Remember that time we drove the Jaguar F-Type R Coupe in Spain a few months ago? How we were enamoured with its super-grippy handling and its crackly-pop exhaust note? Well, the Chevy Camaro ZL1 is the American version of that car.
This here is the 2015 Volkswagen Passat sedan. Also available in wagon as well as R-Line form, it is clearly the European version rather than the larger American one. Which means it may not come to the UAE.
Truth be told, I like this car. I’ve liked it ever since I saw photos of it a year ago. Yes, it’s been around that long in South-East Asia while we were still seeing that generic Japanese-built one around here. This new one’s built in Thailand, but from what we saw, that hasn’t made an ounce of difference in quality — it feels just as cheap as the Japanese one.
Ramadan Kareem to everyone. As the oldest automotive consumer website in the region (you can still read our reviews from 2004!) as well as the most popular among real car shoppers (our advertising budget is peanuts compared to the imitators that have popped up), we are in a good position to see exactly what people here are interested in buying, simply by looking at our stats. Here’s a rundown of the top ten cars being researched the most on DriveArabia.com this Ramadan across the GCC, with a bit of a bias towards the UAE.
It looks like the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has hands-down won the horsepower war among the Big Three muscle-car makers. It makes 707 hp. Pretty decent we’d say.
Al-Futtaim Motors, Toyota dealer for the UAE, has launched the 2014 Toyota Corolla Limited Platinum Edition as part of several Ramadan promotional offers.
The Ford Focus ST, easily the hottest hatch you can buy for the money, has received some much needed updates along with a facelift for the 2015 model-year.
It’s here! The car you’ve been waiting for! You people keep complaining about everything. “It’s too expensive, there’s no third-row seat, it doesn’t have Bluetooth, it doesn’t have USB ports, it’s not fuel-efficient, it doesn’t have alloys, it’s not rear-wheel-drive, it’s not as reliable as a Toyota, blah, blah.” Well, here’s the car for you — the all-new 2015 Toyota Avanza. For only Dhs 54,900. Now stop whining.
Ah, our Honda S2000 — a pain to drive daily, a pain to keep its roof in good shape, and a pain to keep dings at bay. But damn is it cheap to service.
Dubai’s government ambulance service is getting some Twitter love right now, after they put up photos showing a couple of Ford Mustang ambulances. Yes, you read that right. Mustangs. Ambulances.