The Porsche World Roadshow is an event held around the world almost every year by the German carmaker’s dealers, to showcase their latest models to potential customers in the comfort of, well, a racetrack. We’ve attended the UAE event in years past, but for whatever reason, we did not get an invite from Porsche this year. But then an invitation came in from the most unlikely of places — Emirates NBD Bank!
In another one of those pre-debut internet “leaks”, photos of the 2014 BMW 3-Series Gran Turismo are out in the open, well before its actual debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show soon. However, BMW has quickly released full details on the car now.
Brabus held the world premiere of their incarnation of the Mercedes-Benz G 65 AMG at the Qatar Motor Show. Dubbed the Brabus 800, the upgrade gives the G 65 AMG a massive power boost, and some optional exterior add-ons as well.
At the recently-concluded 2013 Qatar Motor Show, Porsche did three regional premieres, for the Cayenne Turbo S, new generation Cayman and 911 Carrera 4, and they showed off one of the first Panamera Platinum Edition models that arrived in the GCC market.
The 2013 Qatar Motor Show has been open to the public since 29th of January and will run until the 2nd of February. Many automobile manufacturers have used this event to launch a number of their models in the region, while a few models made their world debut.
The all-new 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTI is on display at the 2013 Qatar Motor Show, if only as a “concept” that was first shown at other auto shows a few months ago.
Some people think Alfa Romeo isn’t sold in the GCC. But it is, and has been for decades now. They just seem to keep a low profile, even lower than Saab or Opel. But all that is set to change, as the global game of musical-chairs means that Fiat now owns Chrysler, and since Fiat already owns Alfa Romeo, Chrysler’s Middle East office will help support Alfa Romeo in our region. Which brings us to the day-long media event for the Alfa Romeo Giulietta and the Alfa Romeo MiTo that we took for a drive across the UAE, flanked by Chrysler,
BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation are pursuing their “strategic long-term cooperation” in the field of “sustainable mobility” by recently signing agreements to collaborate for the joint development of a fuel cell system, architecture, lightweight technologies, and more interestingly, components for a new sports car.
Lamborghini is planning to celebrate its 50th anniversary by releasing a special limited-edition model. Lamborghini’s CEO Stephan Winkelmann had previously indicated it won’t be a new model or a revival of an old model. True enough, it will be the Lamborghini Aventador LP720-4, set to debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.
Trust supercar makers to make ‘epic’ videos, with their dramatic music, high-quality imagery and slow-motion shots. McLaren have done just that with their new P1 video.