Audi Q3 review: The Smart-sized SUV

You can create a perfect cube with 8 blocks. Or 27 (think the Rubik’s cube), or 64… on goes the series – different in size, but always a perfect cube. Well, Audi has been taking the cue, or Q to be precise, to create perfect SUVs for everyone – with …

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10 fastest cars of 2013

Acceleration due to gravity might decrease with the increase in altitude. But remarkable increase in acceleration on our roads demands phenomenal heightening of power as well as the power to spend! This “theorem” is best proven by the new list of “10 fastest cars of 2013” compiled by Karl Brauer, …

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All-new BMW 335i review: Dashing!

The road to Kalba is a long and winding one: Cliché, borrowed from a thousand travelogues, of various length and bent. Like saying the BMW 3-series is a nice and sporty drive. But some clichés are there to be repeated, over thousands of long and short drives.As for the long …

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DriveME NewsTrack: Munich DTM, Doctorate for UAE Rally pioneer, VW brands flash 900 Mil

Audi leads individual challenge, Mercedes clinches team relay at Munich DTM Audi factory driver Mattias Ekström (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline) driving a Red Bull Audi A5 DTM, has won the single competition at the 2012 DTM show event in Munich. Prior to the pit stop, Ekström had accidentally shifted …

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New super-styled Boxster is at Porsche Centre

A Boxster more desirable than a 911? Before you snigger, see it for yourself at the Porsche Centre. For, the new Boxster has arrived in Dubai. Considerably lower weight, longer wheelbase, a wider track and larger wheels significantly enhance the mid-engine sports car’s driving dynamics, underlining its claim as the …

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Golf R 2012 Review: Going beyond the GTI

In the second review in the First Anniversary month, DriveME brings you a car that betters its sibling that is already become an icon yet falling short of its promise in a peculiar way. Still, Golf R is a car that made me want to own it – and that’s …

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Top News this week

The ultimate extreme wheeler Toyota AT 38 is here. Al Futtaim kicks off Emirates Drifting Team. Audi wins Nürburgring on electric wings. Mini with a Rolls-Royce souls is here in the UAE. It’s been an exciting week… Toyota Emirates Drifting Team formed It’s been just made known that I was privileged …

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New Navigation to mark the end of GPS?

With new NAVSOP poised to make an entry, will this advanced navigation system show the way out to GPS? After a concert at the Sevens Club on Dubai – Al Ain Road, for the type who can trace back their way to neither Al Ain nor Dubai, the GPS navigation …

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Fabia Montecarlo 2012 Review: Badge of amour

I know some people who are unstoppable fans of races and rallies. Many of them are good drivers themselves, but not rally drivers. Decked up in colour-coded caps, T-shirts and even goggles, they lean on fences or hang off trees, wearing their racing spirit on their sleeves, literally! They are …

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Summer without Accidents: New Tire Safety Campaign

Outside temperature check in my car read 49 degrees today. Justin Bieber scowled at his “beliebers” from the warped CD cover I had left behind in the cabin. The parking card to my neighbourhood parking lot seemed unlikely to work its magic anymore. Chances are, this heat wouldn’t spare my …

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