2018 Peugeot 2008 crossover debuts
French car manufacturer Peugeot has updated their 2008 crossover (yes, it’s the model name, not the model year) for this year and they have taken the covers off the new car quietly in Australia.
French car manufacturer Peugeot has updated their 2008 crossover (yes, it’s the model name, not the model year) for this year and they have taken the covers off the new car quietly in Australia.
It’s hard to believe that the R35-generation Nissan GT-R has been around for almost a decade. So long, in fact, that it’s creator Kazutoshi Mizuno has already retired and chilling on a beach somewhere. But development of the car continues, as a new version debuted late last year. We finally got a chance to get behind the wheel of the latest version, if only briefly, at the Dubai Autodrome.
| The Good: – Fairly quick – Cabin space – Comfortable ride |
The Bad: – Pricey with options – Sporty but a bit soft – Limited offroad ability |
A few months ago, Skoda released the Kodiaq SUV, and now they have revealed a Scout version. Skoda gives the Scout treatment to taut up their cars to take some mild beating when they are off the road.
Ever heard of the Suzuki Cultus? This American-designed Japanese-developed car was built around the world since 1988 in the shape seen here. It was available around the world as the Suzuki Swift, the Holden Barina, the Subaru Justy, the Maruti Esteem, the Changan Suzuki, the Chevrolet Sprint and the Pontiac Firefly, among others. Even though the Firefly and its brethren haven’t been seen on UAE roads since the 1990s, it still persevered in Pakistan as the Suzuki Cultus. But now, after a third of a century in production, Suzuki has decided to wind up the Cultus model in the Pakistan market as well.
The Skoda Octavia is long forgotten here as a viable contender in the compact segment, but when we finally took one for a spin, we found it to be a value-packed alternative to the venerable VW Golf.
Aston Martin has revealed the all-new 2018 Aston Martin Vanquish S Volante with more power than the previous non-S version, dragging on the ancient DB9 platform for one last hurrah.
We’ve been following the development of the Bentley Bentayga quite closely. We saw it up close in concept form, with that much-derided front-end. We saw it in its world debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, where we saw its famous Breitling dash-clock option that costs as much as the car. We even saw it in Dubai at the 2015 Dubai Motor Show where we interviewed one of the designers. Unfortunately we never got a chance to get behind the wheel since it hit the roads in 2016, but we were finally given this blue one to try out for a couple of days.
A new entrant to the already-elaborate Mercedes-AMG GT lineup was revealed at the Detroit Auto Show last month. Named the AMG GTC coupe, the new car is essentially the hardtop version of the existing GT C roadster. The GT C coupe slots in between the hardtop-only GT S and GT R.
A prototype vehicle was spotted on the road of India, looking like a poorly-maintained Land Rover Discovery Sport, but in reality it’s said to be a future Tata vehicle in disguise.