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Again they brought their tribalism on the thread..... I just pity these set of people

tiswell:
Wack list from lagos-ibadan express media.


If innoson isn't first on that list,then it's the enemies of progress in naija list

Solsix:
So coscharis have car assembly??

Yes, the plant is not far from ShopRite sangotedo Lagos.

They assemble ford cars there and some other vehicles.

I prefer Nord……Damn

obembet:
Yes, they have one of the most finest car as well

It owns by silent billionaire Maduka
Cosmas who doesn't make noise

No one ask you if he's a billionaire.. ahhhhhh

Innoson is the best amongst all... the rest are car assembly companies

Aonkuuse:
Again they brought their tribalism on the thread..... I just pity these set of people

Pity your useless self .. with your myopic mindset

Why should government ban car importation when local production lacks quality.

I love NORD , don't even know it's owned by Yoruba man.

God bless my tribe ,Yoruba .
God bless Nigeria.

kernniejay:
Coscharis does not assemble, they are just a major importer of Ford, BMW and Land Rover (Range Rover etc).

I think they assemble only ford. But I'm sure they are importer of expensive cars. I've seen Rolls-Royce there before, I believe they don't have license to assemble that.

Why don't you strive to be successful like them instead of waisting your time here all in the name of championing your tribe?

MightySparrow:
Whatever anyone is in Nigeria, yoruba is more.
Check the facts.



If you hate yoruba race, you can go and hug transformer.

Innoson is very popular due to tribalism by afònjas the green soup drinkers see the man in their dreams

kernniejay:
Coscharis does not assemble, they are just a major importer of Ford, BMW and Land Rover (Range Rover etc).

He assembles Ford trucks in lekki
Go and do your findings

I just see am say this our country fit work nah our leaders no want make e work

The question is how many of dem is functioning?

MightySparrow:
Whatever anyone is in Nigeria, yoruba is more.
Check the facts.



If you hate yoruba race, you can go and hug transformer.

List prepared by yoruba. Ingrace, Richmond etc not included. Even peace mass transit has an assembly line that produces Ugama Haice

Makunahatata:
stop yarning dust with confidence ...

This award wey den win , na by importation den win am? 😒

https://businessday.ng/transport/article/coscharis-motors-wins-outstanding-auto-assembly-company-of-the-year/?amp=1

Like I've said in a response, I've been to the plant, is not far from my house. They do assemble ford trucks(rangers). But those high-end vehicles, I can't say 100%

asala1:
IVM, NORD and many of the ‘Indigenous’ car companies all sell rebranded Chinese cars.

In an interview with Nord Oga, he said they import their parts from Japan, not china

obembet:
Due to the high cost of import duties placed on the Automotive industry possibly to encourage local production, improve the economy, and still make selling price of each manufactured car affordable by an average citizen, the federal government in 2013 adopted an Automobile policy, in a bid to encourage foreign and indigenous car manufacturers to site their assembly plants within its territory since vehicles produced in the country don’t attract import levies, thus tend to be cheaper than its foreign counterparts.

The good news is that the Nigerian automobile manufacturing Industry is growing with a handful of these companies producing motor spare parts, fixing broken vehicle components, revamping used cars and assembling imported car parts. Just a few are into production of brand new (tear rubber) vehicles in Nigeria and that is a backlash at least for the labour market that begs for more employment opportunities.

Over the years, the growth of the auto Industry has witnessed series of challenges that is seeing to the preference given to foreign fairly used (Tokunbo) cars into the country. The reasons behind this shift are embedded in the history of this Industry in Nigeria especially that of the 1980s. Spare a few minutes to know what really happened.

History of Automobile manufacturing in Nigeria

The history of the Automotive Industry in Africa per se dates back to the colonial rule era when the British merchants brought them in during the ’50s into their protectorates. After the independence, the government went into a joint venture partnership that brought in world-class makers of fuel-powered conveyance units at the time from America, Germany, France and the United Kingdom which saw to the establishment of the Six assembly plants following the oil boom of the 1970s:

National Truck Manufacturers, Kano

Volkswagen of Nigeria Limited, Lagos

Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited, Kaduna

Anambra Motor Manufacturing Limited, Enugu

Leyland Nigeria Limited, Ibadan

Steyr Nigeria Limited, Bauchi

That partnership included subsidies on imported car parts to encourage these foreign experts.

These assembly lines were mainly into production of commercial Trucks and Passenger cars. Apart from the National Truck manufacturers located in Kano, Leyland Nigeria and Anambra Motor Manufacturing Limited were particularly into massive production of Trucks, Police vans and other military, security personnel vehicles. On the other hand, Volkswagen & Peugeot took care of passenger cars.

One can safely say that the government at the time heavily patronized and supported the Auto Industry mainly to enhance movement (mobility).

Since demand for these products was high enough to keep these companies in business, more than 100 units were reported to have been assembled per day. These plants produced the popular cars of the 1970 – 1980s and also left a trace in some of the vehicles we use today. The cars produced include: Peugeot 504, 505, and other Volkswagen products like Beetle, Jett, the Golf, Passat, and the Kombi bus which later metamorphosed into Danfo that we know on Lagos roads today.

Fast-forward to 1989, the country experienced a shortfall in oil prices and since crude oil contributed reasonably to the national treasury, the industry started experiencing a decline in demand which resulted in some of the firms going out of market.

Having been faced with such an unexpected tragedy, the Nigerian government tried its best to remedy the situation including increased charges on import duties so as to meet up. That move did backfire as cost of production went up, initially suppliers were not able to meet up with demand from buyers due to increased cost of production.

When it continued that way, people resorted to Tokunbo cars which became cheaper than Made-in-Nigerian cars and that was how we got to where we are today.

Car Manufacturers in Nigeria
Now you know how Tokunbo cars became the order of the day, it is worth mentioning that Nigeria still have automobile manufacturers who have managed to thrive amidst high influx of Tokunbo (used) cars like Toyota, Mercedes and Honda.

For the sake of simplicity, we have divided the list into indigenous and foreign vehicle manufacturers

List of Indigenous Automobile Manufacturers in Nigeria

1. Nord Automobiles Limited

Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi is the founder and CEO of the local manufacturing firm, Nord Motors. He is also a polished entrepreneur and co-founder of Jetvan Automobiles Limited, a recognized dealer of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in the country.

Currently the company has its headquarters in Lagos with some of its products including Nord A3, Nord Max, Nord A5, Nord Flit, etc. The firm aims to re-establish Nigeria as a car-manufacturing country once again.

2. Lanre Shittu Motors (LSM)

The advent of Trucks in Nigeria predates independence and LSM is aware of its need, hence the company’s resolve to make available these vehicles to fellow citizens at affordable rates.

LSM is owned by Lanre Shittu and this “assembly” produces over 150 trucks per month.

3. Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing

Innocent Chukwuma widely known as Innoson Motors is an indigenous car manufacturer who rose from a motorcycle spare parts trader to a big name in the Automotive industry in Nigeria and Africa at large.
Its automobile division (the IVM) which is a subsidiary of Innoson Group of Companies was established in 2007 – got recognized as the first indigenous car manufacturer in Africa by the administration of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who commissioned the company on the 15th of October 2010.

4. Peugeot Nigeria

One of the foremost auto parts assembly plants in Nigeria is owned by Peugeot as we indicated in the brief auto history. The company which happens to be a joint venture between Peugeot and Nigerian government since 1969 is still functional till today in Kano despite its numerous challenges.

The federal government later sold its equity stake in this partnership to ASD Motors, making the new shareholders one of the owners.

5. Globe Motors

Having been introduced into the Nigerian markets by Globe Motors, in 2018, the Japanese manufacturer, Hyundai partnered with its major distributor in Nigeria to launch it’s very first auto factory in the country.

Since then, we have witnessed a number of Nigerian-made Hyundai cars like Hyundai Elentra, Accent and a few more. Apart from that, Globe has to its portfolio cars from some other brands like Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Higer.

6. Dana Motors

Dana as we all know is not just into Airline, they are also into the Automobile Industry. It has a factory where it produces mainly Kia cars especially its make called Kia Rio which became customers favorite.

7. Stallion Motors

In what seemed like a bid to privatize the economy, the FG also sold its stake it had in Volkswagen of Nigeria Limited to Stallion Motors.

This acquisition saw to the locally assembled Nissan vehicles that flooded the auto market in 2014. Producing them here reduced the price of these products which seemingly got the attention of some government officials who later adopted the brand as an official government car.

8.Coscharis Motors

This company is one of the most popular and sought-after assembly plant for luxury cars like BMW, Morris Garages, Ford, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Land Rover and MINI vehicles. In 2018, the Nigerian auto dealer completed its ultramodern plant with production capacity set to churn out over 10,000 vehicles every year.

The company has so many showrooms and Aftersales services across the country with its head office located in Lekki, Lagos. You can know more about the parent company profile here. Meanwhile, its CEO is no other than Cosmas Maduka.

9. Proforce Motor

PROFORCE LIMITED was incorporated in 2008 as a total defense solution provider specialized in the manufacturing of armored vehicles and personal protection.

Ade Ogundeyin, Founder/CEO, Proforce Limited, a leading defense company and makers of military equipment and defense systems. The delegation which was led by Engr. Dideolu Falobi, FNSE, National Chairman, UNILAG Faculty of Engineering Alumni Association (UNILAGFEAA)

10. Elizade Motor ( JAC)

Auto Land Ltd, authorised dealer of JAC Motors in Nigeria, on Wednesday started assemblage operation in Lagos to roll out 15, 000 vehicles yearly from Semi Knock Down (SKD) parts. The plant, which is currently operating on a single shift was certified by the Federal Government to build different brands of cars.

Chief Michael Ade-Ojo is the founder of Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State and Elizade Motors. Today, the company which Ade Ojo started with just one support staff in 1971 has become a conglomerate with several subsidiaries including Toyota Nigeria Limited, Mikeade Investment Co. Ltd, Mikeade Property Dev. Co.

Edited by obembet

What of CFOA. Why not on your list

Poisonousman:
Innoson is the best amongst all... the rest are car assembly companies

They are all thesame!

tiswell:
Wack list from lagos-ibadan express media.


If innoson isn't first on that list,then it's the enemies of progress in naija list

Na lie innoson should be 5th

Assembly.. They assemble the cars here. It's not as if they manufacture it

Thank you for this detailed write-up. I think all tiers of government must make it a duty bound to patronize our made-in-Nigeria cars. They must do away with the mentality of spending our scarce resources on imported vehicles. The legislators (though, not encouraging the promotion of made-in-Nigeria cars) must come up with a policy or law that will ban importation of new cars into the country, except when the local manufacturers will not be able to meet up with demands. Under Jawalhra Nehru in 1945 in India, He banned importation of textiles, one journalists then asked what will Indians be wearing if he bans importation of textiles, and Nehru answered, let all Indians go naked until they can produce their own textiles. Indians never went naked, and today, they have identity. Wherever you see Indians, you will see them in their own unique styles. Nigeria can do the same. This is the only way to promote and encourage local production. Rome was never built in one day.

Nigerians will still prefer Tokunbo to these Nigerian brands because of their prices.

Only Innoson and Peugeot manufactures cars.
The rest are simply assembles cars.

asala1:
IVM, NORD and many of the ‘Indigenous’ car companies all sell rebranded Chinese cars.

So because its rebranded it's not good to buy. Wiv this mentality we can't grow as a nation

11. AC OKOCHA MOTORS

obembet:
Due to the high cost of import duties placed on the Automotive industry possibly to encourage local production, improve the economy, and still make selling price of each manufactured car affordable by an average citizen, the federal government in 2013 adopted an Automobile policy, in a bid to encourage foreign and indigenous car manufacturers to site their assembly plants within its territory since vehicles produced in the country don’t attract import levies, thus tend to be cheaper than its foreign counterparts.

The good news is that the Nigerian automobile manufacturing Industry is growing with a handful of these companies producing motor spare parts, fixing broken vehicle components, revamping used cars and assembling imported car parts. Just a few are into production of brand new (tear rubber) vehicles in Nigeria and that is a backlash at least for the labour market that begs for more employment opportunities.

Over the years, the growth of the auto Industry has witnessed series of challenges that is seeing to the preference given to foreign fairly used (Tokunbo) cars into the country. The reasons behind this shift are embedded in the history of this Industry in Nigeria especially that of the 1980s. Spare a few minutes to know what really happened.

History of Automobile manufacturing in Nigeria

The history of the Automotive Industry in Africa per se dates back to the colonial rule era when the British merchants brought them in during the ’50s into their protectorates. After the independence, the government went into a joint venture partnership that brought in world-class makers of fuel-powered conveyance units at the time from America, Germany, France and the United Kingdom which saw to the establishment of the Six assembly plants following the oil boom of the 1970s:

National Truck Manufacturers, Kano

Volkswagen of Nigeria Limited, Lagos

Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Limited, Kaduna

Anambra Motor Manufacturing Limited, Enugu

Leyland Nigeria Limited, Ibadan

Steyr Nigeria Limited, Bauchi

That partnership included subsidies on imported car parts to encourage these foreign experts.

These assembly lines were mainly into production of commercial Trucks and Passenger cars. Apart from the National Truck manufacturers located in Kano, Leyland Nigeria and Anambra Motor Manufacturing Limited were particularly into massive production of Trucks, Police vans and other military, security personnel vehicles. On the other hand, Volkswagen & Peugeot took care of passenger cars.

One can safely say that the government at the time heavily patronized and supported the Auto Industry mainly to enhance movement (mobility).

Since demand for these products was high enough to keep these companies in business, more than 100 units were reported to have been assembled per day. These plants produced the popular cars of the 1970 – 1980s and also left a trace in some of the vehicles we use today. The cars produced include: Peugeot 504, 505, and other Volkswagen products like Beetle, Jett, the Golf, Passat, and the Kombi bus which later metamorphosed into Danfo that we know on Lagos roads today.

Fast-forward to 1989, the country experienced a shortfall in oil prices and since crude oil contributed reasonably to the national treasury, the industry started experiencing a decline in demand which resulted in some of the firms going out of market.

Having been faced with such an unexpected tragedy, the Nigerian government tried its best to remedy the situation including increased charges on import duties so as to meet up. That move did backfire as cost of production went up, initially suppliers were not able to meet up with demand from buyers due to increased cost of production.

When it continued that way, people resorted to Tokunbo cars which became cheaper than Made-in-Nigerian cars and that was how we got to where we are today.

Car Manufacturers in Nigeria
Now you know how Tokunbo cars became the order of the day, it is worth mentioning that Nigeria still have automobile manufacturers who have managed to thrive amidst high influx of Tokunbo (used) cars like Toyota, Mercedes and Honda.

For the sake of simplicity, we have divided the list into indigenous and foreign vehicle manufacturers

List of Indigenous Automobile Manufacturers in Nigeria

1. Nord Automobiles Limited

Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi is the founder and CEO of the local manufacturing firm, Nord Motors. He is also a polished entrepreneur and co-founder of Jetvan Automobiles Limited, a recognized dealer of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in the country.

Currently the company has its headquarters in Lagos with some of its products including Nord A3, Nord Max, Nord A5, Nord Flit, etc. The firm aims to re-establish Nigeria as a car-manufacturing country once again.

2. Lanre Shittu Motors (LSM)

The advent of Trucks in Nigeria predates independence and LSM is aware of its need, hence the company’s resolve to make available these vehicles to fellow citizens at affordable rates.

LSM is owned by Lanre Shittu and this “assembly” produces over 150 trucks per month.

3. Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing

Innocent Chukwuma widely known as Innoson Motors is an indigenous car manufacturer who rose from a motorcycle spare parts trader to a big name in the Automotive industry in Nigeria and Africa at large.
Its automobile division (the IVM) which is a subsidiary of Innoson Group of Companies was established in 2007 – got recognized as the first indigenous car manufacturer in Africa by the administration of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who commissioned the company on the 15th of October 2010.

4. Peugeot Nigeria

One of the foremost auto parts assembly plants in Nigeria is owned by Peugeot as we indicated in the brief auto history. The company which happens to be a joint venture between Peugeot and Nigerian government since 1969 is still functional till today in Kano despite its numerous challenges.

The federal government later sold its equity stake in this partnership to ASD Motors, making the new shareholders one of the owners.

5. Globe Motors

Having been introduced into the Nigerian markets by Globe Motors, in 2018, the Japanese manufacturer, Hyundai partnered with its major distributor in Nigeria to launch it’s very first auto factory in the country.

Since then, we have witnessed a number of Nigerian-made Hyundai cars like Hyundai Elentra, Accent and a few more. Apart from that, Globe has to its portfolio cars from some other brands like Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Higer.

6. Dana Motors

Dana as we all know is not just into Airline, they are also into the Automobile Industry. It has a factory where it produces mainly Kia cars especially its make called Kia Rio which became customers favorite.

7. Stallion Motors

In what seemed like a bid to privatize the economy, the FG also sold its stake it had in Volkswagen of Nigeria Limited to Stallion Motors.

This acquisition saw to the locally assembled Nissan vehicles that flooded the auto market in 2014. Producing them here reduced the price of these products which seemingly got the attention of some government officials who later adopted the brand as an official government car.

8.Coscharis Motors

This company is one of the most popular and sought-after assembly plant for luxury cars like BMW, Morris Garages, Ford, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Land Rover and MINI vehicles. In 2018, the Nigerian auto dealer completed its ultramodern plant with production capacity set to churn out over 10,000 vehicles every year.

The company has so many showrooms and Aftersales services across the country with its head office located in Lekki, Lagos. You can know more about the parent company profile here. Meanwhile, its CEO is no other than Cosmas Maduka.

9. Proforce Motor

PROFORCE LIMITED was incorporated in 2008 as a total defense solution provider specialized in the manufacturing of armored vehicles and personal protection.

Ade Ogundeyin, Founder/CEO, Proforce Limited, a leading defense company and makers of military equipment and defense systems. The delegation which was led by Engr. Dideolu Falobi, FNSE, National Chairman, UNILAG Faculty of Engineering Alumni Association (UNILAGFEAA)

10. Elizade Motor ( JAC)

Auto Land Ltd, authorised dealer of JAC Motors in Nigeria, on Wednesday started assemblage operation in Lagos to roll out 15, 000 vehicles yearly from Semi Knock Down (SKD) parts. The plant, which is currently operating on a single shift was certified by the Federal Government to build different brands of cars.

Chief Michael Ade-Ojo is the founder of Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State and Elizade Motors. Today, the company which Ade Ojo started with just one support staff in 1971 has become a conglomerate with several subsidiaries including Toyota Nigeria Limited, Mikeade Investment Co. Ltd, Mikeade Property Dev. Co.

Edited by obembet

NORD and PROFORCE all the way !

Incomplete list where is omaas , peace car, Anamcco and two others from Enugu

tolue42:
In an interview with Nord Oga, he said they import their parts from Japan, not china

All their cars are imported from China and rebranded for sell in Nigeria. It’s possible that they are getting their logos from Japan, I don’t know.

Nord Flit