Dubai Grand Racing weekend review
The Dubai Grand Racing Weekend has drawn to a close. If you are interesting in the highlights, attached is the press release from the Dubai Autodrome providing a good summary.
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2009 Honda MR-V aka Pilot revealed
The American-built 2009 Honda Pilot has been unofficially unveiled in the United States. To be called the Honda MR-V in the GCC, it is definitely not a looker. It seems like Honda’s original design team went on vacation after the Civic redesign back in 2005, and hasn’t returned ever since.
More on the monster Bentley’s engine
Since Bentley gave us our most expensive test car ever, at Dhs 1.3 million, I figured I’d write a bit more on it. Considering Aston Martin wanted proof of age, website demographics, blood group, etc, just to take out their Dhs 800,000 DB9 for 6 hours (which they never did give eventually), it was a leap of faith for Bentley to give us their Arnage R for four whole days on request, no questions asked. But all things considered, the 6.75-litre twin-turbo V8 is one hell of a motor.
2009 Hyundai Elantra to debut in China
At the Chinese Auto Show in Beijing next week, Hyundai is going to unveil the 2009 Elantra.
VW Golf voted gay number one
An American website called gaywheels.com announced the VW Golf, also known as the Volkswagen Rabbit in the States, as their top-researched car for this year, being most popular among their users. Second is the VW Eos. At number six is the Mexican-built VW Jetta. Not to be outdone, the Audi A3 is at number five. Now you know where you stand if you own a VW.
So we got a 450 hp Bentley Arnage R
This car is seriously crazy. Built like a limousine inside and out, the Bentley Arnage R drives like a muscle car from two decades ago. It is also the most expensive car we’ve ever tested.
Prototype GT-R Spec-V beats Carrera GT
Nissan has been testing a quicker prototype version of their new GT-R sports car at the German Nurburgring racetrack. The standard GT-R is already faster than the Porsche 911 Turbo, at 7:38 minutes for one lap, and Nissan had promised to beat the exotic Carrera GT in the future. It appears Nissan has done the unthinkable. The quicker new version, called the GT-R V-Spec, has been casually timed at 7:25 minutes.
Europe gets longer 2009 Nissan Qashqai
The original tiny Nissan Qashqai seats five people at most. To address an extended market, Nissan of Europe has unveiled the extended Qashqai, with seating for seven, simply calling it the Qashqai+2.
Yellow Hat gives away free event tickets
Auto accessories superstore Yellow Hat is giving away tickets to the finale of the five-round Grand Racing season, which is taking place on April 11 and 12 this month at the Dubai Autodrome. All customers who buy Dhs 100 worth of products from their Times Square Mall store will receive an invite to the Grand Dubai Racing Event.
So we got a new Lexus LX570
I am rubbing my hands together right now with an evil grin. Enough said.
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