Automotive

Bus manufacturer AVM Africa is on the verge of clinching a US$100 million deal with BAIC Automotive Group of China in a development that could create thousands of jobs after …

Zimbabwe bus manufacturer on verge of major breakthrough Read More

CMC Commercial Limited has been named a dealer and importer of IVECO vehicles in the country. The company has been authorised to offering the Italian brand within the medium, heavy …

Tanzania: Italian Firm Eyes Car Market in Tanzania Read More

The automotive industry in Morocco has become the leading export sector, thanks notably to the investments of French automaker Renault Group that celebrated the export of 1 million vehicle made …

Renault Celebrates Export of 1 Million Cars Made in Morocco Read More

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) expects to sustain its export growth performance this year as seen in 2016, said its president and chief executive officer Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh. …

Perodua expects to sustain 2016 export growth performance this year Read More

Sales of new motor vehicles across Africa may be bottoming out after years of decline, Mike Whitfield, president of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA, said at the …

New car sales in Africa may be on the up Read More

EIGHTY-FIVE per cent of the vehicles in the region are imported or bought used and only about 15 per cent brand new, with an average fleet age ranging from 15 …

New study makes case for regional automotive industry Read More

Car experts predict that in future cars may know how we feel — sometimes without us having to say a word. Nearly 90 percent of all new cars are expected …

Ford on the road to developing cars with a personal touch Read More

Subaru EyeSight®, the award-winning driver-assistance technology developed over the past 20 years by Subaru engineers, will be introduced to South African consumers in July 2017, when the all-new Subaru XV …

Subaru’s globally acclaimed EyeSight tech to be launched in SA Read More

At present, there is little automotive manufacturing on the continent anywhere between South Africa and North Africa, with the exception of Nigeria. Such assembly plants are a decent halfway house …

Kenya: Car manufacturing makes a return Read More

Africa’s startup boom is moving into the used-vehicle space. Nigeria based Cars45.com raised a $5 million Series A round from the Frontier Cars Group, a holding company whose backers include …

Nigeria’s Cars45 closes $5M round to digitize Africa’s used autos markets Read More