Porsche Cayenne – PHOTO by porsche.com Sales of new luxury cars rose 12 per cent to 326 units in the first nine months of the year, underlining increased demand from rich individuals and private firms. Data from the Kenya Motor Industry Association (KMI) shows that luxury car dealers including RMA Kenya, DT Dobie, Porsche Centre and Simba Corporation sold 291 units in the same period last year. Growth in luxury car sales, however, trailed that of the overall new motor vehicle market that jumped 15.6 per cent in the nine-month period to stand at 15,101 units. German brand Porsche emerged the fastest-selling in the luxury car segment, moving 92 units in the review period. This was up from the 82 units sold by its local dealer Porsche Centre Nairobi a year earlier. Porsche has attributed the rising sales of its brands in Kenya to…

Landwind X7 The Range Rover Evoque is a major cog in Jaguar Land Rover’s expansion into China. Last week, a speed bump in JLR’s China plan appeared in showrooms in the form of the Landwind X7. This is because — aesthetically — the X7 is virtually indistinguishable from the Evoque. And it looks as if the Chinese carmaker has a fair number of customers waiting to take delivery of the X7. According to Bloomberg, 5,500 buyers have put down deposits for an X7, which sells for roughly $21,700. That’s only fraction of the $65,000 to $90,000 it takes to drive home in an authentic Evoque in China. “We do not want to comment on the specifics relating to Landwind X7,” a Jaguar Land Rover representative told Business Insider in an email. “But it’s safe to say protecting our intellectual property is something we take…