The race for the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) crown is expected to touch a boiling point when the 31st edition of the Dubai International Rally gets underway from December 3 with just three points separating the top two contenders for this prestigious title in the 25th year of the championship.
With a line-up of the most famous brands on four wheels scheduled to unveil their latest models, marques and technological marvels to the Middle East region and the world beyond, the scale of the 10th anniversary Dubai International Motor Show is exceeding all expectations.
The all-new 2011 Kia Cadenza luxury sedan, revealed in Korea recently as the Kia K7, will have its overseas world premiere at the 2009 Riyadh Motor Show in Saudi Arabia on 12 December, followed immediately by an appearance at the 2009 Dubai Motor Show on 15 December. Unfortunately, after much speculation that the Cadenza is a large rear-wheel-drive sedan based on the Hyundai Genesis, it turns out that the Cadenza is really a front-wheel-drive sedan, likely derived from the Hyundai Sonata platform.
Arabian Automobiles, the exclusive dealer for Nissan, Infiniti and Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, in association with ENOC Lubricants, a subsidiary of the Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), announce the second edition of the ‘Xplore UAE’ off-road driving event.
The 31st Dubai International Rally 2009, the final round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship, brings another first as it will host the Pirelli Star Driver’s programme for the Middle East region, according to President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE) and Organizing Committee Chairman Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
As far as we know, we are the first people to review the 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in the desert. Everyone else drove it “off-road” at the launch event, to which we were not invited, but that was a carefully-planned event with easy gravel jaunts anyway. We took our Prado VX-L tester on the same dunes used by desert safari outfits in Dubai.
The facelifted 2010 Toyota Camry has quietly reached the UAE, most obvious on the streets of Dubai in RTA taxi colours. Sharp-eyed people may have already spotted the new models, with the new grille, pointier headlights, new wheels and the LED-style tail lamps.
Arabian Automobiles, the exclusive dealer for Nissan, Infiniti and Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates has once again been recognized as a ‘Nissan Champion Distributor’ by Nissan Motor Company, Japan. The award signed by Colin Dodge, Executive Vice President of Nissan Motor Company was awarded to Arabian Automobiles for achieving “excellent performance and demonstrating outstanding operational improvements” for 2009.
The 2009 Mitsubishi Motors GCC Press Conference has outlined plans for environment-friendly cars in the future as the top management of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Japan recently addressed the press and dealers, and presented the company’s performance and financial results for the year 2009, at the Habtoor Grand Resort & Spa, Dubai on 9th November 2009.
The production version of the new 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander is starting to trickle into worldwide markets, with more photos becoming available. It has already been revealed in Australia and now the United States. A UAE debut seems to be on the cards by early next year.