Toyota and Honda are proceeding with recall campaigns in some GCC countries. Toyota is offering a free fix for affected Avalon and Sequoia owners, while Honda will do complimentary work on a handful of Odyssey minivans.
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Ford has quite a few reasons to smile lately, with the company posting an outstanding full year net income of $2.7 billion. Ford, the only one of the Big Three U.S. automakers that did not opt for a government bailout last year, posted an improvement of US$17.5 billion from 2008, or 86 cents per share, [...]  One of our readers reports that the 2010 Lexus GX460 is now on sale at showrooms in Dubai, and likely in Abu Dhabi and elsewhere too. In fact, the model is so fresh that the floor salespeople are confused about what it is and giving hilarious answers to customer queries, such as how it is [...] Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has confirmed a strong performance in the Middle East region in 2009. Worldwide every fifth Rolls-Royce is sold in the Middle East with its 8 dealerships in 6 countries. BMW Group Middle East has ended 2009 with a moderate 9% decrease in sales compared to 2008. Despite the premium automotive sector being down 25%, the BMW brand managed to gain a 4% increase in market share against its core competitors. The Saudi Arabian Motor Federation (SAMF) has confirmed that the route for next month’s Saudi Arabia Ha’il Baja will feature minor changes and improvements, but is based upon the successful format that was so well received by competitors in 2009. Saudi Arabia’s Prince Abdulaziz Al Faisal will head for Abu Dhabi next month carrying a big advantage in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East after scoring his second race victory in 24 hours and his third in four rounds today. The Zain Reem international race circuit in Riyadh will play host to rounds of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge and Chevrolet Supercars Middle East Championship on Wednesday, January 6th and Thursday, January 7th, 2010. Mr. Mohamad Ali Al Hajj, from Saudi Arabia, recently received his 2010 Maxima, Nissan’s new four door sports car. He won the car in a competition organised by Nissan on the top-rated GCC Arabic language soccer show ‘Sada Al Malaeb’ of MBC1 in October. McLaren Automotive has announced the appointment of Ian Hession as its new sales manager for Middle East and Africa. He will support regional director, Ian Gorsuch, as the new car manufacturer gears up for the launch of the first in its range of high performance cars — the MP4-12C — in early 2011.  General Motors has unveiled the 2011 GMC Acadia Denali in the United States, in time for the Detroit Auto Show. It is a natural extension of the Denali line, and finally offers up the Chevy Traverse’s upgraded engine in the Acadia. After a highly anticipated global release, the 2010 Chevrolet Cruze compact value sedan has arrived to showrooms across Saudi Arabia, with prices starting from SR 53,500 for manual transmission models. After a highly acclaimed debut in several markets around the world, the multi-award-winning Malibu mid-size family sedan is now available for sale across Saudi Arabia.  The all-new 2011 Kia Cadenza luxury sedan, revealed in Korea recently as the Kia K7, will have its overseas world premiere at the 2009 Riyadh Motor Show in Saudi Arabia on 12 December, followed immediately by an appearance at the 2009 Dubai Motor Show on 15 December. Unfortunately, after much speculation that the Cadenza is [...]  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 [...]  Rolls-Royce has launched its new Ghost model in the GCC. It was unveiled in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of a Middle East tour.  Kia has announced that their all-new luxury sedan will be called the Cadenza. The full-size sedan will replace the Kia Opirus.  The all-new Porsche Panamera made its UAE debut at an event hosted in Abu Dhabi for customers and media. It was also the first time that the Panamera sedan has gone on sale outside Europe, as the GCC is the second region to make the car available in showrooms. Abdullatif Alissa Automotive Company successfully launched the all-new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro during the Sulaymaniyah showroom inauguration of its specially-dedicated performance and accessories sections.  The 2010 Chevrolet Cruze, GM’s all-new Korean-built compact sedan that is surprisingly more anticipated in the Middle East than we expected it to be, is now available in Saudi Arabia and possibly a few other GCC countries, according to reports by our readers. There is no official word yet from GM’s regional headquarters in Dubai, [...] |
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