American Car News

Ford made headlines a few months ago when they announced that they’ll stop selling sedans and hatchbacks in the United States due to high costs and low profit margins compared to crossovers and SUVs. The Mustang will survive there too, but everything from the Fiesta to the Taurus will get the axe in a couple of years. It is entirely possible that the same strategy will be followed in the Middle East, as the car line-up doesn’t get much attention any more, and the next-generation Focus will not be launched here (which we drove and liked). Word is that twin-model Mondeo may go the way of the dodo in Europe as well.

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About 15 years have passed on since we heard the first whispers about a new pickup from Jeep. It is finally a reality now, as the the Jeep Gladiator that promises to be everything that the Wrangler is but with a pickup body.  The name Gladiator harks back to 1962, when Jeep released a full-size pickup truck based on the Wagoneer.

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Redesigns for American pickup trucks come about only once in a blue moon. However, Ford’s F-150 and GM’s Silverado/Sierra twins are raising the bar by reducing the time between redesigns and facelifts, as both have undergone notable changes over the past decade. In that time, the Ram 1500 has remained relatively stagnant, save for a couple of minor under-the-skin upgrades and a brand-name change (remember when it used to be the Dodge Ram? Some people still call it that). There is finally an all-new model for 2019, on sale in the Middle East for a couple of months already, and we got some wheel-time in a couple of variants.

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Chevrolet has entered the electric car market in the Middle East with the introduction of the Bolt EV. This model has already been on sale in the United States since late 2016, and then reached European shores as an Opel Ampera-e the following year. We were given a glimpse of the Bolt at last year’s Dubai Motor Show and it’s now available in UAE showrooms.

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With a couple of recalls accounting up to more than a million vehicles each, the month of October did have some impact on the car industry.

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Those who were following the modern “top-speed” race in the hypercar world that started with the Bugatti Veyron must have heard about Shelby Supercars (currently known as SSC North America). SSC is the firm that came up with the Ultimate Aero, the car that took the crown from the original Bugatti Veyron. And now, the same company is out with a completely new model called the SSC Tuatara and, SSC claims, it is capable of hitting 483 kph (300 mph).

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The “Limited Edition” Shelby version of the 2018 Ford F-150 is now offered in the UAE.

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We’ve already said before that the current Ford Mustang GT is quite possibly the best all-rounder sports coupe to come out of America ever. It’s still a fresh model, having hit the GCC only in 2015. However, a facelift as well as some thorough upgrades were introduced for 2018.

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Volkswagen, BMW, Ram and more. The past month of August recorded a number of recalls from different manufacturers which are listed below. 

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The new Navigator is big news for Lincoln, the luxury brand best known for warmed-over Fords until just a couple of years ago. Today’s models are still based on Fords, but are so extensively differentiated that they can be passed off as a completely separate brand. And one of those new models is the all-new Navigator, which is making waves in the segment right now. We drove one in the summer.

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