“It’s exciting,” he says, “it gives a new dimension to my career. He’s been in the automotive industry for 14 years, with four years at Man Truck Ghana before he joined JMTC. Before being approached to lead the team, Penneh was service co-ordinator for the group’s aftersales operations, overseeing five workshops across Ghana. It’s a feather in the cap for the 10-year JMTC veteran. This is the plant where the Nissan Navara is being made for the first time in Africa, by Africans for Africa, now we are going home to re-assemble the first Navara made in Ghana for Ghana by Ghanaians!” “This is a historic evolution for Nissan Ghana, Nissan South Africa and Nissan worldwide. Speaking at the special graduation ceremony held at the Rosslyn, SKD plant, he said he and his team were proud and honoured, excited and delighted. The graduation is a critical milestone in a process that began back in 2018 with the signing of the landmark Memorandum of Understanding between Nissan and the Government of Ghana, followed by the drafting and promulgation of Ghana’s automotive development policy the following year and then the appointment of Japan Motors Trading Company (JMTC), as Nissan’s preferred partner last year to ensure that the new facility will be 100% Ghana owned and run. Now the hard work begins, getting Ghana’s brand-new Nissan assembly plant in Tema, outside Accra, ready to begin re-assembling the first ever Nissan Navaras to be built in Africa early in the New Year. On Thursday 3 June 2021, the married 44-year-old father of three graduated with his team of 11 Ghanaians from an intense eight-week course at Nissan South Africa’s Rosslyn manufacturing plant outside Pretoria. We are extremely pleased with how it performs, both on the track and on the road.”įord GT’s dry weight just tops 1,360kgs, which places the supercar between its two primary competitors, the McLaren 675LT and Ferrari 488.Įmmanuel Penneh (Image: Lusawovana Pius- edelman)Įmmanuel Penneh arrived back in Accra this week, ready to start the next phase of a journey that’s taken three years so far and still has an intensive eight months to run. “We tested and developed this powertrain through the Daytona Prototype race car that ran in IMSA for two seasons, last season racing with Ford GT. “Our expectation has always been that the EcoBoost V6 would perform exceptionally well in the Ford GT – both in terms of power as well as aerodynamic efficiency,” said Dave Pericak, global director, Ford Performance. The engine’s wide powerband produces 90 percent of its peak torque from 3,500 rpm. of torque, Ford’s new high-output 3.5-litre V6 powerplant produces the most horsepower of any EcoBoost production engine ever, making Ford GT the fastest production car ever to wear the Blue Oval badge. SAE-rated at 647 horsepower and with 550 lb.-ft.
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With the same driver for each of the cars, the GT clocked a time of 2:09.8 around the track, while the McLaren’s time was 2:10.8 and the Ferrari’s 2:12.9. In 2016 development testing, Ford pitted a GT against a McLaren 675LT and Ferrari 458 Speciale at Canada’s Calabogie Motorsports Park. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is expected to publish more documents relating to this defect in the coming days, including a possible recall for the 300 or so vehicles that were delivered to customers.Delivering the highest output of any EcoBoost production engine to date, the all-new Ford GT couples its power with impressive aerodynamic efficiency and advanced active dynamics to achieve a maximum speed of 347km/h – making it the fastest Ford production vehicle on the track ever. They added that more than 600 of the 944 vehicles affected are unsold. Read: Ford Recalls Almost 350,000 Vehicles Because They Could Roll AwayĪ Ford spokesperson confirmed to Carscoops that the document is legit, adding that the automaker believes that just three percent of the vehicles identified will present this issue. The document states that a loose bolts in the transmission could get in the way of the parking pawl, preventing the transmission from shifting into park, and increasing the risk that the vehicle will roll away unintentionally, which is a safety concern. According to an advanced notice posted online, vehicles equipped with Ford’s 10-speed automatic transmission may contain extra, loose bolts that were introduced during the quality review period of the inspection process.
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