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.

TOYOTA Nigeria Limited has projected to sale 18,500 vehicles before the end of the year. The company is however, not far from achieving the record, having sold about 18,123 vehicles from January to November 2012.

Toyota Motor Corp. appears poised to regain its position as the world’s largest automaker, a remarkable turnaround after years of safety recalls, huge federal fines and the Japanese earthquake last year.