To the list of items you should no longer expect to see in a new car — those once-common features like a metal ignition key, an ashtray or a vent window that swings open — you may soon be adding the spare tyre.
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NIGERIA’S AUTO INDUSTRY TO IMPORT LESS THAN 10,000 VEHICLES IN 2017, SAYS ADE-OJO
Nigeria’s Auto Industry is expected to import and sell between 8,000 and 10,000 new vehicles this year, which is lower than the 15,000 projected at the end of last year.
Continue reading »AJAOKUTA STEEL COMPANY HOLDS FUTURE OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA – OFFICIAL
Olaoluwa Ogundipe, Principal Technical Assistant with the National Automotive Design and Development Council, has called on the Federal Government to ensure that Ajaokuta Steel Company functions at full capacity. Ogundipe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the company had lot of steel metal that could be used for automobile industry. “If Ajaokuta steel is functioning, there […]
Continue reading »VOLKSWAGEN TO HALT PRODUCTION AT SIX PLANTS OVER LEGAL DISPUTE
German auto giant Volkswagen said on Monday it would halt production at six plants for several days as a legal dispute with two key suppliers deepened. Around 27,700 workers at factories in Emden, Zwickau, Kassel, Salzgitter, Brunswick, and the firm’s home base of Wolfsburg would see their work hours slashed by the end of August, the group said in a […]
Continue reading »MIXED FORTUNES FOR NIGERIAN VEHICLE DEALERS AS GLOBAL SALES FIGURES SOAR
Despite a global sales record indicating that first half of 2016 was the best ever for some organisations, Nigerian vehicle dealers have continued to groan under sales drop owning to government policies and economic turbulence. Infiniti said it finished the first half of 2016 with a new sales record, which marks the organisation’s best June ever, thanks to key markets […]
Continue reading »USED CAR IMPORTATION: LOCAL AUTOMAKERS DEMAND FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF 70% TARIFF
The Federal Government and local automobile manufacturers have disagreed on the enforcement of a 70 per cent tariff on imported used vehicles. While the latter want the Federal government to commence the enforcement with immediate effect the second phase of the imposed 35 per cent tariff on imported used vehicles to discourage their importation, the government says it will only […]
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