European Car News

Tuners Project Kahn has released its latest creation, the Range Rover RS500. As the name suggests, the horsepower is bumped up to 500 hp on the diesel engine.

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Even before the next-generation 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS has been released, German-based tuner company Carlsson has revealed their own upgraded version, if only as photoshopped images.

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The 2012 Mercedes Benz C-Class has been revealed with a new four-cylinder engine added to the range. The new models will have a minor facelift and the interior is upgraded as well. Performance-wise it offers more power and better fuel economy than its predecessor.

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Renault’s Middle East outfit has been releasing all sorts of “foreign” cars in the GCC market, such as the Logan from Romania and the Safrane from Korea, over the last few years, so much so that only a couple of models remained truly French. However, after a brief absence, the French-built third-generation Megane has finally reached the UAE, apparently going on sale quietly in November.

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The recalls were piling in hard and fast during this year. While we kept up with most of the ones which could’ve potentially affected car owners in the Middle East, we simply stopped keeping track around two months ago, because it became interminably boring writing up repetitive “recall” stories. However, we have a duty to at least highlight the ones which could matter, so here is a rundown of all the recalls in the last 60 days, most issued in the U.S. but which may also affect some GCC-spec cars. Consult your local dealer.

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Here’s something to inflame the bearded folks. A whopping 19 teenage girls stuffed into a two-seater Smart ForTwo to set a new world record. For the Guiness Book of World Records. In Pakistan. Who would’ve thought that the country to beat the previous record of 18 by Australia would be Pakistan? And girls, no less.

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BMW had a track event at the Dubai Autodrome racetrack last week. Dubbing it “X Meets M Roadshow”, it was an attempt by BMW to legitimise the X5 M and the X6 M as true sporting vehicles worthy of the M badge, while also having the M3 as well as regular X5 and X6 models at hand for comparison. Interestingly, it was even open to the public, and all you had to do was sign up on BMW’s regional website for a slot. The only problem was BMW’s local outfit chose to advertise this event on everywhere except the Middle East’s most popular car website,

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Long rumoured and then long anticipated, the M version of the 1-Series has finally debuted. Since it was impossible to call it an M1, that name already taken by a BMW supercar in the 1970s, the 2012 addition to the range will be known as the BMW 1-Series M Coupe.

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Renault chose to hold the GCC unveiling of the all-new 2011 Renault Safrane at the 2010 Riyadh Motor Show. As we had been speculating for ages, the new model is a simple rebadge of the car that debuted earlier this year in Europe as the Renault Latitude and in Korea as the Nissan-Samsung SM5.

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McLaren Automotive unveiled the MP4-12C in Bahrain and the UAE this month. After the McLaren F1 and the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR, this is only the first product to come out the company that has associations with Formula 1.

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