Transport Archives — Page 30 of 49

September 1, 2017 No Responses

VW explains new diesel scrappage scheme

Volkswagen UK is offering customers discounts of up to £6,000 to trade in diesel vehicles when buying a new car. All the Volkswagen UK brands – including Audi, Seat, Skoda and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles – will participate. VW launched a...

August 30, 2017 No Responses

Stallion motors dares SUV segment leaders with N7.9m price tag for Changan CS35

Stallion Motors Limited has announced price offer of N7.9m for the new Changan CS35 entry-level Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) to cater for a growing demand for vehicles in the compact SUV market segment. The bargain, according to the company, is...

August 29, 2017 No Responses

Audi appoints four new board members

There is to be a new composition of the Board of Management of AUDI AG as of September 1. The area of Finance, IT and Integrity will be the responsibility of Alexander Seitz and the area of Marketing and Sales...

August 26, 2017 No Responses

Nissan celebrates 70 years of electric vehicles

Exactly 70 years after the debut of its first electric vehicle (EV), Nissan’s most advanced EV ever – the Nissan BladeGlider sports car – took center stage at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. According to the...

August 25, 2017 No Responses

Ford, COSCHARIS delight customers with discounted service parts

As part of measures to sustain quality aftersales service with genuine parts to its numerous loyal customers, Ford and its sole dealer in Nigeria, Coscharis Motors Plc, is giving out 10% discount on some select ford parts from now till...

August 24, 2017 No Responses

Kia Sportage wins autoPacific’s 2017 ideal vehicle award

The boldly designed Kia Sportage has won AutoPacific’s 2017 Ideal Vehicle Award (IVA), earning the highest marks in the Compact Crossover SUV category. The IVA is the Sportage’s second honor from AutoPacific following the Vehicle Satisfaction Awards (VSA) ...

August 21, 2017 No Responses

CMA CGM to build world’s largest boxships

French liner major CMA CGM has reportedly signed a letter of intent (LOI) with two Chinese yards on the construction of up to nine 22,000 TEU megaships. Specifically, in line with the LOI, CSSC Hudong-Zhonghua would be in charge of...

August 19, 2017 No Responses

Prosecutors recommend three years in prison for VW engineer

Federal prosecutors in the United States on Friday recommended a three-year prison sentence for Volkswagen AG engineer James Liang for his role in a diesel emissions scandal that has cost the German automaker as much as $25 billion. Liang, who...

August 18, 2017 No Responses

Anti-theft product:Nissan dealer to pay $298,000 penalties

New York dealership of Nissan, New Rochelle has agreed to pay more than $298,000 in restitution and penalties for deceptively charging hundreds of customers for a phony anti-theft product. According to a report from Automotive News, Panarella purchased Ni...

August 17, 2017 No Responses

GM to delist shares from stock exchange

General Motors Company is delisting its shares from the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) in Canada effective at the end of November. The company’s shares will still be traded in New York. In a statement, the automotive company said there was...

August 17, 2017 No Responses

Road safety management, safer vehicles, others to take centre stage at FRSC annual lecture

Topical issues which bother on the five pillars of the Decade of Action for road safety in Africa will constitute parts of what will be discussed at the 7th annual Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) lecture in Abuja. The...

August 16, 2017 No Responses

BMW to unveil all-new Roadster

BMW will unveil two concept vehicles on August 17th, at the Lodge at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Reviewing Stand area on the 18th green. Speakers will include Bernhard Kuhnt, new President & CEO BMW of North America and Adrian...

August 12, 2017 No Responses

Volkswagen Diesel investigation adds another suspect

German prosecutors investigating the Volkswagen AG diesel-rigging scandal have again expanded the criminal fraud probe by adding another suspect, bringing the total number of people under investigation to 38. Braunschweig prosecutors, who are conducting th...

August 10, 2017 No Responses

Mercedes-Benz records 1.3m sales, begins Q3 with double-digit growth

Renowned automobile firm, Mercedes-Benz has sustained its successful streak of double-digit growth since the beginning of the year. Already, the firm has commenced the third quarter with a new sales record of 181,791 vehicles sold in July. This now...