German automaker Artega Automobil has released a new supercar, the Artega Scalo Superelletra. Artega went bust and bankrupt in July 2012, just 5 years after rolling out their first car, the GT, in 2007. But the brand managed to resurrect itself from its ashes by coming up with the Scalo in September 2015 at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The new Artega Scalo Superelletra is an improved version of this all-electric model.
Hoping to bite a bit of the premium car market pie, Citroen’s luxury sub-brand DS launched a new model at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. Hoping to leverage the immense popularity for crossovers in the market, the new DS 7 Crossback SUV took the stage with a handsome design and a flurry of features up its sleeve.
German mail delivery company DHL has revealed plans for selling a self-built electric vehicle that they created in 2013. In 2011, DHL’s Global Forwarding division teamed up with the Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay Transport Partnership to develop plans to improve DHL’s operating efficiency. This resulted in the creation of the StreetScooter in 2013 which they intend to sell to the public now.
Volkswagen owners from across the region gathered at the Dubai Autodrome on the 21st April weekend at the largest ever exclusive event for the GCC. About 150 cars and 300 owners from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates participated in the invitation-only Volkswagen ‘Dub Drive GCC 2017’ event to showcase their cars.
The awkwardly-profiled Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class sedan has been successfully serving as an entry point to the three-pointed star family for a while now. At the 2017 Auto Shanghai, Mercedes-Benz previewed a new idea for a model, the Concept A sedan, which is based on the A-Class and may hint at the future design direction of the A/CLA/GLA trio.
In the month of April, several manufacturers have announced recalls that include passenger cars, electric cars, trucks and even a full-size V12 sedan.
The Ferrari’s V12 grand tourer, the F12 is a monster in its own right. With a 6.3-litre V12 dishing out 730 horses, the F12 is quite a tough act to follow. But the Italian design house, Bengala has pulled it off by going the weight shedding way. Welcome the Caballeria – a carbon-fibre bodied F12 Berlinetta with a limited production run of just 10 cars.
Until the beginning of last year, McLaren’s bread-and-butter was the 650S, but it proved too impractical for many in the market for these cars. Then there was the 570S, which was meant to be softer-driving and more practical. Alongside it came the 540C, which was supposed to be even softer. And now there is the 570GT, which is supposed to be…even softer and more practical?
The Nissan Patrol LE had taken the world record (from a diesel VW Touareg) for the heaviest aircraft pulled, right here in the UAE. Now Porsche has finally broken the record by pulling an Airbus A380.