The BMW X5 Sport Edition, which was first revealed back in June 2007, is finally been offered in Dubai and Abu Dhabi showrooms, as well as other GCC markets. It won’t aid your X5’s off-road abilities though, no matter what BMW claims.
The Korean-built Chevrolet Aveo, universally accepted as among the worst cars ever created, has been living on borrowed time since being introduced in 2002, and continues for 2010 with yet another facelift.
While the GCC market gets only one version of the Lexus IS sedan, other markets are already playing with various IS versions and engine choices, including a brand new IS C hard-top convertible version. To make matters even more envious, Lexus offers an F-Sport package for other markets that includes dealer-fitted performance mods.
There are people around the world who endure various hardships simply to live a better life. Here is a group Mexican illegal immigrants, chased by cops on their way into America. Count them all.
BMW is going to display a customised X6 ambulance at the upcoming RETTmobil rescue vehicle show in Germany. It is the xDrive50i version, and BMW goes to great lengths to describe the purpose of such a cramped ambulance.
An American website called Edmunds.com is reporting that Nissan is continuing with their previously-mentioned plans to develop a convertible version of the Nissan Murano.
Everybody’s favourite British entertainment show was spotted filming somewhere near Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. The entire Top Gear crew seems to be there, entering and leaving the country without much fanfare.
The Porsche Cayenne is painfully common on the streets of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, so no one even gives one of these monstrosities a second look any more. It looks like this “problem” exists in Europe too, according to Romania-based MAFF Tuning, so they’ve built a kit to make it look a bit more, shall we say, unique. The MAFF Muron throws itself into a ring dominated by German tuners.
While Ford Middle East still peddles leftover four-banger versions of the 2009 Ford Fusion in the GCC, the redesigned 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is making waves in the United States. Drivers trained in mileage-maximizing techniques were able to get an extraordinary 2313 km out of a single tank of petrol during a fund-raising road-trip and publicity stunt. They did it by averaging 2.88 litres per 100 km, using a non-modified Fusion Hybrid straight off the showroom floor. The Fusion Hybrid already calls itself the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in North America.
European tuner NOVITEC TRIDENTE now offers up a kit for the Maserati GranTurismo S, and it isn’t just all looks. A newly-developed supercharged V8 engine bumps up the power to supercar levels.