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First drive: 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet in Dubai

First drive: 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet in Dubai


The latest 2012 Porsche 911 is the first all-new design for this long-running sports car since 1998, when it first went water-cooled. Every model before that was simply an update on the original design that debuted in 1963! With cars like the Nissan GT-R proving that the Germans can be beaten at their own game, engineering stagnation is something Porsche cannot take for granted any more, and with the new 911, they have moved their star model further upscale. The only job left now, as per tradition, is to churn out a million variants, the first of which is the 911 Cabriolet.

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So we got a 2012 BMW 335i

So we got a 2012 BMW 335i


The last time we drove the BMW 335i, it was back in 2007, I had just graduated from college, and the car had two doors. It also happened to be one of the best cars I’d ever driven, and the only reason it didn’t end up on our recommended list was because it was expensive. Fast-forward to 2012, and there is a new model. And it still rocks.

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So we got a 2012 Bentley Mulsanne

So we got a 2012 Bentley Mulsanne


The most expensive car we’d ever brought in for testing before was a Bentley Arnage. So it stands to reason that our previous record was just beaten by, what else, another Bentley. This time we drove the Mulsanne, a car that rings in at a cool Dhs 1.4 million. Try getting a bank loan for that.

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Video of the week: McLaren MP4-12C roars in Dubai

Video of the week: McLaren MP4-12C roars in Dubai


We get lots of requests to do videos, but we generally don’t waste time churning out boring nonsense. If you haven’t heard already, we drove a McLaren MP4-12C recently. And we have video too. For footage that barely lasts a minute, you can see the launch control, the air-brake spoiler, the active suspension, the braking power and even the exhaust note, all shot during our road-test just outside Dubai. Video by Faisal Khatib.

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