The UAE’s most popular classifieds website recently announced a partnership with a service called CarReport which will apparently tell users whether any car in the UAE has had an accident or not, using just the VIN number. We were ecstatic, thinking we finally got our own version of America’s amazing CarFax service. Update: We have added statements from Dubizzle and CarReport at the end of the article.
If you’re a regular reader, you may have already come across our numerous social-media posts harping about our new acquisition. Our brand new 2014 “zero kilometre” Nissan Patrol LE is still being broken in until it hits 1000 km, but until then, we got some essential work done on it.
Yesterday, we brought you the top most researched cars in the UAE this month. Today, we bring you the same list for Saudi Arabia. Our readers are real car shoppers, so we are in a good position to see exactly what people here are interested in buying, simply by looking at our internal stats. Our site is constantly gaining in popularity in Saudi Arabia, so much so that 100,000 of our 500,000 unique visitors per month are from the Kingdom. So here’s a rundown of the top ten cars being researched the most on DriveArabia.com this Ramadan in KSA.
A belated Ramadan Kareem to everyone. As the most popular website among real car shoppers, we are in a good position to see exactly what people here are interested in buying, simply by looking at our internal stats. Our site is especially popular in the UAE, as Dubai is our home base. So here’s a rundown of the top ten cars being researched the most on DriveArabia.com this Ramadan in the UAE, which is where 200,000 of our 500,000 unique visitors come from every month.
| The Good: – Immense road presence – Cabin trim and features – Fast and comfortable |
The Bad: – As expensive as a house – Light steering and pedals – Lack of useful boot space |
Some time ago, our time-share 2003 Alfa Romeo found the strength to get its behind moving and meet up with its relatives, both new and old.
It’s not everyday that we get to pick up a Ferrari. We managed to get this yellow 488 GTB for several days this time, having only driven a red one for only a few hours last year.
Towell Auto Centre recently launched the Geely Emgrand GT with the 3.5-litre V6 in Oman, after launching the 2.4-litre inline-4 model earlier this year. It comes a few months after the 4-cylinder car was launched in the UAE by Union Motors.
The Touareg is easily one of VW’s best cars at the moment, which is amazing considering it’s half-a-decade old already. It was facelifted a year ago to keep it fresh, and this is the first time we got to look at the “new” one up close.
| The Good: – Good build quality – Cabin space and features – Quiet comfortable ride |
The Bad: – Engine could use more power – Fuel consumption – Limited offroad ability |