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Interview: Simon Frith - Al Futtaim Motors Toyota

Interview: Simon Frith – Al Futtaim Motors Toyota


Casual video interview with Simon Frith, the Managing Director of Al Futtaim Motors, the UAE dealer for Toyota. Topics include the Toyota Zelas launch during the 2010 Abu Dhabi Motor Show, the FT-86 launch date, the rising prices, the best sellers and the surprising sales figures for the Toyota Land Cruiser range.

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Video of the week: Ferrari FF offroading

Video of the week: Ferrari FF offroading


By now, you’d know that Ferrari’s marketing army will do just about anything to make you think their cars are invincible. We were not going to bother with this Ferrari FF video, but then we started watching it. The promo is absolutely stunning, with an amazing soundtrack consisting of engine sounds and epic music, with footage of the Ferrari Four doing things like offroading in the snow, driving between dunes and even making an appearance at the Ferrari World theme park in Abu Dhabi! Even if you hate this car, watch it, and if you don’t get goose-bumps, there’s a VW Golf Cabrio waiting for you.

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Spyker buys Saab, launch new Saab models, sells Spyker

Spyker buys Saab, launch new Saab models, sells Spyker


One has to wonder what goes on in the minds of the Dutch. Having restarted the Spyker nameplate, its owners went ahead and created a few exotic cars that never sold well, started an F1 team that flopped, and then bought an ailing Swedish carmaker that General Motors desperately wanted to get rid of. They’ve launched new Saab models, including the 9-4X and the 9-5 designed under GM, as well as revealing a 9-3 facelift and a 9-5 wagon just today, both while announcing that they’ve sold their loss-making Spyker sports-car business to someone else!

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Formula Drift event at Yas Marina Abu Dhabi

Formula Drift event at Yas Marina Abu Dhabi


Yas Marina Circuit today announced the entertainment schedule for this Friday’s Formula Drift Urban Skills event. Not only will spectators be able to experience the excitement of the world’s leading drift series, they will also be able to enjoy a range of off-track activities including dance shows, street art, graffiti T-shirt creation, radio-controlled drifting and more.

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Volkswagen Golf Cabrio back for 2012

Volkswagen Golf Cabrio back for 2012


The Volkswagen Golf Cabrio, a fabulous gay icon since 1979, was cancelled back in 2002 to the dismay of pink-wearing men and women around the Western world. After years enduring the VW Eos with the folding hard-top, fangirls can rejoice as the real Golf Cabrio is back for 2012.

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فوز سلفرادو “فالكون” المذهلة لشركة الكندي للسيارات المعدلة بالمركز الأول بمسابقة “معركة المرائب” لشبكة إم بي سي

أظهرت “معركة المرائب” التي تنظمها قناة أم بي سي أكشن ، وهي أول مسابقة من نوعها تقام في الشرق الأوسط ، مهارات إضفاء تعديلات على السيارات من جانب فرق من المنطقة والتي أمامها ثمانية أسابيع لاستكمال إبداعاتها التي تبدأها من الصفر.

وقد فازت بفارق كبير شاحنة شيفروليه سلفرادو 3500 أتش دي “بروجكت فالكون” التي طورتها شركة الكندي للسيارات المعدلة، وهي إحدى شركات مجموعة الكندي.

وقال جيمس ليدل مدير إدارة ما بعد البيع بشركة الكندي للسيارات :إنني أعمل في المنطقة منذ 33 عاماً، وهذه هي واحدة من أفضل الشاحنات المعدلة التي رأيتها في حياتي – إنها جيدة مثل أي شيء ستراه في معرض سيما SEMA في الولايات المتحدة أو في أي مكان آخر في العالم.

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Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD by Al Ghandi in Dubai wins MBC Driven contest

Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD by Al Ghandi in Dubai wins MBC Driven contest


If you have a basic TV package like we do, the only channels you’ll watch are the MBC ones, especially the excellent MBC Action channel. While all their shows are U.S. ones, they tried their hand at making an Arabic car show called Driven, which seemed to be a mixture of the worst parts of Top Gear, Pimp My Ride, MTV and Sesame Street. That awesome show (so awesome that Car Middle East gave the host an award out of sheer infatuation) just had its season finale, and the only good thing to come out of it was the winner for the Battle Of The Garages competition,

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