The third Golf came onto the market in August 25 years ago. With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear: Volkswagen ushered in a new era of safety with this model. On the one hand, the Golf MkIII was the first of the series to have front airbags, starting in 1992, while major advances in car body construction also resulted ...
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Book Review: Royal Enfield Bullet – 350, 500 & 535 Singles, 1977-2015
This step-by-step guide to buying a secondhand Royal Enfield Bullet includes everything a buyer needs to know: assessment of engine, transmission, frame, paintwork and chrome, tinwork, wheels and tyres, brakes, electrics, and even an explanation of engine and frame numbers. Included is a rundown of the various Bullet models, and an assessment of which of these offers the best investment ...
Read More »Surprise meets Paixão: Adding a European flavour to The World’s Longest Test Drive with vida e caffè
As KIA and RecordSetter set off on their official attempt to set the world record for The World’s Longest Test Drive, the team on Wednesday, announced an exciting partner to the journey. Adding a distinctive European flavour to The World’s Longest Test Drive, vida e caffè will be fuelling the crew and participants over their 7-day trip across South Africa with ...
Read More »Five Astonishing Cars at 2016 Paris Motor Show
EFULA ABBAH Although, with four exhibition days already gone in the 2016 Paris Motor Show, French automakers that are known for getting really creative with their concept car designs seem to be rattled on home turf with the class of designs on parade by their visitors, one machine that the French leading auto maker, Renault rolled into the show is not ...
Read More »Kia at the 2016 Paris Motor Show
The new Kia Rio makes its world debut Thursday in Paris at the 2016 Mondial de l’Automobile. Alongside the Rio, Kia will also introduce the latest upgraded versions of two of its cars, the Carens compact MPV and Soul urban crossover, as well as a new high-powered ‘SX’ version of the Soul. World premiere for all-new Kia Rio The Rio is ...
Read More »Upgraded Kia Cerato with Surprises
With more than 3 million units sold globally over three generations since 2004, KIA Motors this week introduces an upgraded version of its highly successful Cerato range. With a strikingly refreshed exterior design, a tangibly upgraded interior as well as a spattering of innovative new features, the enhanced KIA Cerato range is poised to continue the success of its predecessors. ...
Read More »Preview: 2016 Paris Auto Show May Be Better Known For No Shows
As the 2016 Paris International Auto Shows draws closer, Motoring World’s General Editor, EFULA ABBAH peeps through the veils of time and found out that more and more important automotive manufacturing giants are considering and concluding plans to boycott the French’s most glamorous event. As the Paris Auto show gets closer by the tick of time, the fever is gathering ...
Read More »TEST-DRIVE: On and Off-Road Adventure with Jaguar F-Pace
Although Jaguar Landrover claims that its first ever Sports Utility Vehicle is endowed for all terrains, Motoring World International’s Editor-in-chief, FEMI OWOEYE, who test-drove the machine recently on and off the road in South Africa, discovers the truth… “I’ve got so much things to say right now; I’ve got so much things to say. I’ve got so much things to ...
Read More »State of Nigeria Automotive Industry: An Opportunity To Diversify The Economy And Create Jobs
By: LUQMAN MAMUDU (Director of policy&Strategy, NADDC) Nigeria has once leveraged on the multiplier effect of the automotive industry to successfully better the lot of its people. And there is no better time than now to consolidate efforts and make it sustainable. The four-year Reconstruction and development plan launched in 1971 shortly after the civil war, provided for the establishment ...
Read More »Mastermind of Kia Design Revolution, Schreyer Marks 10-year Anniversary
Peter Schreyer is marking ten years of leading new car design for Kia, a period during which the Korean brand’s global sales have risen from around 1.1 million cars in 2005, to 3.05 million in 2015. Peter Schreyer has been the mastermind of Kia’s design revolution over the last decade, a shift which has fundamentally altered the way in which ...
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