Let the skin not deceive you. This is no fire-breathing American sports car with a burly V8 powering the rear. Under the Chevrolet Corvette’s skin lies an electric supercar from a company called Genovation Cars based in Maryland USA. Called the Genovation GXE, this Corvette-based electric missile comes with more shock than the ballistic Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
In the past decades, Japan’s Kei car trend gave birth to a number of quirky machines that were made to properly utilise the tiny footprint. In September 2017, at the Tokyo Motor Show, Suzuki showed off a variety of concepts for its Xbee Crossover. And now, they have unwrapped the production version of the Xbee as an eccentric AWD Hybrid Crossover which, sadly, will be sold only in Japan.
At the beginning of very year, we do a rundown of our best original stories from the previous year. We did some big things in 2017. We managed to keep revenue steady despite economic challenges, so you can be sure we’ll be around for years to come. We’ve also managed to keep our crown as the most popular automotive website in the region that doesn’t depend exclusively on paid traffic to artificially boost numbers. We underwent a site redesign to bring it up to modern standards. And we started Arabic video reviews with our very own Arabic editor, Tammam. Oh,
Speculation about the next-generation Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen centered on whether Daimler will switch to a new platform or not. Given the legendary stature of the G-Class, they cannot screw it up.A week earlier than the actual reveal date comes a bunch of leaked images that show off the all-new G-Class in all its glory.
| The Good: – Attractive all-round styling – Improved multimedia tech – Power, ride and handling |
The Bad: – More expensive than ever – Tight rear seating – Some hard cabin plastics |
The current Jeep Cherokee, when it was launched, was frowned upon or its squinty split headlamps. So when Fiat-Chrysler flung the covers off the 2019 Jeep Cherokee facelift, the frontal change wasn’t unexpected.
From this year onwards, petrol prices are going up in Oman as a government cap on the price of “M91” fuel has been removed. Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas has announced fuel prices for the month of January as well as a subsidy programme for low-income Omanis.