Gone are those days when your car battery gives up on you in some no man’s land at a very wrong time, leaving you stranded for good, thanks to Dial-A-Battery, a new mobile assistance service offering complete automobile battery solutions on the move 24/7.
The V6-powered 2011 Volkswagen Touareg we drove some time ago was an impressive SUV. With upscale gadgets, a quiet ride and a luxurious interior, it was quite possibly the best road-going 4×4 in its class. But then we drove the recently-revealed V8-powered version, a model that VW took their time to release, and that too in only a few markets, as they pondered whether there was still a market for V8 models in a world where the latest fad is to go green. Considering we kept this rather-excellent SUV for the better part of a month, we decided to see if a V8 trucklet hurts or helps Volkswagen’s “green”
| The Good: – Very quiet ride – Cabin quality and features – Smooth suspension tuning |
The Bad: – Lacks top-end grunt – Soft brake pedal feel – Some odd button placements |
Hyundai recently launched the latest facelifted version of their Genesis luxury sedan in the UAE. Extending the range further is the Genesis Prada GP500 edition, which made its GCC debut at the 2011 Dubai Motor Show.
The latest masterpiece from AMG, the performance division of Mercedes-Benz, is the all-new 2012 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG, which debuted at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show as well as the 2011 Dubai Motor Show.
Mazda Motor Corporation has managed a ground-breaking achievement with the development of the world’s first capacitor-based regenerative braking system for passenger vehicles, dubbed the i-ELOOP.
The Nissan Juke has always received attention with mixed emotions, due to its ambiguous styling. And even before the public has learned to cope with the new styling cues, Nismo, Nissan’s tuning division, went ahead and created the Nissan Juke Nismo Concept, which will debut at the Tokyo Motor Show.