Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI BlueMotion has set a new record for the distance travelled by a passenger car without refuelling.

The car travelled a distance of 1941 kilometres from the South African and Zimbabwean border gate in Beit Bridge to Cape Town in two and half days.

CFAO CICA Nigeria Limited, a member of the CFAO Group has launched the Great Wall range of vehicles into the market, targeting to takeover the pickup vehicle market. The Great Wall models on sale in Nigeria include the Wingle pickups, Haval H3 Sport utility vehicle, Florid hatchback and Voleex C30 Sedan. Speaking to Motoring journalists before their first test-drive in Nigeria, the Managing Director, Mr. Regis Tromeur explained that the Great Wall brand is a top brand in China with emphasis on quality and durability.

Chevrolet Cruze is no doubt one of the best designs to have come out of the assembly line of General Motors (GM) and the result is beginning to manifest across the world. The Cruze is giving the Japanese car makers every reason to worry especially in America where the cruze has powered to top of the passenger car sales charts in June.

Determined to reduce road accidents to the bearer minimum, the Federal Road Safety Commission has commenced the training of drivers in Enugu. First to benefit from this training are drivers of Peace Mass Transit Ltd a leading mass transit operator in the eastern port of the country.

Kia Motor Corporation posted a 15 per cent global sales growth last month with total sale of 208,704 vehicles.

During the period Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in all of its overseas regions – 45.2% in China (34,419 units sold), 26.6% in Europe* (40,840 units sold), 26.3% in North America (51,887 units sold), and 3.7% in general markets* (40,222 units sold), while sales in the home market of Korea declined by 9.7% (40,706 units sold).

The Hyundai Accent was America’s best-selling sub-compact car in July. “The all-new Accent outsold two great small cars we really respect in July – the Honda Fit and Ford Fiesta,” said John Krafcik, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America. “In fact, it was the best-selling subcompact in the industry last month, its first full month of sales. It’s a good indication that consumers are connecting with our new design, 40-mpg fuel economy, and the Assurance Trade-In Value Guarantee. It’s a great recipe for this economy.”

Never before has a small car impressed me like the new Chevrolet Spark which was introduced into the Nigerian market recently by NMI Motors, a member of the CFAO Automobile Group.

Suzuki is not a brand that is known for many models, but the few models that comes from the Japanese auto maker boasts of many good attributes such as fuel efficiency, durability, ruggedness and safety.

Senior executives from Mack Truck Headquarters in United States of America, recently completed a working visit to Lanre Shittu Motors to evaluate the progress of the Company’s strategy to significantly grow its business and to re-inforce their age long business and technical support relationship with their sole accredited dealer in Nigeria.

Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited, authorised distributors of Hyundai passenger cars and light trucks has restated its commitment to speedy and efficient after sales service support for Hyundai vehicles that are two years old and above.