Egypt has the potential to lead regional automotive industry: Nissan Egypt MD
Government Automotive Vision and Policy for local car manufacturing are essential to compete with European cars, says Whitfield
Mohamed Aboul-Fotouh
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Nissan willing to support Egypt’s automotive policy, make Egypt an export base in region: Senior VP, Chairperson for AMI region
NMEG to increase production to 28,000 in 2019, aims to reach more than 20% market share
Chevrolet Equinox test drive
Company aims to seize 25% of SUV sales in local market
Bavarian Group unveils seventh generation BMW 5 Series
Group has invested EGP 25m to support assembly, says CEO
EIT surprises local SUV market with Kia assembly deal
Locally-assembled Kia Sorento to go on sale in last quarter of 2018
General Motors Egypt to increase capital by 8 times
Saudi shareholders reject increase, ask GAFI to inspect company’s board of directors’ work
Volkswagen plans to assemble some products in Egypt
Delegation from parent company will visit SCZone
New partnership between Shell Egypt, Al-Mansour Automotive
Al-Mansour Automotive—official distributor of Chevrolet and Opel vehicles in Egypt—signed a partnership contract with Shell Egypt to be the exclusive engine oils and lubricants supplier of the company’s service centres. Saher Hashim, managing director of Shell Egypt, said that Shell’s partnership with Al-Mansour was an important step in the company’s successful history in the Egyptian …
Market will recover in coming period: CEO of Toyota Egypt
We will increase our investments during the coming period through increasing after-sales service centres
Challenge and hope
Challenge is usually accompanied by hope. The challenge is to take a step that most people around you think is not carefully considered and will lead to failure at the end of the journey. This is what awaits the humble thoughts of those who only look below their feet and do not live to challenge …
Puzzled Alfa Romeo
The future of the Italian Alfa Romeo sparked controversy among employees and investors in the car market over the past two weeks amid reports that the Abou Ghali Group won the agency of the company. It caused a stir in the market, since the company has an office in Egypt of Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA). …
MTI ‘flirts’ with its customers in Porto Marina
MTI, the exclusive agent for Jaguar and Land Rover in Egypt, has organised a driving test for the company’s customers and media professionals over the last three days to try the company’s products for 2018, which will appear for the first time during this event. The company has organised the driving test on all its …
2016 was the worst year for auto market: Ezz Elarab general manager
Ezz Elarab’s sales fell by 40%
Opinion: car manufacturing strategy and personal interests
Over the past few weeks, the future of the Egyptian car manufacturing strategy, or in other words the “car law,” has returned to be amongst the hot topics after the crisis that occurred to this project during Angela Merkel’s visit. She announced her dissatisfaction of the project, which was accompanied by a letter from the …
Skoda breaks silence over its Egyptian importer
Skoda ended its relationship with Shafik Gabr, faces ongoing dispute
Egypt tends to postpone issuance of automotive industry strategy
The German economic delegation accompanying chancellor Merkel presented the European manufacturers’ observations on the strategy
Stock accumulation pushed auto manufacturers to stop production
Ghabbour stopped assembling Hyundai, Geely, Chery
A tendency to postpone the issuance of auto industry strategy
Merkel’s economic delegation presented notes of European manufacturers regarding the strategy
ACEA and EAFA reject new automotive strategy
Tax and customs incentives are inconsistent with international conventions and threaten our exports, say European companies
When does the scam come to light?
Talking about announcing the new automotive strategy has become like a scam. We have been talking for three years about the government’s strategy for the auto industry; many meetings and seminars were held to discuss its features. Despite the non-existence of an auto industry law in any country, the strategy later turned out to be …
Automotive industry strategy postponed indefinitely
Automotive companies call the decision “catastrophic”
Shafik Gabr: star of the Czech embassy national day party
Businessman Shafik Gabr, the owner of Škoda’s agent in Egypt, was named the star of the Czech embassy national day party last week, without competition. First, I was surprised that the annual party invitation was sent by the businessman’s office, especially given that Artoc, owned by Gabr, used to be the official sponsor of that …
Ghabbour rules out possibility of acquiring more dealerships in current period
GB Auto owns the dealerships of Hyundai, Mazda, Geely, Chery, and Karry
Mercedes-Benz awaits new automotive strategy to reconsider local assembly: Zorn
Owners of Mercedes can enter authorised service centres at any time, says CEO
Test drive: Hyundai Tucson on Ain Sokhna road
Powerful 130hp engine and 17-inch sports tyres make this model ideal for off-roading
The Skoda saga
Differences flare up between Shafik Gabr and the Czech company
The Mercedes story
This week has been full of contradictory talk around rumours that Mercedes-Benz Egypt is looking to exit the local market, what the dealership’s stance is on the matter, and whether it will choose to actually exit the market. Mercedes’ position is as it always has been. There have been assurances that Arab investors have already agreed …
Disagreements between partners and US dollar shortage drive sales of EATC down
Problems include the decline of the company’s market share as well as the worsening dispute between MEATCO and Naggar over stocks since 2012
Nissan introduces new hatchbacks at Automach Formula 2016
The chairman and managing director of Nissan Motors Egypt, Isao Sekiguchi, said that the participation of Nissan Motors Egypt in the Automach Formula exhibition this year reflects its commitment to introduce the newest and most innovative cars to its customers in Egypt
The automotive sector’s shaky road
The Egyptian automotive market can be described in three terms: “suffered, suffering and will suffer”. All the associated parties in the automotive market, including manufacturers, agents and dealers, are familiar with this situation. Those words reflect the internal state of fear, anxiety and confusion that hovers on the horizon. Nobody knows what awaits tomorrow. None …