SUVs are in fashion, if the past few years are an indication. Many popular brands including Ford, Chevrolet and even Volkswagen have underlined it with their shift in model line-up. Everyone seems to want an SUV – well, not everyone, thankfully. There are still takers for the classic four-wheeled sedan …
BYD Seal review: Zing and Zeal
My test Seal held my gaze gracefully, standing still outside the showroom, as I squinted to find the water droplets and other motifs of fluid design inside and outside the car. The Design The LED lamps seemed to pay a tribute to the natural architectural artistry of a raindrop, while …
Bestune T99 review: Quiet premium
Bestune T99 from automotive manufacturers FAW is a midsize 5 seater SUV that at first glance stands for everything good the Chinese car brands have brought into this market, and there seems to be a reason for it. In the last couple of years, the number of new car brands and novel …
Toyota Urban Cruiser Neodrive review: Hybrid Standards
A subcompact crossover running on hybrid technology, Toyota Urban Cruiser Neodrive woos the urban driver with its promise of nearly 20 kilometres per litre and a host of standard features that is unrivalled, if only for the lack of rivals in this entry-level segment. The Design Toyota Urban Cruiser would …
Bestune T77 review: Cut for the urban life
If consumers in the UAE are spoilt for choices, nowhere else is it more evident than in its dynamic automotive market. An unprecedented number of new arrivals are populating the market, many of them Chinese cars seeking their fortune in the new world order of trade and technology. As with …
Maserati Grecale review: The Everyday Exceptional
If Grecale sounds Greek to you, you are right, and if the new SUV from Maserati is designed to blow you away, Grecale is indeed a matching name. Before it was the name of Modena’s new SUV, Grecale was a Mediterranean wind rising from somewhere to the south of Malta. …
Mahindra Scorpio Pik Up: A thoughtful partner
Mahindra & Mahindra, or simply Mahindra as their gritty Jeep-like grille familiarises, has several claims to international fame – the recent and most impressive is perhaps the ownership of Automobili Pininfarina. The manufacturer of wheeled products from motorcycles to tractors had an output of over 14 million vehicles in 2022 …
Legendary Toyota Crown is back
Al-Futtaim Toyota yesterday launched the all-new Toyota Crown in the UAE, exuding an aura of luxury and equipped with hybrid turbo powertrains and the latest Toyota Safety Sense. In the early years of this millennia, you could still see a couple of those glorious Toyota Cressidas and Crowns plying the …
Nissan X trail 2023 Review: Doors wide open
It was a box once like many of its rivals. But that was over twenty years ago. As the Nissan X-Trail enters its fourth generation, the spacious compact SUV with an optional third row seat displays an intelligent bent of mind and out of the box thinking. Travel with me …
New Mitsubishi 2022 Outlander launched at Autodrome
Mitsubishi unveiled a new chapter in the brand’s design direction when it launched the fourth generation of its Outlander SUV at the Dubai Autodrome last week. The seven-seater crossover has emerged with a design that further defines the family’s new form factor, improved performance and a bundle of useful electronics. …
