Project Titan was an ambitious car project that was proposed by the American tech-giant firm Apple a few years ago. The Titan was rumoured to debut by 2020 as the “ultimate mobile device”. And now, it’s back in the news to quash all the hype. Apple is now slowly backing away from the project, as signalled by a massive lay-off involving hundreds of employees.
The UAE’s most popular classifieds website recently announced a partnership with a service called CarReport which will apparently tell users whether any car in the UAE has had an accident or not, using just the VIN number. We were ecstatic, thinking we finally got our own version of America’s amazing CarFax service. Update: We have added statements from Dubizzle and CarReport at the end of the article.
Dunlop hosted a set of events in Dubai to launch its brand new tyre; the SP SPORT MAXX 050+. Held at the Dubai Autodrome, the event allowed attendees to discover the features of the tyre through a series of test drives involving dry handling, wet braking and more.
Let’s be honest, tyres aren’t sexy. They might be arguably the most vital component in your vehicle -– seeing as they provide the sole contact point between it and terra firma -– yet they’re probably not something you devote a whole lot of thought to.
Continental have just launched the new SportContact 6 sports tyres across the Middle East, which has been designed for high-end cars. It replaces the ContiSportContact 5P tyres.
It was time to get some new tyres for our Jaguar XK, since the old ones had “expired” as per the RTA. Considering it’s always a hassle to go get tyres changed, we decided to try shopping for tyres online, on the only local tyre site we’d heard of in Dubai.
When we got the Alfa Romeo 156, it was covered in a thin layer of dust on the inside that seemed to be semi-permanent, stuck in the nooks and crannies of the textured dashboard, door panels and centre console. The dark-tan leather was also blackened from years of neglect. After some hard scrubbing, the leather became a bit lighter, but none of the dust on the rubberised plastics seemed to come off. We then noticed an ad for Green Steam car wash and gave them a call to check out if it’s a cost-effective alternative to an expensive detailing job.
American tyre company Cooper Tire is looking to increase its presence in the Middle East. Their first move in their commitment to the region was to become the official tyre sponsor of the upcoming 2015 Dubai Motor Show this November, ahead of more product launches over the coming months.
When we were kids, we used to think that future cars would be able to fly by now. Surprisingly, there are a few concepts already running around that do exactly that, but there are certainly more down-to-earth technologies that we only used to see in science-fiction movies, and now they’re already here, available for you to buy right now. Here’s five automotive innovations that continue to baffle us.
Michelin is celebrating their 125th anniversary this year, and as part of that, they held a media event at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit. Aside from a massive amount of information about company history, tyre safety and manufacture, as well as a chaperoned stint with some supercars around the race-track, the highlight of the day was the thrashing of Toyota Camry sedans in a tyre-safety demo.