Hot hatches are a magical blend of useable performance and practicality. Their popularity has led manufacturers to come up with hot variants of their different hatchbacks. VW, for instance, had several hot variants of their Polo and larger Golf hatchbacks. And now, they’ve slotted a new hot version under them and this time, it’s their puny little Up! hatchback that gets the treatment.
Aston Martin’s freshest model line gets a top dog in the form of the 2019 Aston Martin DB11 AMR which comes in as a replacement for the outgoing DB11 V12. A few visual updates, more power, and a special version rounds off the changes.
Lexus — maker of more than just LX570s and ES250s — took the wraps off the UX compact SUV a few months ago, poised to compete against the likes of the BMW X1, Mercedes Benz GLA, and the Audi Q3.
| The Good: – High quality inside and out – Good power and handling – Extremely comfortable |
The Bad: – Conservative interior design – Not built for driving fun – Tight fit in parking spaces |
We attended the inaugurations of new showrooms for three different brands in the UAE over the past couple of weeks.
Building a luxury car brand is hard. It’s even harder when you’re trying to reinvent an existing brand as a luxury contender. Volvo used to be a purveyor of safe automobiles, slightly premium in price due to their Swedish sourcing. Some thought that the Chinese buying out the carmaker would be a bad thing. But things couldn’t be better once Volvo left previous-keeper Ford’s shadow. Starting with the all-new XC90 a few years ago, Volvo’s offerings have become premium enough to compete with the best that Germany has to offer. When it was first launched here though, the XC90 only came in T6 guise,
In the past years, we’ve seen a number of massive military vehicles that were slightly modified for civilian use. The Knight XV and the Paramount Marauder belong to this bunch along with a few other gigantic machinery. But the slight modifications on them were mostly confined to the removal of the offensive armory. But the new Rhino GX Executive Edition from a company called US Speciality Vehicles takes the modifications to an opulent level.
Genesis, Hyundai’s luxury marque unveils their 2019 G70 sedan and surprisingly, it is be offered with an optional 6-speed manual transmission.
KTM’s track tool, the X-Bow GT4 has been given an update for the 2018 racing season Stemming from the joint venture between KTM AND Reiter Engineering, this track-only machine comes with more speed and improved reliability.
Rolls-Royce has officially revealed the Cullinan SUV, and it looks exactly as you would have imagined it, complete with motorised banquet-hall doors and imposing grille with the “Spirit of Ecstacy” sitting on the bonnet.