Following up on the successful debut of the V8-powered LC 500 in Detroit is Lexus, as they give us a peek into their latest hybrid offering — the LC 500h. Its official unveiling is slated to take place at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show next month.
Al-Futtaim Motors, the UAE’s Toyota distributor, has officially launched the fourth-generation Toyota Prius here. Up until now, the most popular hybrid vehicle in the world was not offered in the GCC, although they were sold in other Middle East countries such as Jordan and Lebanon. It has also just been launched in Saudi Arabia.
The Ford Ranger WildTrak has been around for a while, although it has gone under the radar largely due to the fact that it only came with a diesel engine. Despite the visual modifications, its strong resemblance to the commercial variant never helped either. Just as diesel prices dropped significantly, Ford decided to update the Ranger WildTrak for 2016, trying to make it more appealing to people who desire a pickup truck that is too big to fit in the average parking space.
Honda just launched the 2016 Accord Coupe for the GCC at an event in Dubai. Already available in showrooms, it is just a facelift, but now comes with several active safety options.
The Maxima has always been a bit different from the rest of the Nissan line. Touted as a “Four Door Sports Car,” this latest one is more flamboyant than ever.
Nissan introduced the Titan XD a few months ago and it was positioned between half-ton and the three-quarter-ton pickups from other brands. Now at the Chicago Auto Show last week, they have spawned a baby brother for the XD, the standard sized half-ton Titan which is slated for 2017. The half-ton Titan might look like a ringer of its big brother, but Nissan swears that beneath the body panels, it shares close to no chassis components with the bigger model. Apparently even the lug nuts are different.
Electrification is the new hot trend in the automotive market. Many companies are harnessing the advantages of electricity to create more fuel efficient vehicles. The Korean car manufacturer Kia have followed suit by revealing the production ready Niro hybrid crossover at the 2016 Chicago Motor Show.
The Nissan Armada has been dragging on unchanged for more than a decade. While it is nowhere near as legendary as its long shelf-life suggests, the Armada is finally getting a change for the better, as the 2017 model has just been unveiled for the U.S. market at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show — and it’s just become a rebadged Patrol.
Honda is working on plans to showcase the new Civic hatchback at 2016 Geneva Motor Show after putting out the sedan and coupe body styles last year. The Japanese brand has given us a peak into the 2017 Civic in the pipeline for Europe.
Maxus, the commercial-vehicles brand from China’s SAIC MOTOR, revealed a number of models at the Dubai International Motor Show and the recent Qatar Motor Show. The Flagship G10 model made its GCC market debut in the UAE, alongside the all-electric wide-body light bus EV80 and the V80 minibus.