The journey of owning a car starts right when you spark an interest in a particular model. The many weeks of research, familiarization, checking with friends… but then it is just a beginning compared with the real journey of living with your car. So, my quest was to find out …
Being a better driver this Ramadan
Ramadan is a blessed season of self-restraint, prayer, fasting and charity – overall, a good time to polish and practise virtuous behaviour. This applies to driving habits too. Good behaviour and virtues do pay off anywhere, and on road the rewards could range from safer driving to better performance and …
Nissan drives awareness and tech to eliminate counterfeit
Nissan Middle East has been a leading driver of the initiative to reduce the presence of counterfeit spare parts in the region. We take a look at the efforts undertaken to tackle the issue in this exclusive interview with Thierry Sabbagh, President, Nissan Saudi Arabia, INFINITI Middle East and Managing …
Service and Repair: Al Masaood opens Auto Central Dubai
Newly opened branch of Auto Central in Al Rashidiya is the first outside of Abu Dhabi and first of three in the Northern Emirates that is planned within a year. State-of-the-art equipment, fully certified automotive experts and reasonable pricing are the advantages being highlighted. Encouraged by the positive response received …
Lexus RCF Carbon Kevlar on Dead Sea Drift
The Dead Sea resort area is anything but dead, when it comes to automotive action. The lowest point on earth, over 430 m below sea level seems to be a great place to let your adrenaline to start climbing. I have enjoyed driving around Jordan flagging off from the Panorama …
CAFU changes business model to free delivery
CAFU has been delivering fuel to UAE residents anytime, anywhere, since it opened its doors in 2018 as the first on-demand fuel delivery service in the MENA region. As society takes on the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis, the innovative start-up which reimagined the vehicle refuelling model has now decided …
Lamborghini makes a splash with Tecnomar
What happens when one of the most bullishly sporty automobile brands rides the waves of Marina di Carrara with one of the largest international groups in the luxury yachting industry? A flaming Lamborghini sets the sea on fire. Automobili Lamborghini and The Italian Sea Group has unveiled ‘Tecnomar for Lamborghini …
Free Sanitising to Extended Warranty: COVID Help for your car
Here’s how car brands in the UAE are helping their customers to get through challenges and troubles related to their cars even as steps to curb social interaction are on to limit the spread of COVID-19. You have been advised to stay at home while the government machinery is working …
Ferrari Approved Certification: Guarding a precious legacy
There was a time when I fancied a Rolex from hush-hush street costing all of hundred dirhams. Thankfully, that fancy did not last more than a few days – so I never got to know how long the watch lasted. I realised I was not the fake-it-but-just-flaunt-it kinda guy. Authentic …
One flyboarded over the English Channel
While the automotive world is busy debating when will a fully-charged electric future arrive in different cities of the world, a totally different and sci-fi sort of transportation is taking off and flying forward – quite literally. Welcome to the world of Personal Aerial Vehicles that are capable of VTOL …
