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Articles of the author Ahmed Amer Abdallah
Enabling the disabled
For the 16 million people with disabilities in Egypt, the good news is that 2018 has been proclaimed the Year of Persons with Disabilities and a new law has finally seen the light that guarantees their rights. A Convention on Communications and (...)

09 - 08 - 2018
Relative movement in car prices in early August
The car market has witnessed relative movements in prices of cars in early August, as the increases ranged between EGP 1,000 to EGP 45,000. GB Auto, the agent of Chery, Hyundai, and Geely, increased the prices of some of its models by EGP 1,000. BMW (...)

07 - 08 - 2018
Industry Ministry denies cancellation of automotive directives
Minister of Trade and Industry Amr Nassar stated that the automotive directives will not be cancelled, and that rumours about cancelling the initiative are not true. Nassar pointed out that the automotive industry and its components are one of the (...)

30 - 07 - 2018
Controversy about readiness of local market for manufacturing electric cars
Drshal Industrial and Trading Company, in cooperation with SMG Engineering Automotive and Chinese Dongfang, launched the first electrical car of Chinese origin in Egypt, the DFLZ M5, a few days ago. The car will be locally assembled in the factories (...)

17 - 07 - 2018
Geely leads Chinese carmakers' decline in sales
In the first five months of this year, the automotive market witnessed a decline in sales in Chinese carmakers, despite a rise in the collective sales of cars. Chinese car sales were down 16%, with 1,791 sold cars against 2,133 in the same period of (...)

17 - 07 - 2018
Nissan dominates sales of locally assembled cars
Japanese carmaker Nissan has topped the rankings of the locally assembled cars in the first five months of this year, outperforming other carmakers, especially in terms of price. A report by the Automotive Marketing Information Council (AMIC) in May (...)

17 - 07 - 2018
Car companies struggle to stabilise prices after fuel price changes
The car market has received the decision to increase fuel prices with a stabilisation of the delivery prices of the current month, ignoring the projections on social media of the upcoming period and a possible increase in prices. Some of the (...)

10 - 07 - 2018
Daily News Egypt test drives Nissan Sentra
Over the course of three days, Daily News Egypt test drove the locally assembled Nissan Sentra, which made great success in the local auto market, with sales reaching over 13,000 units since its launch in August 2014, excluding the sales of this (...)

03 - 07 - 2018
Libyan National Army will regain full control of the country, no matter the cost, says Khalifa Haftar
Al-Ahram Al-Arabi weekly magazine sat down with veteran Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, the most powerful figure in eastern Libya, to talk about the military scene in the North African country and the challenges facing the Libyan Army. (...)

21 - 06 - 2018
Eight companies lead higher prices of June deliveries
The car market witnessed a noticeable increase in prices in early June, an average of about EGP 15,500. The surprise is that the car with the highest price increase is the locally-assembled Hyundai Verna. Some of the most prominent brands with (...)

12 - 06 - 2018
Industry Ministry increases local component ratio in car assembling to 46%
Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil issued a decision to regulate the system of determining the ratio of local components in the car industry and its feeding industries. The decision stipulated that local components in car manufacturing must (...)

29 - 04 - 2018
Bavarian Auto celebrates assembling new BMW G30 5 series
BMW is one of the oldest and most famous companies for manufacturing cars, engines, and motorcycles in the world. The company owns the Rolls-Royce and Mini brands. Daily News Egypt took a tour around the factory of Bavarian Auto Group, the agent of (...)

24 - 04 - 2018
8 car brands lead price rises in April
The local automotive market witnessed a change in most car prices in April. The price moves included a number of models such as from Opel, Hyundai, Chevrolet, Mercedes-Benz and Ford. The price increases ranged between EGP 1,000, such as Chevrolet (...)

10 - 04 - 2018
Al Mansour, Scope agree to distribute Peugeot in Egypt
Al Mansour Automotive and UAE-based Scope Investment announced the launch of a partnership between them to distribute Peugeot vehicles in Egypt. The new alliance is expected to release two new Peugeot models in the presence of a delegation from the (...)

03 - 04 - 2018
Egyptian auto market sales grow 10% in January
The Automotive Marketing Information Council (AMIC) revealed a 10% increase in automotive sales in January 2018, compared to the same period of last year. Sales in that month reached 10,300 cars, versus 9,400 units in the same period of 2017. The (...)

13 - 03 - 2018
Egyptian International Trading Co to assemble Kia models locally
The Egyptian International Trading and Agencies Company (EIT), agent of Kia and Renault brands in Egypt, signed a contract with the Egyptian German Automotive Company (EGA), former assembler of Mercedes-Benz in Egypt, to use its production lines to (...)

13 - 03 - 2018
Limited changes in car prices during March
A quiet state of calm prevailed over most car prices in March. The price moves were limited to a few models of Chevrolet, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi, ranging between a EGP 500 increase for the Verna to EGP 20,000 for the Lancer. Chevrolet, Renault, (...)

06 - 03 - 2018
6 car dealers change their prices in February
Six car dealers—Chevrolet, Ford, Toyota, Chery, Hyundai, and BMW—changed their prices of February 2018 car deliveries. Prices rose by EGP 2,000 for cars like the Hyundai Verna and by about EGP 90,000 for cars such as the BMW X1. The majority of car (...)

06 - 02 - 2018
Car owner rights in new Consumer Protection Law
The Egyptian Parliament is seeking to adopt the new Consumer Protection Law in the coming days. This came after several discussions and amendments that lasted for about a year and a half. Daily News Egypt publishes the most important articles and (...)

04 - 02 - 2018
Automotive industry strategy among most important issues to be resolved in 2018
The situation of anticipation among the workers in the automotive sector extended to parliament over the past year, pending the long-awaited issuance of the strategy for the automotive industry from the Ministry of Industry after the introduction of (...)

04 - 02 - 2018
EOS issues new Egyptian fuel specifications
The Egyptian Organisation for Standards and Quality (EOS) has held a number of meetings with the Transportation Division of the Chamber of Engineering Industries to develop a new fuel standard and octane ratios for gasoline used in the Egyptian (...)

16 - 01 - 2018
Car companies welcome 2018 with price halts
Most car companies started the New Year by keeping the prices of their models unchanged, thus ending some customer hopes of a price drop. Price lists show that market outlook will continue, after a sharp drop in sales in 2017, a 40% decline in sales (...)

09 - 01 - 2018
2nd Egyptian Automotive Dealers Association conference discusses future of auto sector
The participants in the 2nd Conference of the Egyptian Automotive Dealers Association, held last week, called on the government to support the automotive sector in its attempt to overcome its crisis, especially after the floatation of the Egyptian (...)

02 - 01 - 2018
Car prices continue to rise in December
Car prices have maintained their price increases since last year, especially after the liberilisation of the exchange rate. Auto companies increased their prices in December, making it difficult for the market to improve sales before the end of the (...)

26 - 12 - 2017
Historic leaps in car prices one year after flotation
The prices of cars have witnessed aggressive changes since the liberalisation of the exchange rate starting in November 2016. Daily News Egypt detected the changes to car prices in the Egyptian market from before the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) made (...)

14 - 11 - 2017
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