You can always trust the Tokyo Auto Show to have the most intriguing and the most wacky concepts. The 2009 edition of the show is no different. This is one event where the concepts outnumber the production car launches. However, this year’s show is a bit muted due to various automakers pulling out, blaming the recession rather than poor management. Many of the concepts are hybrids or zero-emission vehicles, affirming the green slant of the show.
Hell will freeze over before Land Rover’s marketing people will invite me to a launch event, even if it is held in Dubai and will cost them nothing extra. It seems there was a media event to introduce the 2010 Land Rover LR4 in the UAE, with easy offroad courses set up to exaggerate the aging 4×4’s sand abilities.
After spending half a decade in development hell, running the ‘Ring in camo, briefly getting cancelled during the recession, and even racing at a few events, the production version of the Lexus LF-A supercar has finally debuted in Japan.
The Veritas RS III Roadster has begun its limited production run and first customer deliveries will take place in January 2010. Built by Vermot AG, this cockroach of a car has already been sold to eight customers, but none from the Middle East yet. The eight are part of only 30 that will be produced. It takes 15 people about eight weeks to build one car and three cars at a time will be built.
Etisalat’s unique once-in-a-lifetime chance for motorsport fans to win a live racing experience is up for grabs as the draw date closes in. F1x3, Etisalat’s unique promotion for speed enthusiasts, gives its customers the chance to race in the superfast Etisalat F1x3 car, an original racing car with three seats, especially designed to provide the ultimate racing experience from the tracks.
The overwhelming demand that propelled the Audi Q7 to the position as best seller for Audi Abu Dhabi has now been passed on to the remastered new generation Audi Q7, according to recent sales figures.
Jenson Button went into the Brazilian Grand Prix looking for a miracle. And he found it. After 60 of the 71 laps, as Mark Webber swept to a dominant victory for Red Bull ahead of BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica and a fighting Lewis Hamilton, he had done enough. And a late puncture for Brawn GP team mate Rubens Barrichello, which elevated him to fifth, was merely the icing on the cake.
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.
Over 35 MINI Club Dubai drivers put their wheels to the test by conquering the UAE’s highest point, Jebel Hafeet. Widely acknowledged as the best drive in the UAE, the road through the Jebel Hafeet mountains rises 1,240 metres above sea level and commands panoramic views across the Omani and UAE boarders.
The UAE’s GTI fans have been waiting a long time for today, as Volkswagen Ali & Sons Abu Dhabi launches the new sixth generation Volkswagen Golf GTI.