Asian Car News

There are a lot of stereotypes floating around about “which is the best offroader” when it comes to dune-bashing. Many automatically say “Toyota Land Cruiser” or “Nissan Patrol”, with a few naive ones even adding in “Jeep Wrangler” and “Land Rover Defender”, generally by people who’ve never been off-road in anything more than a desert-safari ride. The truth is there is no such thing as the “best offroader”. But if we were to make a list, we’d put the Nissan Xterra Off Road edition above any of the aforementioned trucklets.

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Last week, we drove the 2012 Lexus LX 570. A couple of years ago, we drove the 2010 Lexus LX 570. And four years ago, we drove the 2008 Lexus LX 570. So what has changed over the last four years?

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One of the biggest favourites of the region beyond doubt, the Nissan Patrol, is turning 60 years since its first foray into the harsh terrains of our planet. To commemorate the event, Nissan introduces the all-new 2012 Nissan Patrol 60th Diamond Edition, featuring unique specifications never seen before.

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Honda Jazz, the sub-compact hatchback from the renowned Japanese automaker, has made an interesting appearance at the Geneva Auto Show, wearing the ‘Si’ badge – a bright red badge which is very popular among the youth in the Middle East region.

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Hyundai has revealed the first sketches of the new 2013 Hyundai Santa-Fe crossover, which will debut at the forthcoming New York International Auto Show.

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The Dubai dealer for Nissan has announced the introduction of the 2012 Nissan Patrol Pickup in the UAE at the 2012 Commercial Vehicles Middle East show. The company also displayed the Nissan Urvan panel van and the Nissan Navara pick-up.

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On the 4th of March, for the first time in UAE, Arabian Automobiles premiered a fashion show at its Infiniti Centre, modeling the latest collections of international designer Akl Fakih and Emarati designer Fatima Al Kaabi while showing off what is purportedly the largest Infiniti showroom in the world.

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The Mitsubishi Outlander is a forgotten player in the compact crossover segment. Mitsubishi even claims that they coined the term “crossover” although they are arguably not the inventors of the crossover. Still, the Outlander has been completely redesigned for the 2013 model year.

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Let’s face it, we didn’t have high expectations for the 2012 Lexus GS. We never drove the old model, which was never taken seriously anyway, and we didn’t like the way the new model looked in pictures, like a photoshopped Honda Accord. But then we started hearing good things about it in the foreign press, like how it was somehow better than the BMW 5-Series and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. That was enough to pique our interest, and we started to look forward to the GCC launch event at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

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The 2012 Lexus GS is now on sale in the UAE. The all-new GS, initially available in GS 250 and GS 350 variants, will later be joined by a GS 450h hybrid model a few months down the line.

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