Behind The Scenes

For the first time ever, DriveArabia.com enthusiasts will be meeting up this weekend to show off their cars, talk about cars, and hang around cars.

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The 2009 Media & Marketing Show is on at the Dubai World Trade Centre from the 3rd to the 5th of November. It will run from from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm daily at Zabeel Hall, Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Dubai, UAE.

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Ford has handed us an example of the redesigned 2010 Fusion midsize sedan this week. It’s the car that you’ll probably know from the excessively-repetitive TV ads, and apparently we are among the first in the country to review one.

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Officially introduced in the UAE at a launch party in Abu Dhabi, Porsche held a media driving event for the all-new Porsche Panamera GT sedan. The road trip comprised of a drive from Dubai to Fujairah and back in cars shared with other journalists, and a free lunch somewhere in between.

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As a sports car, the 2010 Ford Mustang GT is a piece of bull crap. As a practical car, it is an even bigger piece of dinosaur dung. The big V8 engine makes V6 power, the suspension is a joke and the interior belongs in an economy car. But then, why did we like it so much?

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We’ve driven the Jaguar XKR coupe at least twice before, so we expected this car to be familiar to us. But this here is the convertible version of the 2010 Jaguar XKR, which has received a slight facelift, a new gear knob, and a larger 5.0-litre supercharged motor that is ridiculously overpowering on the street.

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With my brain still not used to the hunger at the onset of Ramadan, I am having trouble keeping up with my writing duties. However, keeping me company during the first week of fasting is a 2009 Volvo XC60. This is the first time I am driving a Volvo tester. And although I drove the XC60 at a track event many months ago, actually living with one is a completely different experience. The ergonomics of this crossover are complicated, and I’d usually be complaining about such things, but Volvo let me have the XC60 for an entire week,

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We finally got out hands on a 2010 BMW 7-Series. Indeed, we’ve never driven any sort of 7-Series before, and we really needed to find out if BMW’s sporting DNA could translate to a large luxury sedan. The dynamics of the car are not shrouded in mystery any more. Meet the 2010 BMW 750Li — quite possibly, the best all-round luxury sedan we’ve ever driven.

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The all-new Kia Soul was launched in the UAE today, at an event held in Dubai. The Soul, a compact hatchback that is bordering on becoming a small crossover SUV, will initially be available only in 1.6-litre form, with the 2.0-litre version being held back to gauge demand.

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