It was in Venice, almost two hundred kms from Modena, the home of Maserati, that I watched Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata. Driving the Maserati GranCabrio MC Sportline through Dubai airport tunnel, it appeared as though the entire repertoire of emotions in that opera had been captured by its sound. It …
Lexus marks 25 years with limited Supercharged LX 570 SUV
200 exclusive units of the Supercharged Lexus LX 570 will be available only for the Middle East, marking the 25th anniversary year of Lexus in 2014. With a boost in power and the usual comfort and infotainment technology features, the Lexus SUV is fully geared for urban traffic as well …
BMW X range gets new X4 in July
If there is an SUV to challenge the supremacy of the Range Rover in a posh Jumeirah parking lot, it would be the BMW X5 closely followed by the Porsche Cayenne, going by presence rather than sheer numbers. It was fifteen years ago that BMW introduced the Sports Activity Vehicle …
The new bug in the Middle East in three variants
Someone I know is already getting ready to sell her car. She’s caught the bug. And she could be one of many who caught the highly infectious bug that has survived for decades now despite a total clip on the contagion for a couple of years. Why, even I should …
Rolls-Royce: Most powerful 4 door and bespoke Waterspeed collection in UAE
Most powerful 4-door Rolls-Royce at AGMC The most powerful 4-door Rolls-Royce ever, the limited series Rolls-Royce Ghost V-Specification, has arrived in Rolls-Royce showrooms at AGMC, the authorized dealer of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates. The ‘limited’ vehicle offers customers traits of effortless dynamism in a …
Nissan Altima 2014 review: Family fuelled
The first time I gave chase to an Altima was in 2007. Just as it cruised down the Sheikh Zayed Road smoothly, too smoothly, with me holding onto its steering – leaving me clueless if its CVT transmission was ever going to stabilize into a steady drive. From that time, …
Peugeot 2008 Review: Hatching dreams, grow up!
In the parking lot, stood this cute yet weird animal and as I clicked the unlock button on my remote, like a happy, excited pet welcoming you, started wagging its tail or rather blinking its headlamps excitedly. I reciprocated the excitement by waking up my family that was already in …
Powerful M5 ever marks 30 years of performance Bimmer
BMW M presents the most powerful BMW M5 in the model’s history to mark the 30th anniversary of the high-performance Sedan with just 300 units. In 1984, the M5 created the high-performance business sedan segment. BMW has now come up with BMW M5 “30 Jahre M5” (which means 30 years …
Toyota Corolla 2014 Review: Hot cake sans the raisins
The Toyota Corolla is perhaps the most important car in the history of automobiles – if only because it is driven by more people than any other car ever. So it was time well spent when I got behind the wheel of the tenth generation Corolla once again, for a …
Porsche to back UAE teen team of race engineers
The F1 in Schools is a competition in which teams of students aged 9 to 19 utilise specialist software to collaborate, design, analyse, manufacture, test, and then race miniature compressed air powered balsa wood F1 cars. The UAE national finals for the global F1 in Schools Competition will take place …
