NACE13:
Are the parts also made in Nigeria? I see no big sense in buying the parts from China and assembling them in Nigeria. Just saying.

We should encourage and support our own please. Just like this android phone called Afrione. I can count the number of people using the device and it is very very low.

naptu2:


Here's another one

InvertedHammer:

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Who cares?

When they have Nollywood vs Hollywood, it is hardpress to expect people not to believe that it is the same copycat just like fake accents. Ford is a global brand and the people at Nord are ignorant to use "Nord". Most people do not have the time nor interest to start digging their history. It is a Ford knock off just like a fake Rolex. They should have known better. I apologize for asking Nigerians to think. It is an impossible task.

For the fact that it has to be explained says it all.

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loneprof:


That's more than just mere assembly. No car manufacturer (not even Toyota, Honda) all its vehicle parts 100%. There are components that are manufactured by the plants, there are some they source from outside. Surely you can't expect a new startup to have the capacity to manufacture the heavy parts when our steel mills are not even working. It takes a lot to be an industrialist in Nigeria...

By the way, it's the same thing Innoson has been doing. The major parts being manufactured here are the body, seats (probably), dashboard and other lighter components based on what can be obtained locally. So it is more than just mere assembly.

InvertedHammer:

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NAPTU would have sounded somewhat original than NORD.

Nkie and Nike are not the same just as abidas and adidas are not the same.

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Ooni:
Other people are building factories and rolling out car brands but my people are creating "videos" of "nigeria branded vehicles"

What a shame!

personal59:
we are getting there
proforce in ijebu (simply armored)

innoson

and now nord


on mali


Mali is in top 20 gold-producing nations in the world and has 50 gold mines but with no gold reserves.
France has one of the world's biggest Gold Reserves in the world with zero gold mines!
Figure it out!

Jaqenhghar:

Na government go do everything? It's up to you and me to patronise these car makers and make them popular but if I gave you the option of choosing this car and a BMW, we both know the outcome.

Hotfreezer:
Look at Igbos crying on this thread. It is a thing of joy for Igbos to cry at something. That thing must be a good thing. Cursed pigs.

Ipob pigs look at this pick-up very well. Na omoluabi do am. If if you see am, run o. Na wetin go kill una papa wey dey hawk gala for Ojuelegba be that.

naptu2:
Memories.

I have written about this before and I think today is a good day to write about it agin.


In 1989 the Malaysian ambassador to Nigeria went to Dodan Barracks to present a car to President Babangida. I watched the event on the NTA Network News. They said that the car was called Proton and that it was the first car brand that was made in Malaysia.


The newspapers went crazy the next day. Columnists wrote that the Malaysians came to Nigeria in the 1960s to take samples of our palm oil and that they had become the biggest palm oil selling nation in the world by 1989. They said that Nigeria was ahead of Malaysia in all indices in the 1960s, but now Malaysia had produced a car while Nigeria could not produce anything.


Imagine how I felt when I discovered that the Proton was just a rebadged Mistubishi Lancer. The Peugeot 504 that was made in Nigeria in 1989 had more local components in it than that Proton Saga!

Today Proton actually owns Lotus.

naptu2:


Nord means north in lots of Romance languages. There are actually many companies named Nord (there's even another automobile company in Europe named Nord, but they don't do the same thing that their Nigerian counterparts do).

The reason that so many companies are named Nord is because it can also mean forward or upward.

NACE13:


Thanks for the clarification, brother. I used to think all car manufacturers do everything themselves. Pardon my ignorance, but the main part of a car is the engine, which is what I was trying to say.

Peacemaker5129:
Some ipogoats won't be happy with this news

colestephan86:

You don't need this, please reason way beyond tribal lines, it broadens your mind.

Gabkosh:
Yoruba to the world. We no dey shout.

Nord

Proforce

Are some of Yoruba vehicle manufacturers.



Omo Yoruba ni o

InvertedHammer:
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If you want to copy atleast be smart about it. China started it. Don't buy from China and name it Koyota and think intelligent minds won't ask questions.Guess who is cheering? The same folks that think a flyover built by a governor is the 10th wonder of the world.

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WowSweetGuy:
As a neutral Nigerian reading comments. Yorubas are very jealous and insecure around igbos walahi

Only one car with the rest 3D pics una don dey call out and compare with innosson

Weldone afonjas

Ladycewhy:
There is something sexy about trucks and tanks , especially if I was the one behind the wheel

Oh yeaaaaaaa