Nissan has restyled the Sentra with upscale features that are evidently glaring and trendy to give the car an edge over competitions in the mid-to-up-class segment, where Toyota’s Corolla and Honda’s Civic had over the years held sway.

The new automotive policy is a deliberate government effort to rescue the strategic and critical automotive sector of the economy from the strangulating grip of dumping. This is to give Nigerians the opportunity for mass employment and innovation in automotive technology. If a country fails to produce the goods that rich countries produce, it may never be rich. Someone said it and evidence abound in support.

Toyota Nigeria Limited (TNL) has said that it is working with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to arrest the incidents of roads mishap involving mini buses on the highways. The FRSC sometime ago identified mini-buses as accounting for highest accident rates in the country.

The all-new Range Rover Sport has gone on sale in Nigeria – just nine months after it was revealed to the world on the streets of New York. Developed alongside the highly-acclaimed Range Rover, the all-new Range Rover Sport now delivers the brand’s best-ever on-road dynamics together with class-leading, genuine Land Rover all-terrain capability. The all-new, technology-packed, Range Rover Sport, presents customers with a more assertive and muscular exterior and a more luxurious interior.

HYUNDAI Motor Company, the fastest growing automotive company by brand, saw its brand value surge 20.5 percent from a year earlier to $9 billion, marking its higest-ever ranking of No. 43, according to brand consultancy Interbrand’s 2013 Best 100 Global Brands. Hyundai, which has been included in the Best 100 Global Brands list for nine consecutive years, entered within top 50 for the first time this year.