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With my brain still not used to the hunger at the onset of Ramadan, I am having trouble keeping up with my writing duties. However, keeping me company during the first week of fasting is a 2009 Volvo XC60. This is the first time I am driving a Volvo tester. And although I drove the XC60 at a track event many months ago, actually living with one is a completely different experience. The ergonomics of this crossover are complicated, and I’d usually be complaining about such things, but Volvo let me have the XC60 for an entire week,

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Middle East car fans are to be entertained with stunning demonstrations by world-class drift racers from the “Need for Speed” European Drift Championships – Europe’s premier drift championships when they headline at this year’s Barbican Turbo festival. Drifting is a high skill level motorsport in which drivers control a car while it slides from side to side at very high speed. Organised by United Business Media, Barbican Turbo is the region’s premier custom, tuning and motorsports festival to be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from the 8th – 10th of October 2009.

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European vehicle manufacturer Renault is continuing to build upon its range of GCC available models and is expanding its dealership network across the region, despite first half figures that reveal mixed fortunes for the motor industry.

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Al Ghandi Auto, Bin Hamoodah Auto and Liberty Automobiles Company are giving UAE customers even more reasons to celebrate this Ramadan with the best offers of the year on Chevrolet and GMC vehicles.

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Liberty Automobiles Company and Liberty Abu Dhabi Automobiles Company are giving UAE customers even more reasons to celebrate this Ramadan with the best offers of the year on Cadillac and HUMMER vehicles.

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Rubens Barrichello finally has a win for Brawn GP, coming in first at the 2009 European F1 Grand Prix in Valencia with a performance that brought him home just over two seconds ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, whose pit-crew cost him the win.

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For a company hell-bent on protecting its brand image, even going as far as blocking us from reviewing their cars, it is ironic that they create their own problems. Volkswagen of America has announced a “voluntary” recall involving 13,500 vehicles equipped with its notorious DSG automanual transmission. Models affected by the recall include the Golf GTI, the Eos and the Mexican-built Jetta, built between September 2008 and August 2009.

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Well-known Porsche tuners 9ff has introduced their version of the Porsche Panamera hunchback sedan, which is yet to go on sale in the GCC even in stock form. The 9ff version is still in the design stage.

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We were not invited, but apparently the 2010 Mazda 3 was launched at a Dubai showroom in the UAE, with simultaneous debuts for the Oman and Saudi Arabian markets. While they proudly claim to be the newest compact car in the GCC, it is also the most disappointing new car released this year.

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We are currently cruising in a 2009 Volvo XC60, and it is a vehicle that packs in a whole new set of safety technologies that border on invasive. However, given Volvo’s past, that was to be expected. For the Swedish company is responsible for the invention of the 3-point seat-belt, and is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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