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First drive: Fisker Karma electric car in the Middle East

First drive: Fisker Karma electric car in the Middle East


In a move that no one expected, the Fisker Karma just became the first plug-in electric car to officially go on sale in the Middle East. Mitsubishi briefly thought about making an entry here with the i-MiEV, while Chevrolet has a couple of Volts running around Dubai since last year for so-called tests that never seem to end. But the upstart brand Fisker managed to come to market first, with a launch event held in the UAE.

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Total recall: More manufacturers join the recall bandwagon

Total recall: More manufacturers join the recall bandwagon


So if you thought that the crazy automobile recall saga had ended, you were wrong. Since our last post on the recalls earlier this year, there were an insane amount of recalls that followed, from almost every car manufacturer in the world you can ever think of, almost all of them being issued following instructions from the U.S.-based NHTSA agency. And we could not bother to post each recall issue as a separate story, the task being as equally tedious as the reader-response to these. Here are all the recalls that could potentially be relevant to our region since April 2012.

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Chevrolet-Trailblazer

Chevrolet Trailblazer 2013 claims Middle East’s most popular SUV title?

It seems to be the season for making tall claims. General Motors put out a press release saying the Chevrolet Trailblazer is the “Middle East’s most popular SUV” without backing up this fib with any more details. That might be a bit hard to do in reality, with Toyota around, and with the real Trailblazer being discontinued since 2009.

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Harley Davidson roll out 110th Anniversary Edition motorcycles

Harley Davidson roll out 110th Anniversary Edition motorcycles


Iconic brand, Harley Davidson, who happens to be one of the World’s most renowned motor cycle companies, is due to celebrate 110 years of building classic motorcycles next year. And as a tribute to the milestone, they will be rolling out limited ‘110th Anniversary’ Editions of select 2013 Harley-Davidson motorcycles that continue a tradition of commemorating the history of the company.

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