United Nations (UN) in the areas of technical and infrastructural capacity in its drive to transit to electric vehicles. The Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha....

March 19, 2022 No Responses

VW Recalls 246,000 SUVs

Volkswagen is recalling more than 246,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because faulty wiring harnesses can make them brake unexpectedly, sometimes while in traffic.The recall comes three days after The Associated Press reported that 47 people had com...