2013 Ford Taurus SHO
| The Good: – Pretty darn fast – Nicely trimmed cabin – Fairly comfortable ride |
The Bad: – Overbearing gadgets – Handling could be tighter – Not as spacious as you’d think |
Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury
Toyota 86 base manual meets top automatic version
When we were driving the top-spec automatic version of the Toyota 86 recently, one of our contributors happened to be testing the base manual version at the same time. So I and George here were in the unique position to check out the differences between the two cars, considering there is a sizeable difference in price between the two.
First drive: 2012 Rolls-Royce Phantom in Dubai
When we got the call to come drive the “new” Rolls-Royce Phantom models in Dubai, I had to think hard to remember why they were calling them new models. Then it hit me that Rolls-Royce did launch “new” models of their Phantoms, if only with minor changes. The Phantom Series II may just be a facelift, but the new tech added brings the flagship up to modern standards.
Infiniti JX 35 officially launched in Abu Dhabi
The 2013 Infiniti JX 35 was just launched in the city of Abu Dhabi by Al Masaood Automobiles, the Nissan-Infiniti in Abu Dhabi.
Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo station-wagon concept
First the trend among German carmakers was to build “four-door coupes”. Now the trend seems to be “four-door coupe station-wagons”, or whatever the marketing people want to call them. Porsche has just unveiled a near-production concept of their upcoming Panamera Sport Turismo wagon.
So we got a 2013 Ford Taurus SHO
We never took the Ford Taurus SHO seriously. The Taurus is a big heavy car, just like the Chrysler 300C. Even a Hemi couldn’t speed up the latter, so we didn’t expect a boosted V6 to do much for the SHO-piece. Boy, were we wrong.
Peugeot 208 launched in the UAE & GCC
The all-new Peugeot 208 was launched at an event in the UAE. The Art Sawa Gallery in Dubai played host to the 2013 model that will replace the 207, which was apparently a great seller for Peugeot in the GCC.
Audi A3 Sportback re-facelifted for 2013
In today’s bit of non-news, Audi has launched the latest version of their infinitely-boring Audi A3 Sportback. As expected, it looks like the old model with some new headlights photoshopped in.
Dacia-Renault Logan and Sandero get restyled for 2013
Two stalwarts of cheap motoring, the Dacia Logan sedan and the Dacia Sandero hatchback, have finally received comprehensive redesigns for 2013 to bring them up to modern standards.
So we got a 2012 Toyota 86 automatic
Yes, we’ve driven this car already. But that was the basic manual version. This is the top-spec automatic version.
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