IN the first three months of 2020, Porsche handed over 53,125 cars to customers worldwide. Compared to the year before, deliveries were down by five percent due to effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Cayenne was the most popular model with 18,417 deliveries. It was followed by the Macan with 15,547 vehicles.

IT is 7.00 p.m at Lagos, but the peace and quiet all around suggests that it could very well have been midnight. There’s no traffic, no incessant whirring and clunking. We have set out to deliver free rice and fish to the COVID-19 hospitals in Lagos State with the Stallion Group team. The selfless people working in the frontline have risked their lives to ensure that aid reaches where its required the most. Some 77 state hospitals in Nigeria are already registered as a part of this programme.

WITH hardship biting harder by the day on account of the coronavirus pandemic and the attendant lockdown ordered by the Federal Government, some auto companies in the country have pulled resources to ameliorate its effects and donating to save lives.

KIA Motors Corporation has announced the launch of the ‘Kia Promise’ today, a global warranty extension programme for its vehicles. The Kia Promise is designed to support Kia customers whose movements may be limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers 142 countries and all vehicles with original Kia warranties that expire between February 1 and April 30, 2020. The programme extends the warranty of all eligible vehicles to June 30, 2020.

French automaker Renault said Tuesday that it would start building only electric vehicles for China’s huge passenger car market, dropping conventional internal combustion engines as well as its joint venture with local manufacturer Dongfeng. The strategy shift comes after years of sluggish sales in China, where Renault hoped its 50-50 venture with Dongfeng, announced in […]