Things had almost come to a point where car buyers had to be bold to buy the Toyota Camry. Self-proclaimed aficionados couldn’t utter the five-letter word without disfiguring their mouths with a derisive smirk. That is because no one likes five-letter words that are synonymous with ‘boringly value-for-money’, tediously enduring …
Nissan sells more Patrol than Sunny
If you have been seeing one too many Nissan Patrols on the roads, you aren’t seeing things, confirmed Nissan Middle East’s Managing Director Samir Cherfan. Nissan set the right At.mosphere on the 123rd floor of the Burj Khalifa and they seemed to have every reason to feel on top of …
Ford helps moms steady their driving steps
Women could be good at multi-tasking. But they could be in need of some training when one of those tasks involves parking a car or driving it, or simply engaging the child seat. Ford turns America’s mother’s day into a life skills training for moms in Dubai. If you’ve ever …
All New BMW X5 Review: Sensational with a capital M
If the Range Rover had fresh thinking infused into it in 2012, could the BMW X5 remain the same for long? After all, aren’t they the arch rivals SUV buyers here consider at length, before some of them finally pick the spicier Cayenne. So in 2013, the BMW X5 appeared …
UAE gets to view the latest Ferrari 488 GTB
UAE will have the honour of being one of the first markets to receive the latest fare from Ferrari. The mid-rear-engined 488 GTB will arrive next week. The V8 Berlinetta will give you a chance to come face to face with it, before it becomes just a flash on the …
Four weeks to first Audi Sport TT Cup
The youngest driver is 17 years old, the oldest 25 and the 18 racers are from 13 different nations. On the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain, they drove the Audi TT cup car and gathered experience and useful data over a distance nearly 7,700 kilometers. The inaugural race of the …
New York Auto Show spotlight: 2016 Nissan Maxima eighth gen
The biggest news from Nissan stables this quarter should be the reveal of the eighth generation Maxima. The 2016 model made its debut at the New York International Auto Show. Positioned as the “4-Door Sports Car”, the new Maxima features a 300-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 and new lighter, yet more rigid …
All new Range Rover Sport Review: Wading deep
When the Range Rover was launched in its fourth avatar, Drivemeonline was among the first fortunate reviewers to have a go in it, on UAE turf. Chatting up with a fellow editor months later, I was still beaming from the supercharged half a million drive. My good friend sagaciously, and …
Jeremy Clarkson fired for the wrong reason
A show is bigger than the sum total of its stars. Jeremy Clarkson wouldn’t agree. Until yesterday, at least. And he would be pardoned for believing otherwise, for the whole show itself was raised on this myth of infallible egos and irreverent attitudes, over the Clarksonian decades. The big man can’t …
Infiniti Q50S Hybrid review: Volunteers wanted
Before winding up the drive and handing over the keys of the third Infiniti Q50 variant I happened to be driving, I looked at the fuel efficiency marker. 9 km per litre. For a 3.5 L engine driving a car from 0 to 100 kmph in well under six seconds, …
