Here’s a tip. If you have an exotic car and don’t have much experience in driving at the limit, do not choose a public location to try out your supposed “drifting” skills. You might kill someone, but more importantly, embarrass yourself.
The facelifted 2010 Toyota Camry has quietly reached the UAE, most obvious on the streets of Dubai in RTA taxi colours. Sharp-eyed people may have already spotted the new models, with the new grille, pointier headlights, new wheels and the LED-style tail lamps.
Arabian Automobiles, the exclusive dealer for Nissan, Infiniti and Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates has once again been recognized as a ‘Nissan Champion Distributor’ by Nissan Motor Company, Japan. The award signed by Colin Dodge, Executive Vice President of Nissan Motor Company was awarded to Arabian Automobiles for achieving “excellent performance and demonstrating outstanding operational improvements” for 2009.
The 1st DriveArabia Meet was held last weekend, on Friday the 13th no less. Two of us organised it, and ironically enough, 13 people showed up for an event that was conceived just a couple of days prior this November. The turn-out was relatively great, considering it was competing for time with the Diabetes Walk, the Motorsports Festival and some Pakistan cricket match, all on the same day in Dubai. Also, we kept the meet intentionally low-key, so a smaller number of people could interact without getting lost in the crowd. These peeps are now in our inner circle.
The 2009 Mitsubishi Motors GCC Press Conference has outlined plans for environment-friendly cars in the future as the top management of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Japan recently addressed the press and dealers, and presented the company’s performance and financial results for the year 2009, at the Habtoor Grand Resort & Spa, Dubai on 9th November 2009.
It is pretty much understood that most people buying a supercar likely has no comprehension of how to drive one. A guy named Any House from Texas just proved it on video, claiming he was hit by an invisible pelican, forcing him to plow his car into a salt-water lake. However, the story only gets murkier from there, as the man happens to own a car restoration business that fixes and sells accident-damaged supercars. Also, listen to the conversation on the video, which sounds a bit too staged. If it is an insurance scam, these have to be the dumbest people to carry it out.
The production version of the new 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander is starting to trickle into worldwide markets, with more photos becoming available. It has already been revealed in Australia and now the United States. A UAE debut seems to be on the cards by early next year.
A CGI amateur from Azerbaijan went ahead and created this elaborate computer-generated randomness of a video, featuring a Chevy Camaro, a modded Ford Mustang, a Russian VAZ and our all-time favourite 4×4, the Jeep Grand Cherokee. An Apache attack helicopter shows up in it too. While not exactly realistic, it could be inspiration for budding film makers, if you have the patience to sit through 4 months of rendering time to create 5 minutes of footage.
Volvo has released the first photos of the all-new 2011 S60 sedan, further defining the corporate styling that first started with the XC60 crossover last year. It is interesting, but not really a breakthrough with that droopy nose.
For the first time ever, DriveArabia.com enthusiasts will be meeting up this weekend to show off their cars, talk about cars, and hang around cars.