If you wish to be the ultimate Explorer, you can join the search through askexplorer.com. You must be over 21 years of age and hold a valid UAE residents visa. As Explorer launches its 2013 search for the Ultimate Explorer with prizes worth AED 500,000, Al-Futtaim Motors, exclusive distributors of …
Five reviews to start 2013 with fireworks
2012 made sure that this is going to be a great year to be on and off the road. The last year brought with it quite a few stunners and surprises. The once in a decade rebirth of the Range Rover was perhaps the biggest of them all, but the …
2013: Beyond the bend
This used to be my 2013 New Year editorial page. Just the perfect place to stow away my secret (ah, the conveniences of online time travel!). My brand new BMW Touring Bike. People, it always works when it is something you really desire; something you would love to keep as a constant reminder …
New Toyota Al Badiya Service Centre sets high-tech benchmark
With its new Toyota service and parts facility, Al Futtaim Motors sounds a siren in service standards that rings across the UAE’s automobile industry, by offering the everyman’s brand futuristic facilities that rival even the premium luxury brands in the region. If efficient service and high-tech maintenance facilities were to …
Middle East Motor Awards 2012
The region’s very own set of accolades for the automobile industry in its various commercial categories were announced yesterday, on the opening day of the Sharjah Automobile Show. McLaren Mp4-12C made its first impression momentous with the title of “Middle East car of the year”, pushing aside the tough competition …
VW Track Day: Cult Ritual
Al Nabooda Automobiles threw open the Dubai Autodrome’s international circuit to some wild card entries with the license to have fun – in other words, those who are part of what’s perhaps UAE’s largest “automotive cult”: The Golf GTI owners. Of course the cult has widened in the recent years …
Toyota 86 EDT Extreme Performance
Who doesn’t love to modify the Toyota 86? I know someone who just bought and despite the threat of having to forego its warranty went right ahead and did whatever little modifications she could think of – like a nice wrap up for those Halloween cardboard holes that masquerade as …
Infiniti FX Vettel Edition famously chauffeured by Sebastian Vettel
With the F1 Abu Dhabi GP behind him, Vettel had another job to take care of at the capital. Drive around prospective customers of the excusive Infiniti FX Vettel Edition and give them a chance to experience the car as the Formula One Double World Champion and Infiniti’s global brand …
Top 12 cars make the 100 best global brands list
Preparing the list of 100 best global brands is a formality that Interbrand does every year, based on the overall brand worth in US Dollars. I would have expected more, but only 12 automobile brands have made this list. For the car brands, the list practically begins at No. 10 …
Land Cruiser clocks nearly 1 million Km
Have you traveled in a car that has clocked hundreds of thousands of kilometres? I have seen figures close to half a million several times and twice, over half a million! Of course all were taxis and most of the time, it was a Toyota Camry! Well, Toyota’s legendary long-term …
