Land Rover unveils a collector’s edition titled Defender Works to celebrate 70th anniversary of the off-road brand, featuring a 5.0 L V8 engine and an 8-speed transmission. The prototypal, charming-as-a-legend, basic-as-a-bicycle Defender that is dragged by a 2.2L four cylinder diesel plant on steady fours hasn’t moved to a blindspot …
Electric Adventure: Across UAE and Oman in an EV
Unfamiliarity is the root of fear and doubt. It’s the same for the silent shadows in the deserted alleys and for the stealthily advancing technology of clean energy. Then there is the anxiety that stems from the knowledge of haplessness – the sheer absence of support beyond the urban confines …
Scrapped Mustangs kept alive and ticking!
Do cars have an after life? While most of them would ‘live on’ in classic car museums or framed as a living room memory, a Mustang that serves its time in the automotive world could come back into your personal space – alive and ticking. Visibly featuring traits of a …
Road safety thought to improve while enjoyment trails
The 5th cycle of ‘UAE Road Safety Monitor’ was commissioned by RoadSafetyUAE and QIC Insured and conducted by YouGov in August 2017, based on the views of a representative sample of 1,010 UAE residents. As a whole you can find positive trends all over. More people think good trends are …
Continental launches custom tyres for Middle East
Continental has become the first tire manufacturer to launch tyres designed and developed for the unique road conditions found in the Middle East market. Named Generation 6, the range has three distinct product lines. ComfortContact 6 has been developed for smaller cars and city driving; UltraContact 6 for larger sedans …
Two Range Rovers meet at Dubai Motor Show
Five years from its advent, the Range Rover of the fourth wave looked as fresh and new as it was on my first drive. As I climbed in, the red leather seemed just as inviting; the touch screen quadrant as simple and uncomplicated. After all, this was the model still …
NewsTrack: Gulf 12 Hours, UAE’s first sports car, 4×4 school challenge and Porsche marks 100 races
First UAE made sports car delivered, Land Rover 4 x 4 challenge for schools on Monday, Porsche GT3 Cup completes 100 races and Gulf 12 Hours race next weekend First UAE made sports car finds first owner Chassis number #001 of the Jannarelly Design-1, an open-top, two-seater sports car designed …
UAE Vehicle Registration and Licensing Fees Unified
A new decree in the official gazette, issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, marks a new and unified fee structure across the United Arab Emirates, with effect from the 1st of December. Light vehicle …
Safer roads for Motorbikes!
There are thousands of motorbikes plying our roads with much-awaited food, important envelopes and other everyday errands. Their safety as well as other using the road is a concern when considering some statistics that Dubai Police revealed. Disturbing statistics: A total of 276 motorbike related incidents happened in 2016 including …
FUTURE NOW: And now, electric planes!
The airplane is a Faraday’s cage and that is the reason why it is safe even when it gets several times by lightning (powerful electricity) throughout its flight. Now, we are talking about planes that fly on electric power: as below, so above. Commercial planes account for about 2% of …
