In sustenance of the rising demand for Ford vehicles in the local market, Coscharis Motors Ltd, one of Ford’s representative in Nigeria in conjunction with, Ford Motor Corporation USA, has concluded arrangement to introduce Quick Lane tyre and auto centre as well as appoint certified parts wholesale dealers nation-wide.

AB Volvo has signed an agreement with the Chinese vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited (DFG) to acquire 45% of a new subsidiary of DFG, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV), which will include the major part of DFG’s medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles business. At completion of the transaction, the Volvo Group will become the world’s largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks.

RENOWNED luxury car maker, Jaguar has added two more forced-induction petrol engines to its range for 2013. The two new powerplants, 3.0-litre V6 250KW supercharged petrol and four cylinder 2.0 litre 177KW turbocharged petrol joined Jaguar’s existing engine range comprising 5.0 V8 supercharged 375KW, 2.2 litre (turbo diesel) 140KW, 3.0 litre V6 Td (twin turbo diesel) 202KW.

The Lagos State Government has warned motorcycle operators popularly known as ‘’Okada” operating in the State to obey the Road Traffic Law 2012 on all unrestricted routes.

Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited, foremost distributors of Hyundai range of vehicles has unveiled four new models into the market.

The once and future Acura NSX has taken a big leap closer to returning to production, the Honda luxury division revealing a second prototype version of the supercar during a preview at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Chevrolet, the world’s-fastest growing major automotive brand, sold more than 4.95 million vehicles in 2012, setting a global sales record and driving General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) global sales to more than 9.2 million vehicles, a 2.9 percent gain compared with 2011.

Porsche Middle East and Africa FZE, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has had an astounding year across the Middle East region with a 15 per cent sales increase on 2011 across all models.

The Federal Road Safety Corps has warned Nigerians not to patronise scammers who have created fake recruitment portals to defraud people. The Corps in a statement said that it is not recruiting staff nor has it ask anyone to recruit staff for her.

In our 2012 end of the year analysis, we identified the Tata Manza as one of the sedans to watch out for this year. The Indian-made Compact sedan introduced into the Indian domestic market last year has proved itself as one of the fastest selling sedan in its class, boasting of class-leading features.

Mercedes-Benz, through its Authorised General Distributor in Nigeria, Weststar Associates Limited has introduced yet another first-class offering in the SUV segment to the Nigeria market, the 2013 GL – Class.

Three Hyundai models – Elantra, Sonata and Equus – each took first place in their respective categories in the 16th annual Strategic Vision Total Value Awards. Elantra, Sonata scored top marks for medium cars, and the Equus beat out competitors like BMW and Mercedes to take first place in the luxury car segment.

The year 2013 is the year everyone is looking forward to in the Nigerian automobile industry. Having survived the year 2012, most players in the nation’s auto industry wished that a year like 2012 should not come their way again. The year was characterised by untold hardship for automobile marketers which forced many of them to close shops.

Determined to provide the local automobile arena with the best and reputable cars in the world, Coscharis Motors, authorised representative of BMW AG in Nigeria has unveiled the new BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe.

German renowned Sports car manufacturer, Porsche has surpassed its previous year’s record figure by delivering 128,978 new vehicles to customers around the world. This mean that the previous year’s figure (of 118,868 vehicles in total) has already been surpassed one month before the end of the year. In November 2012, the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer sold a total of 12,928 vehicles, achieving an increase of 38.7 per cent over the same month last year.