The 2010 Subaru Legacy sedan was unveiled a few months ago at the recent New York auto show, and while it is unknown when the new model will come to the GCC, the Japanese market already has a wagon version of the Legacy, showing the dimwitted designers at VW how to draw a proper station wagon.
Shown here is what the 2010 BMW X3 is expected to look like, as rendered by a German magazine. The 2010 X3 will have a lower roof height than the current model, and will follow the X5’s rounded styling theme. It will debut by the end of 2009.
Volkswagen is recalling about 25,000 Jetta models in the United States, built between 2006 and 2009, but only those equipped with the 2.0-litre turbo engine. The Mexican-built compact VW sedan, also sold in the GCC, apparently has a defect that could lead to a crash.
The first-generation Nissan Murano was launched in the UAE only in 2005, but the Japanese-built crossover had been on sale since 2003 in the United States. The NHTSA, America’s transport safety agency, has ordered Nissan to recall about 360,000 first-generation Murano models in the U.S. because of a defect that can cause an engine stall. Apparently, the material used for the Murano’s air-intake ducts is prematurely aging and shrinking, leading to a risk of separation in the system. That separation can cause an engine stall if the debris gets sucked into the engine.
The latest iteration of the Volkswagen Golf doesn’t have the most attractive of faces, but just as people were warming up to it, VW went ahead and added an ugly Estate station-wagon version to the line-up that looks like it belongs in a Chinese auto show.
The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro has barely been seen in public, but there is already talk that there may be a special edition based on the “Bumblebee” version seen in the upcoming Transformers 2: Rise Of The Fallen movie.
Emirates Motor Company (EMC), general distributors of Mercedes-Benz for Daimler Middle East and Levant (DMEL) and the flagship company of Al Fahim Group today inaugurated the opening of the world’s largest Mercedes-Benz facility in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
GMC has announced that the all-new Terrain crossover is right on track and is due to be in GMC Middle East showrooms in the fourth quarter of this year.
Just over a year ago, the BMW X6 was launched. It was an entirely new type of car, a unique design concept and driving dynamics never seen before in its sector. Now in its second year, the oh-look-at-me-I-am-weird X6 has rewarded the world’s leading premium automotive manufacturer, becoming a firm favourite with oh-look-at-me-I-am-weird customers in the GCC.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is planning to increase its manufacturing workforce by 50 per cent. More than 150 new jobs have been created to support the production of the company’s new model, the Rolls-Royce Ghost. By the end of 2009 Rolls-Royce will have created almost 400 new jobs in under two years, bringing the total number of employees based at Goodwood, West Sussex to 900.