Yesterday, we received a press release from Mitsubishi’s UAE dealer, with the title “Al Habtoor Motors celebrates Pajero being the No. 1 car in the Middle East.” On further prodding their people to clarify, we were told it is the best-selling car around. The Mitsubishi Pajero?
The French auto-manufacturer Renault has introduced their latest iteration of the hothatch, the Renailt Clio RS 200.
The revised 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 and LP 570-4 with the new optional EdizioneTecnica made its worldwide premiere at the 2012 Paris Motor Show.
Iconic brand, Harley Davidson, who happens to be one of the World’s most renowned motor cycle companies, is due to celebrate 110 years of building classic motorcycles next year. And as a tribute to the milestone, they will be rolling out limited ‘110th Anniversary’ Editions of select 2013 Harley-Davidson motorcycles that continue a tradition of commemorating the history of the company.
Hyundai have officially launched the fully-redesigned 2013 Santa Fe in the UAE. While elsewhere, there are two variants – a 5-seater “Sport” model and a 7-seater long-wheelbase model — we here in the GCC are uniquely getting the smaller “Sport” variant this year first. Except that it won’t be called “Sport”, and they’ve actually stuffed seven seats into it too.
The Maserati GranTurismo is a pretty good-looking car and they know it. That’s why they plan to release yet another variant of the GranTurismo at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, the Maserati GranCabrio MC.
Kia plans will bring the 2014 Pro-ceed, or “Pro_cee’d” as their marketing monkeys have dubbed it, and Hyundai will follow suit, bringing the 2014 3-door i30 to the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The cars will be unveiled at the company’s press conference on 27 September.
The all-new Peugeot 208 was launched at an event in the UAE. The Art Sawa Gallery in Dubai played host to the 2013 model that will replace the 207, which was apparently a great seller for Peugeot in the GCC.
In today’s bit of non-news, Audi has launched the latest version of their infinitely-boring Audi A3 Sportback. As expected, it looks like the old model with some new headlights photoshopped in.
The MINI Paceman, the coupe variant of the Countryman which is also the seventh member of the MINI family has finally made it’s web debut.