Do cars have an after life? While most of them would ‘live on’ in classic car museums or framed as a living room memory, a Mustang that serves its time in the automotive world could come back into your personal space – alive and ticking. Visibly featuring traits of a …
Road safety thought to improve while enjoyment trails
The 5th cycle of ‘UAE Road Safety Monitor’ was commissioned by RoadSafetyUAE and QIC Insured and conducted by YouGov in August 2017, based on the views of a representative sample of 1,010 UAE residents. As a whole you can find positive trends all over. More people think good trends are …
Continental launches custom tyres for Middle East
Continental has become the first tire manufacturer to launch tyres designed and developed for the unique road conditions found in the Middle East market. Named Generation 6, the range has three distinct product lines. ComfortContact 6 has been developed for smaller cars and city driving; UltraContact 6 for larger sedans …
My first F-150 drive in a hundred years!
There must have been more than 150 of them, and they came in all shapes and cabin sizes. Base versions were few and performance models were plenty, for F-150 has a way of compelling owners to make the monster look even more formidable. The group was commemorating the 100th anniversary …
Two Range Rovers meet at Dubai Motor Show
Five years from its advent, the Range Rover of the fourth wave looked as fresh and new as it was on my first drive. As I climbed in, the red leather seemed just as inviting; the touch screen quadrant as simple and uncomplicated. After all, this was the model still …
NewsTrack: Gulf 12 Hours, UAE’s first sports car, 4×4 school challenge and Porsche marks 100 races
First UAE made sports car delivered, Land Rover 4 x 4 challenge for schools on Monday, Porsche GT3 Cup completes 100 races and Gulf 12 Hours race next weekend First UAE made sports car finds first owner Chassis number #001 of the Jannarelly Design-1, an open-top, two-seater sports car designed …
UAE Vehicle Registration and Licensing Fees Unified
A new decree in the official gazette, issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, marks a new and unified fee structure across the United Arab Emirates, with effect from the 1st of December. Light vehicle …
Jaguar F-Type R review: The one with the F one
It sounded nothing like the Formula 1 car, weighed twice as much, and took almost double the time to fly past the 100 kmph mark. Still, this Jaguar was rather quick to get there, went almost as fast and sounded absolutely fantastic! And if you consider its name, the F-Type …
Safer roads for Motorbikes!
There are thousands of motorbikes plying our roads with much-awaited food, important envelopes and other everyday errands. Their safety as well as other using the road is a concern when considering some statistics that Dubai Police revealed. Disturbing statistics: A total of 276 motorbike related incidents happened in 2016 including …
FUTURE NOW: And now, electric planes!
The airplane is a Faraday’s cage and that is the reason why it is safe even when it gets several times by lightning (powerful electricity) throughout its flight. Now, we are talking about planes that fly on electric power: as below, so above. Commercial planes account for about 2% of …
