President of the Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE) Mohammed Ben Sulayem today (March 22) named Nissan’s 2010 Patrol SUV as the official car of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge which gets underway later this week.
Representatives from Rolls-Royce dealerships in the Middle East region convened near Laguna Beach, California, to discuss business development for the next decade and bid farewell to the outgoing CEO. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars CEO, Tom Purves, who will retire at the end of the month, commended Middle East dealerships for their contribution to furthering the brand’s presence in the region. Tom Purves started his career in 1967 as an apprentice engineer at Rolls-Royce, in the 1970s he was the area manager for Rolls-Royce in the Middle East, based in Kuwait.
McLaren Automotive has released more details about its expectations for, the Middle East market, where it will launch the first in its range of high performance sports cars from spring 2011. The announcement follows the world debut of the new McLaren MP4-12C at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England, where the two most recent Formula 1 world champions, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, unveiled the new car.
Four lucky customers at Arabian Automobiles Company, the exclusive dealer of Nissan, Infiniti, and Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates have each been awarded 1 kilogram of gold as part of its Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) promotion.
Yas Island Rotana has hosted the Ferrari Owners Club members last Friday in preparation for a presentation by Ferrari World Abu Dhabi on the same day.
AutomodEx 2010 concluded its impressive four day exhibit last week following an awards/prize distribution ceremony for the Radio Controlled Race Challenge winners along with successful entries of the Car & Bike Show.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Royal Drive, the luxury supercar event, has had to be postponed and will not take place this weekend in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. However, Elements, the 12-hour music festival at Dubai Festival City, will go ahead as scheduled.
Alfardan Sports Motors Company, the exclusive importer of Modena’s pride – Maserati – and a member of Alfardan Group, organized recently Maserati’s very first local track day at the Losail International Circuit where a line-up of astonishing models squared the circles revving up Maserati’s glorious engines.
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) teamed up with the Abu Dhabi Police, the Traffic & Licensing department and the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) to shed light on the risks of motorcycle and sport utility vehicle (SUV) risks. The event attracted hundreds of students from KUSTAR, as well as Al Fatima College and Institute of Applied Technology.
Kia Motors Corporation announced today its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for February 2010, recording a total of 143,267 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 39.5%.