The Pagani supercar range is now being extended with a Roadster version of the Zonda Cinque. It will have a limited production run of only five pieces, just like the Cinque coupé. Read more… »

Most car enthusiasts know of the Mitsuoka Orochi, an organic “supercar” that started life as a concept car in 2001, and finally reaching production in late 2006. Built by Mitsuoka Motors in Japan, the final version turned out to be popular only for its styling, as it was powered by a basic 230 hp 3.3-litre Toyota V6. However, few know about the custom coach-building activities of the Japanese company. Mitsuoka is active in their home-country, rebuildling current-generation Japanese cars to resemble British vehicles of the 1950s and 1960s. And some of their creations are downright hokey. Read more… »

The all-new 2009 Nissan 370Z will supposedly come to the UAE sometime this August, according to the company’s Dubai office. But while rumours persist that its launch could be delayed to 2010 in the GCC, the Brits already have a special edition, with the debut of the 370Z Yellow in the United Kingdom. Read more… »

We skipped all the useless “teasers” that BMW kept releasing for the 2010 X1 crossover and waited for the full details to come out. And the details did leak out. Read more… »

The 2010 Jaguar XKR ‘Goodwood Special’ has been developed as a one-off to “explore the harder side of the XKR’s character and allow the engineering team to explore some performance boundaries.” It is named after a British automotive festival. Read more… »

Valentino Balboni, a Lamborghini test driver known only to Top Gear nerds, now has a model named after him. Automobili Lamborghini has just unveiled the Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni. It also happens to be the first rear-wheel-drive Gallardo. Read more… »

The Peugeot 207, which isn’t making any waves in the UAE against the cheaper 206, has been refreshed for the 2010 model year with a mild facelift and more standard features. Read more… »

As pointed out by Akif, one of our readers, a real photo of the 2010 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado has been leaked onto the internet. The photo appears to be real, and has “internal use only” marked across it. Read more… »

In an embarrassingly desperate move by struggling supercar-maker Aston Martin, the Kuwaiti-owned British company has developed a new luxury commuter concept, dubbed the Cygnet. Named after a baby swan, the mini-car directly bases itself on the Euro-spec Toyota iQ, but with a slant towards more luxury. Read more… »

The Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG is among the fastest 4×4s in the world. It held the title of world’s fastest-accelerating SUV for a while, but then the ugly Porsche Cayenne Turbo S took over the mantle this year. However, such statistics are too close to call. A difference in weather and road conditions was enough to change our 0-100 kph acceleration numbers. In this summer test, we couldn’t top the numbers we got from our Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 winter test. It is therefore better to judge a vehicle by its overall merits. Read more… »

The previous version of the Honda Stream was briefly available in the UAE, offering minivan space in the body of a tall wagon, but it was cancelled a long time ago. The latest version of the Stream is going strong in Japan though, and Honda is offering a Mugen body kit for it, in true Honda-fanboy fashion. Read more… »

Citroen has never sold well in the GCC. In fact, few people even know that Citroen sells cars in the UAE. Even fewer know what the existing Citroen C3 hatchback looks like. And now the 2010 Citroen C3 has already debuted in Europe. Read more… »

Whenever Mercedes-Benz has prototype cars in the UAE for hot-weather testing, I can be sure that they will do a drive-by of my shitty area in Dubai at one time or another. This, I managed to snag some bad photos of the upcoming 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Convertible, which will be the drop-top version of the 2010 E-Class Coupe. Read more… »