The U.S. market gets an extensive line of Toyota 4×4 models, including the 4Runner and Highlander to fill up the midsize segment. That left no room for the Prado, which is what the rest of the world gets. However, Toyota has been selling a slightly-altered version of the Prado in the United States, calling it the Lexus GX470. That model has now been replaced by a new 2010 GX460 model, based on the all-new 2010 Prado.
The Cadillac CTS Coupe was first shown as a concept at an auto show some time ago. The production version of the 2-door CTS has now been unveiled, and it looks pretty much the same as the big-butted show car.
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.
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 all-new Renault Fluence, a sedan designed especially for developing countries, will make its world premiere at the upcoming 2009 Dubai Motor Show which takes place from December 16 to 20, 2009.
The latest BMW M3 is already an allegedly capable machine, but the German firm went further and has created a road-legal M3 GTS variant that seems more suited to the track instead.
The facelifted 2010 Renault Sport Clio was revealed at a VIP event in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Formula 1 drivers Fernando Alonso and Romain Grosjean, fresh off their crushing championship defeat this season.
The 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado has been launched in the UAE, although readers of this website have known for months what the new model will look like. However, while we have become the top source of Prado news on the web, we were completely left out of the media launch event held in Dubai a week ago, so we are having to piece together information from other sources, as well as tips from our readers.
Barely three months after the world debut of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni in pictures, the real deal has already reached the shores of the UAE, as the limited-edition model was launched in Dubai, in the presence of the aging Lamborghini test driver after whom the car was named for his 40 years of service.
The updated 2010 Seat León Cupra R debuted at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, and is about to go on sale in Europe. It comes well-equipped as the top model of the Leon range, including a new 265 hp engine that outclasses the VW parent company’s Golf GTI.