Our first report on the 2008 Sharjah Auto Show showcases the privately-owned tuner cars displayed in Hall 3. Various cars range from hydraulically-suspended Lexuses to monster-trucking Isuzus. Even the 2009 Hummer H3T truck made an appearance in tuner form, well before its launch at the Abu Dhabi Auto Show next month
America’s first black president is now old news. The hottest story out of the United States today is the launch of the 2010 Ford Mustang, moving the pony car upscale to eliminate many of its deficiencies and help it better compete with the upcoming Chevy Camaro.
Launched alongside the new European-built Fiesta at a UAE press event in Fujairah, the all-new 2009 Ford F-150 will reach Dubai showrooms by the beginning of next year.
The 2009 Ford Fiesta, easily the most attractive subcompact hatchback on the market, is going to hit Dubai and other UAE showrooms as early as next month.
The all-new GCC-spec 2009 Honda Jazz was unveiled in the UAE, during a press conference in Dubai. The redesigned 5-door subcompact hatchback was originally revealed more than a year ago in Japan.
As you may have noticed, the website has seen almost no updates for the past week. I made the mistake of accepting too many press events and test cars, all in the week when I’m supposed to prepare our stand for the 2008 Sharjah International Auto Show at the Expo Centre. I was thinking of dressing up my BMW M Roadster, but have now decided to display it at our stand in all its beaten-to-hell glory, since I don’t have the time or the space to turn it into a shiny garage-queen show-car. Now,
This is one vehicle I wasn’t exactly looking forward to driving, but asked for one anyway due to popular demand. Our tester had been through many hands before finally reaching us, so it is a bit disheveled, but properly broken in. First impressions are as poor as when seen in photos, but we discovered its many practical aspects as we cruised around Dubai.
The Honda Civic, which remained unchanged since 2006, has received a minor facelift for the 2009 model year.
Al Habtoor Motors officially launched the 2009 versions of the Galant, the Eclipse and the Lancer Evolution X today, with a press track drive at the Dubai Autodrome.
After I sold my Mercedes, I was in the market for a “new” car again. I had my heart set on a 2003-2004 Chevy Lumina SS. I then decided to hit up a few car companies for a possible long-term car instead, but that campaign simply ended in disaster, for obvious no-magazine-so-you-suck reasons. To absolutely avoid the horrendously racist taxi service, my family still needed another car, so I went hunting for that Lumina again. Last Friday, after this loser Lumina owner cancelled our meeting yet again, I suddenly decided to save some cash and buy a sporting economy car instead.