Only a few weeks have passed since the day Porsche took the covers off the 3rd generation Porsche Cayenne and Cayenne S. Now, Porsche has unwrapped yet another Cayenne variant, this time it’s the top dog, the 2018 Porsche Cayenne Turbo. As per the features list, the 3rd gen Porsche Cayenne Turbo may be the closest an SUV has ever got to a sports car.
At the 2017 Chengdu Motor Show in China, Maserati took the wraps off two trims of their smaller sedan, the 2018 Ghibli. Dubbed the GranLusso and GranSport, these two trims of the 2018 Ghibli comes with some gentle updates for the 4-year old model.
The Dubai Road & Transport Authority and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) have jointly announced a number of incentives for electric cars owners to promote electric car ownership in they city.
As a part of the move to make Dubai the “smartest city in the world,” the Road & Transport Authority has introduced 50 Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles to its taxi fleet. As per the directions given by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and ruler of Dubai, these vehicles will be a part of the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) fleet.
Along with the barely-facelifted versions of the S-Class Coupe and Cabriolet, at Frankfurt, Mercedes-Benz pulls two other rabbits out of its hat which come in the form of new exclusive versions of the G65 and G63 AMG models. The all-dark exclusive editions will serve as one final refresh for the current generation G-Class before the next-gen model arrives in 2018.
The Dacia Duster (Renault Duster in our market) is the Romanian brand’s most popular model, with more than a million units sold around the world during its 7-year stint. Revealed first in 2010, the budget SUV has been yearning for a refresh and that’s exactly what the brand has given it. Dacia has prepped up a new version of the Duster which has shown its face off ahead of its public reveal at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show.
At the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, Kia showed the 2018 Sorento facelift for Europe. South Korea, its home market, received the facelifted 2018 Sorento a few weeks ago. As it is just a mid-life refresh, the changes just include updated bumpers and minor tweaks in the design of the lights.
Since our Chrysler 300 SRT needed window tint, we hit up ACDelco to supply us with the “40%” version of their new ACDelco Shield film a couple of months ago. It comes with a 5-year warranty and installed at Liberty service centres. We also figured this would be a good chance to test how well tint actually does in keeping a car interior cool. So we grabbed an infra-red thermometer and sweated it out in the summer sun.
The Porsche Cayenne was a car that managed to raise quite a lot of purist eyebrows when it first debuted in 2002. The decision taken by a pure sports-car manufacturer like Porsche to build an SUV was questioned by many, but the Cayenne, over 14 years and 2 generations, answered all their questions with impressive sales and positive reviews. And now, the boffins at Stuttgart have revealed the third generation of the Cayenne with updated looks, new interior and a lower curb weight.
Just a couple of days after teasing us with the resurrected GSi badge, Opel has released the first car that adorns the new performance moniker. The GSi badge makes a comeback on the new Insignia GSi, as a warm version of the standard 5-door Insignia Grand Sport. The new Insignia GSi will also spawn a couple of other cars namely, the 2018 Buick Regal GS and 2018 Holden Commodore VXR, which will cater for the American and Australian markets respectively.