2017 Geely Emgrand X7 Sport
| The Good: – Good looks inside and out – Cabin trim and features – Comfortable ride |
The Bad: – Needs a better engine – Rubbery steering feel – Average boot space |
| The Good: – Good looks inside and out – Cabin trim and features – Comfortable ride |
The Bad: – Needs a better engine – Rubbery steering feel – Average boot space |
At last year’s Paris Motor Show, Porsche unveiled the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid which churned out 462 hp and 700 Nm from its hybrid powertrain that consisted of a bi-turbo 2.9-litre V6 and an electric motor. Now, Stuttgart has revealed a more powerful version of the hybrid Panamera with 680 hp. Say hello to the 2018 Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.
| The Good: – Strong engine – Cabin space and features – Ride and handling |
The Bad: – Somewhat expensive – No third-row seat option – No low-range gearing |
The Mitsubishi ASX has been around for a while now, carrying on in 2017 with a facelift. In the recently-concluded 2017 Chicago Motor Show, Mitsubishi unwrapped a new special edition of the 2017 ASX crossover called the LE or Limited Edition. The Limited Edition goes on sale in the US with the Outlander Sport moniker, as it is known in the American market
The Ford Edge Sport has been around since late last year, as the top dog in the redesigned Edge line-up. While we did drive the regular Edge Titanium in Jordan in 2016, the Sport is an entirely different beast.
The Y61-generation Nissan Patrol, still on sale in select markets including the UAE after the new Y62-generation came out in 2010, is getting a second life in the GCC, even as it is being phased out elsewhere. There will now be a top trim level called the Nissan Patrol Super Safari in the Middle East.
Range Rovers have grown sleeker with every year since the Evoque was launched. In Land Rover’s quest to fill every market niche, there is a new model between the sub-compact Evoque and the midsize Sport that will be called the Range Rover Velar.
Honda’s MPV offering, the Odyssey, has been completely revamped for 2018.
This may sound a bit ridiculous initially, but Nissan Middle East has just announced a new concept to “revolutionise the way vehicles are evaluated for desert performance.” Developed by Nissan engineers over the past two years, Desert Camel Power uses a “scientifically proven formula to determine, in an accurately measurable and reproducible way, how a given vehicle will perform in typical desert off-road conditions.” It’s been a while since we graduated from engineering school, so we’ll just publish the specifics as told by Nissan.
Mansory occasionally dishes out some seriously bonkers machines and now it`s no different. They have laid their hands on the Mercedes-AMG G 63 to give the off-roader a good Mansory special before it gets replaced in 2018.