The Opel Adam has just been revealed, ready to take on the ever-burgeoning premium-supermini market started by the BMW Mini. Named after Adam Opel, the founder of the original German company before it got bought out by General Motors, the Opel Adam offers more than one million combinations of colours and trim options.
We have arranged for Hyundai UAE, Juma Al Majid, to give away 10 branded footballs. The full-sized footballs are official Euro 2012 merchandise, as the tournament was sponsored by Hyundai.
Update: The winners have been announced.
Our Lexus IS 300C has now gone back to the dealer, having spent two months with us. While we still contend that it is not the kind of car that car guys like us would buy, it is still an excellent car in its own right, and we enjoyed driving it. At times, we had up to six cars on our fleet to pick from when heading out to events, and we’d pick the Lexus because it was the luxury car of the bunch.
Rally driver Ken Block is back with yet another Gymkhana video, this time taking on the streets of San Francisco. Gymkhana 5 features his Ford Fiesta rally car again in his most public drive ever.
| The Good: – Exotic exterior styling – Practical cabin features – Ride and handling |
The Bad: – Manual-mode gear response – Awkward rear accommodations – Some hard cabin plastics |
The Lexus brand took off back in late 1989 with the ground-breaking LS 400 more than two decades ago. Soon Lexus will hold the world premiere of the new 2013 Lexus LS flagship sedan at a special invitation-only event in San Francisco on July 30.
For those who didn’t know, BMW also makes motorcycles. The BMW Motorrad division has made a few changes to its 2013 range, the most important being that all of their bikes worldwide will come with ABS as standard now.
Further to the UAE launch of the new Toyota 86 sports car, Al-Futtaim Motors, exclusive distributors of Toyota in the UAE, has announced the launch of the Toyota Emirates Drifting Team.
We never drove the first generation of the Hyundai Genesis Coupe, a car that seems to be overshadowed by the Toyota 86 nowadays. But we did drive the 2013 version, which is essentially the same car, with a new front-end, new tail lamps and a new interior. And even though it still has the same engine as before, it is one hell of a car.
The 2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 has been unveiled, becoming the first 3-Series to be offered as a hybrid. It also happens to be quicker than the BMW 335i.