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Articles of the author Mohamed Aboul Fotouh Mohamed Al Roubi
Egypt has the potential to lead regional automotive industry: Nissan Egypt MD
Chairman & Managing Director of Nissan Motor Egypt, Mike Whitfield, questioned the car sales decline in Egypt. Speaking to Daily News Egypt, Whitfield commented on the situation of the automotive industry; When one considers the population exceeding (...)

01 - 11 - 2019
Nissan willing to support Egypt's automotive policy, make Egypt an export base in region: Senior VP, Chairperson for AMI region
Nissan is targeting to double its presence in the Africa, Middle East and India region (AMI), in their mid-term plan. In order to do so, the company will work on three different axes, Peyman Kargar, Nissan's senior vice president and chairperson for (...)

21 - 03 - 2019
Bavarian Group unveils seventh generation BMW 5 Series
The Bavarian Auto Group (BAG), BMW's agent in Egypt, announced launching the seventh generation of the BMW 5 Series in the Egyptian market at a ceremony held at the JW Marriott Hotel, in the presence of a number of public figures. The ceremony (...)

15 - 05 - 2018
EIT surprises local SUV market with Kia assembly deal
Egyptian International Trading and Agencies (EIT), the sole distributor of KIA motors in Egypt, surprised the local car market last Monday when it signed an agreement to assemble the first Kia car in Egypt, the Sorento model, in the presence of (...)

20 - 03 - 2018
General Motors Egypt to increase capital by 8 times
General Motors Egypt (GM) decided to increase its capital by eight times, raising controversy among the Arab shareholders of the company who refused the decision and demanded the General Authority for Investment (GAFI) to suspend the capital (...)

06 - 02 - 2018
Volkswagen plans to assemble some products in Egypt
A high-level delegation from Volkswagen Group recently visited Egypt in a move that reflects major companies' interest in the Egyptian market. The delegation included four important figures: Benjamin Pier, Volkswagen sales manager in Egypt and (...)

04 - 02 - 2018
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 (...)

01 - 01 - 2018
Market will recover in coming period: CEO of Toyota Egypt
Toyota Egypt is one of the largest companies and the oldest companies operating in the Egyptian market. Toyota managed to receive special attention and passion by the Egyptian consumer, which led it to become the top automobile company and the (...)

26 - 09 - 2017
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 (...)

20 - 09 - 2017
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 (...)

22 - 08 - 2017
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 (...)

03 - 08 - 2017
Skoda breaks silence over its Egyptian importer
As Skoda ended its agreement with ARTOC Auto, owned by Shafik Gabr, it now announced Kayan to be the exclusive importer and producer for the company's products in Egypt, making Kayan responsible for providing after-sales services and warranty for (...)

10 - 04 - 2017
Stock accumulation pushed auto manufacturers to stop production
Many car factories halted production at the end of last week and sent letters to suppliers asking them to stop the supply for a period of two months—March and April—claiming that they will start annual maintenance works. Sources confirmed that the (...)

08 - 03 - 2017
ACEA and EAFA reject new automotive strategy
In a further escalation, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) and the Egyptian Auto Feeders Association (EAFA) sent a joint letter to Jean-Luc Demarty, director general of the French Directorate-General of Customs and Indirect (...)

28 - 02 - 2017
Automotive industry strategy postponed indefinitely
After its meeting on Monday with representatives of the automotive feeding industries companies, the parliament approved postponing the automotive industry strategy indefinitely. A senior parliamentary source at the parliament's Industry Committee (...)

10 - 01 - 2017
Egypt Automotive Summit links auto sector and government: General Motors Egypt regional managing director
Tarek Atta, the managing director for General Motors Egypt and North Africa, praised the effective role played by the annual Egypt Automotive Summit. It allows for real and strong public interaction between decision makers in the government and the (...)

13 - 12 - 2016
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, (...)

08 - 11 - 2016
Ghabbour rules out possibility of acquiring more dealerships in current period
Raouf Ghabbour, chairperson and chief executive officer of Ghabbour Auto (GB Auto), ruled out the group's desire to obtain more dealerships and agencies of international brands in the current period. He told Daily News Egypt he was happy with the (...)

11 - 10 - 2016
Test drive: Hyundai Tucson on Ain Sokhna road
Upon invitation from GB Ghabbour Auto, Daily News Egypt test drove the Hyundai Tucson and reviewed its performance. The car was picked up in Katameya at Fabrica for second-hand cars, an office on the ring road that is affiliated with Ghabbour. The (...)

27 - 09 - 2016
The Skoda saga
The Skoda dealership in Egypt is suffering from disagreements between the Czech company and its in-country agent, represented by businessman Shafik Gabr, owner of ARTOC Auto Company. This prompted a number of familiar faces in Egypt's automotive (...)

22 - 09 - 2016
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 (...)

24 - 08 - 2016
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 (...)

16 - 03 - 2016
Nissan introduces new hatchbacks at Automach Formula 2016
Nissan Motors Egypt will introduce two new hatchback models at the international automotive exhibition Automach Formula 2016. The company said that the new models – the Sunny and the Sentra – that were manufactured at the local Nissan factory in 6th (...)

16 - 03 - 2016
New ‘Brilliance V3' SUV test-driven, presented in Automech Formula show
Daily News Egypt test-drove the new V3 SUV, presented by the Chinese brand Brilliance Bavarian Auto to the Egyptian market during the events of the international automotive show Automech Formula in its 23rd session. V3 is the first SUV launched by (...)

15 - 03 - 2016
Shell Lubricants Egypt to sponsor Automech Formula auto show
Shell Lubricants Egypt signed a contract to sponsor the 2016 Automech Formula auto show under the banner of the company's Helix Ultra Synthetic motor oil. The Automech Formula Auto Show will take place at the Cairo International Conferences Centre (...)

16 - 02 - 2016
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