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Massive recall for Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, maybe GM & BMW

Massive recall for Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, maybe GM & BMW


Carmakers share so many standardised parts due to having common parts suppliers nowadays that if one of these bits turn out to be faulty, several unrelated car brands are affected. Such is the case with the latest mass recall of 3.4 million vehicles produced by four unrelated Japanese carmakers between 2000 and 2004 for faulty airbags produced by parts-supplier Takata Corp. Information is also emerging that General Motors and BMW may also be affected.

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First Drive: 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 on Yas Marina Circuit

First Drive: 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 on Yas Marina Circuit


So it was the usual monotonous evening when the big daddy of DriveArabia rang up to “offer” me something that I had least expected to come my way, before the world ended — to test drive a Lamborghini Gallardo, that too, on a racetrack. I was truly surprised, as much as he was by the friendly gesture from the Lamborghini dealers in Dubai, for the opportunity to briefly take the wheel of the luxury supercar manufacturer’s entry-level offering, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2.

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