It’s the 28th of July. As announced earlier, the deregulated fuel prices have made their first appearance today. As they will continue to do on the 28th of every month. Each set of prices are valid for a whole month, till the next announcement. The prices for August are in …
Mercedes C Class 2015 Review: Double affirmative
Even before Mercedes introduced the new generation of C Class, touted as the BMW beater, my opinion was rather high of the C Class drive I enjoyed in 2012. But then you could argue it was an AMG tweaked 3.5 litre engine. As it happens, this time, I am armed …
Ramadan in Summer: Exercise double the caution
It’s a hot mid-summer. It is the longest fasting days in 36 years. Now, that calls for additional caution when you are on the road this Ramadan. Both in driver alertness as well as vehicle safety – especially tyres. The peak traffic hours also have shifted due to the shift …
Shopping for the best car deal this Ramadan
Car buyers traditionally look forward to the generosity of car dealers during the season of Ramadan. This year, the offers started flowing in early. The lowered prices and big offers were attributed to a drop in the Euro values (despite the fact that most of Dubai dealers write cheques in …
Lexus GX 460 review: Comfort in a box
Once upon a time, when the price of the Prado hadn’t yet climbed higher than the highest dune it ever climbed, a friend of mine bought one. He justified his choice as something close to the Land Cruiser with a price that was nowhere close. Yet, as I later found …
Jaguar XE supercharges UAE sport saloon segment
Give it a couple of months, the wait would have completed a whole year; the pangs of anticipation were already unbearable. That’s when the Jaguar XE addressed the media and several ecstatic customers of Al Tayer Motors from the podium of the Four Seasons Resort’s ballroom. The XE could speak …
Bold Toyota unveils New Camry 2016
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 …
