Industry News

A long awaited model has finally arrived. Porsche Centre Dubai, Al Nabooda Automobiles LLC, is proud to introduce the second generation Porsche Cayenne. The all-new Cayenne was unveiled at an exclusive launch event held at Madinat Arena on 3 June 2010. The evening was a tremendous success as Al Nabooda guests welcomed the brand’s latest and highly anticipated addition.

As a premiere for the Porsche brand this model is offered as a hybrid version, the Cayenne S Hybrid. A highly sophisticated parallel full hybrid drive ensures fuel consumption of just 8.2 litres/100 kilometres with CO2 emissions of just 193 g/km.

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Paolo Dionisi, the Italian Ambassador to the UAE, with his family, celebrated Italian Republic Day at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, the world’s first Ferrari theme park set to open on October 28, 2010. Claus Frimand, General Manager of Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, and Ousama Ghannoum, Marketing and Media Director at Aldar Properties PJSC, escorted Mr. Dionisi and his family to a special preview of Bell’Italia, a miniature recreation of famous Italian cityscapes, structures and racing venues.

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A service adviser from Volkswagen Middle East’s partner in Kuwait, has topped 120 so-called service specialists from 60 countries, to be crowned the 2010 Volkswagen Service Qualification World Champion, at a finals ceremony held recently in May in Wolfsburg, Germany.

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Hertz UAE, the market-leading car rental company, will enhance its presence in Abu Dhabi with the opening of an exclusive service desk at Abu Dhabi International Airport this week.

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A virtuoso display of speed, courage and determination has earned Sebastian Ogier double honours at the Rally de Portugal this weekend.

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Total Middle East FZE (Marketing), has signed a three-year exclusive lubricant supply agreement with Al Futtaim Automotive, the UAE’s largest car distributor. The deal means that every third new car in the UAE will run on Total lubricants, positioning Total as one of the leading brands in the UAE lubricant market.

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Volkswagen Motorsport driver, Nasser Al Attiyah, raced to first place in a one-two-three class victory for alternative power cars at the Nürburgring 24-hour race in Germany. The three Bio Natural Gas powered Scirocco GT24-CNGs retained Volkswagen’s untarnished three year alternative power non-retirement record, completing the race with total reliability in front of 220,000 spectators on 16 May.

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BMW is setting a new benchmark in the compact Sports Activity Vehicle segment with the launch of the newest member of its X model range, the all-new BMW X1. The youngest model to join the hugely successful X Sports Activity Vehicle portfolio comes with all of the features typical of the BMW X range, but at the same time offers a new interpretation of BMW’s Sheer Driving Pleasure.

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A long-awaited model has finally arrived. Porsche Centre Abu Dhabi, Ali & Sons Co. L.L.C., is proud to introduce the new generation Porsche Cayenne.

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Automechanika Middle East 2010, the region’s premier trade and networking event for the automotive aftermarket, wound up on a positive note at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre with organisers reporting a 33% increase in the number of interntaional visitors after day two of the exhibition. A majority of exhibitors and trade visitors reported a large number of deals, business enquiries and leads generated over the three days of the show.

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