Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury

First drive: 2014 Dodge Durango V6 in the UAE

First drive: 2014 Dodge Durango V6 in the UAE


With all the hype over three-row crossover SUVs such as the Ford Explorer, the Honda Pilot and the Nissan Pathfinder, we’re wondering why more people don’t ask us about the Dodge Durango when discussing their shopping lists. They should, because we could hardly find a fault with the facelifted 2014 version that we just drove across the country in.

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2014 Maserati Ghibli

2014 Maserati Ghibli

The Good:
– Sporty driving experience
– Cabin trim and features
– Fairly comfortable ride
The Bad:
– Pricey with options
– Average fuel economy
– Some ambient highway noises

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Mini-cars do poorly in "small overlap" crash test

Mini-cars do poorly in “small overlap” crash test


The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the United States runs a unique “small-overlap” crash test where they make all test-subject cars to crash into an immobile object with only part of the frontal area of the car. It is supposed to replicate what happens when the front corner of a vehicle collides with another vehicle or an object such as a tree or a lamp-post. In the test, 25%t of a vehicle’s front end on the driver’s side strikes a rigid barrier at 64 kph. And the 11 mini-cars tested performed poorly, although it’s not a huge surprise.

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Comparo: 2014 Maserati Quattroporte S V6 vs Jaguar XJ V6 Supercharged

Comparo: 2014 Maserati Quattroporte S V6 vs Jaguar XJ V6 Supercharged


If you’re the aging CEO of a well-to-do company and you like to be driven around, your ride of choice has probably gravitated towards default choices like the Mercedes-Benz S350L or the BMW 740Li. If you felt adventurous, you might even look at the Audi A8 3.0T, the Lexus LS 460 or, in a particularly down year, the Hyundai Centennial. But what if you’ve made your money a bit earlier in life, and you prefer to mostly do your own driving? You also like to not appear like an aging CEO around town, so you want a bit more style in your car than the traditionally-conservative choices.

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First drive: 2014 Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale at Yas Marina Abu Dhabi

First drive: 2014 Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale at Yas Marina Abu Dhabi


Maserati, the brand better known as playing second-fiddle to Ferrari, is adamant to prove that it is anything but. The Italian carmaker has its own racing heritage, and therefore they currently runs their own racing series, the Maserati Trofeo MC World Series, whose final was held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi last December. During that event, we even got to hit the track in between races, with a street-legal Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale, the car on which the racing series is built.

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