Month: April 2013

Carmakers share so many standardised parts due to having common parts suppliers nowadays that if one of these bits turn out to be faulty, several unrelated car brands are affected. Such is the case with the latest mass recall of 3.4 million vehicles produced by four unrelated Japanese carmakers between 2000 and 2004 for faulty airbags produced by parts-supplier Takata Corp. Information is also emerging that General Motors and BMW may also be affected.

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Nissan have followed up the launch of the all-new 2013 Pathfinder with the debut of the fuel-saving 2014 hybrid variant, which was revealed at the 2013 New York Auto Show.

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Ford recently revealed images of the new 2014 F-150 SVT Raptor Special Edition model, the latest variant of the factory-prepared off-road monster.

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There have been several phone-camera photos of a supposed Lamborghini Aventador police car, in Dubai Police colours, doing the rounds of the internet this week.

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The 2014 Maserati Ghibli midsize luxury sedan has just been revealed by the Ferrari-owned company that is on a mission to increase sales.

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First it was a 1,200-horsepower Shelby 1000 Mustang, and now Shelby American have shifted focus to create the Shelby Raptor, a nasty-powerful production truck based on the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor. It debuted at the 2013 New York Auto Show.

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While it may look the same on the outside, it seems the 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EX has quietly received some changes under the bonnet. And it quietly went on sale in the UAE without telling anyone.

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The fifth Xplore UAE, an annual off-road event organised by local Nissan dealer Arabian Automobiles in association with ENOC Lubricants, clinched the Guinness World Record title for the longest desert convoy of off-road vehicles. The March event, which attracted the largest number of participants in its history, also raised Dhs 50,000 for the Rashid Paediatric Therapy Centre.

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The snazzy 2014 Kia Forte Koup, known as the Cerato Koup in the GCC, was revealed at the 2013 New York International Auto Show. The third member to the Forte line-up will join the sedan and five-door models when it goes on sale at the end of 2013.

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This year at the New York Auto Show, Honda debuted the Touring Elite variant of their popular MPV, the 2014 Honda Odyssey. Besides some safety and aesthetic enhancements, it also comes with world’s first in-car vacuum cleaner.

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