Gadgets & Products

About a decade ago, when we first saw the soft-closing door mechanisms on luxury cars, it blew our minds. Doors just closing on their own meant no more question on whether the door was fully closed or not, something that could happen when passengers are climbing in without paying attention as you wait by the road to pick them up. But then again, with warning systems nowadays, it’s less of a concern, although the main idea behind this feature is to close a door in a stately manner, without slamming it like an uncouth monkey. Now there’s a company in Dubai that offers this feature as an aftermarket add-on for any car.

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It’s not easy to drift. No, doing doughnuts in a parking lot or sliding out your tail in a left turn is not drifting. My skills are limited to initially mild slides and catching them, hence why I’ve never run a car into a tree in a decade of driving. But drifting requires a precise level of control over the steering, the throttle and occasionally the handbrake, continuously. It’s something that I’ve tried my hand at, in closed parking lots mind you, and mostly failed, except with that one car back in 2007 which had balance so perfect that I was able to hold a few drifts for a few seconds at a time.

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When you casually swing your car’s door closed, sometimes it does not close properly and you have to slam the door again. The highest-end luxury cars have a feature where you just close the door lightly, and the door automatically sucks in and shuts itself. Slamstop is an aftermarket product that offers this quieter alternative for any car.

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If you’ve driven in Dubai long enough, you must’ve been in at least one accident. The traditional routine is to call the police or go to the nearest police-station, but soon you will apparently be able to report your own minor car accidents using your smartphone.

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Carlsbad Mineral Water got its start 140 years ago when founder Heinrich Mattoni created his first bottle using the unique water that springs from the Kyselka rocks in the “spa” town of Karlovy Vary, a region in the Czech Republic. Over the years, the company’s line-up has expanded to three different offerings, one becoming the water of choice for racing drivers, while the other two sharing an unlikely lineage with some of the world’s finest sports cars.

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Dunlop have recently launched a brand new set of tyres, the Dunlop SP Sport LM704, which is a replacement for the SP Sport LM703.

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Toyota has launched an “interactive telematics service” called T-Connect in the Middle East, which is basically a navigation app for your smartphone, but with an on-call concierge. It will come with every new Toyota purchase.

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Sony Middle East has just launched the new Sony Action Cam HDR-AS30V in the UAE. It will be going against the mighty GoPro Hero3 Black Edition, the popular choice for consumers to film and record extreme action videos. We were invited to try out the new Sony Action Cam at the Dubai Kartdrome.

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Duracell, a leading manufacturer of alkaline batteries, has introduced its starter automotive batteries to the Middle East market, signing SGTC (Shukralla General Trading Co. LLC), a UAE based company, as its local distributor.

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Continental is the fourth largest tyre manufacturer in the world. The German-based brand launched in the UAE in 2009 when they partnered up with Emirates for Universal Tyres (EUT), part of the Abdulla Al Masood and Sons (AMS) Group, to become the sole distributor. They recently sponsored the AMG club’s drag racing event at the Dubai Autodrome, since all Mercedes-Benz AMG models come with Continental tyres as standard.

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