Cleaning your car efficiently saves you time and effort and ensures that the vehicle’s body comes out looking great. If you clean haphazardly, the task takes much longer, and you run the risk of scratching the finish, streaking the surface, and leaving the body vulnerable to rust. Most modern vehicles are painted in a two-step process that produces a clear-coat finish, which can far outlast the acr ...
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This is good news for sports car lovers in Nigeria. Mercedes-Benz has finally added its award winning sports car, the Mercedes-Benz, AMG, GT to its line up in Nigeria. According to Weststar, Mercedes-Benz representative in Nigeria, after many years of development, the wait is finally over. The AMG GT carries the Mercedes-Benz racing car heritage and conveys the essences of the performance brand AMG ...
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Automedics Limited has introduced a new automotive exhibition platform tagged ‘Automedics Autofest’, in partnership with Lagos Television, to provide new opportunities for automobile manufacturers and franchise holders to display their strength and capabilities in the Nigeria. Automedics Autofest is an annual show which serves as a meeting platform for auto lovers, buyers and sellers to transact ...
Read MoreNissan will abandon its powerful, rear-wheel drive 370Z coupe with a small sporty SUV, a report published by British magazine, Autocar has said. Said to be unveiled as early as next month at the Frankfurt motor show, the new Z-badged SUV follows well-publicised plans to downsize the 370Z to a cheaper, simpler turbocharged four-cylinder coupe, possibly based on the iDx coupe that was revealed at t ...
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Leventis Motors, a division of A.G Leventis Nigeria Plc has announced the completion of its car assembly plant in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to the company’s Head of Commercial Vehicles, Nikos Giannousas, the new plant can assemble Foton close to 1,000 capacity. Giannousas disclosed this in Lagos at the launch of five models of brand new light duty trucks namely; BJ1020, BJ 1039, BJ1049, BJ ...
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THE newly introduced Hyundai Grand Santa Fe SUV might as well be the most attractive crossover yet, given the enormous progress the South Korean automaker has infused in terms of design, builds quality and engineering. Emerging from a total makeover, the new Grand Santa Fe according to Hyundai Motor Company replaces its predecessor – Vera Cruz, but essentially remains the same SUV, except that it f ...
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TOYOTA has left its Taco sitting on the counter since 2005, and it has almost gotten stale. By default, those hungry for a mid-size truck have had no choice but to clog their noses and scarf down what Chef Toyota was cranking out of its kitchen until the new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon came out. Now Toyota’s cooked up a new taco. Toyota, the long-time king of the mid-sizers, has been displa ...
Read MoreThe Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company Plc. (NIPCO), an indigenous downstream petroleum and gas operator, says about 5,000 vehicles use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as fuel in Nigeria. The company said that contrary to other opinions, CNG powered vehicles had come to stay in Nigeria, since the inception of the project in 2009. NIPCO’s Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Taofeek Lawal told the News ...
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With the range of auto brands in the Nigerian market, consumers cannot be said to be short of choice. But from a public opinion survey conducted by WorldStage Newsonline, there seems to be some level of agreement that majority of car users are going for the easy-to-maintain brands. The consensus is that a good vehicle is expected to come with the necessary operational options that guarantee comfo ...
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A group of Mechanical Engineering students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has unveiled a zero-emission automobile built to reduce global warming. KAWTHAR BABATUNDE (300-Level Petroleum Engineering) reports. The project was conceived last year and the aim was to build an automobile that will not be powered by fuel. Months after they started the project, the engineers came out with a design of ...
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