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Saudi Cabinet approves petrol price increase

Saudi Cabinet approves petrol price increase

The Saudi Cabinet has approved an increase in the price of petrol across the Kingdom, effective from the first day of Rabiul Thani in the Islamic calendar, equivalent to January 11, 2016. However, national oil conglomerate Aramco said on Twitter that it was immediately closing petrol stations until midnight on Monday, when it will resume sales at new prices from Tuesday, 29th December itself.

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Car servicing outside dealer will not void warranty in UAE soon

Car servicing outside dealer will not void warranty in UAE soon

Here’s some good news for car owners in the UAE. The Supreme Committee for Consumer Protection at the Ministry of Economy has recommended that the warranty of vehicles shouldn’t be affected irrespective of where the vehicle is serviced. That means owners of new cars will soon be able to service their cars at any garage instead of getting ripped off by the dealer, without voiding the warranty.

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2015 Middle East Car Of The Year (MECOTY) Winners

2015 Middle East Car Of The Year (MECOTY) Winners

The 2015 Middle East Car Of the Year (MECOTY) concluded recently with the results being announced at a gala dinner held at the Raffles Hotel in Dubai. The final winners were decided by totalling the scores of a jury panel from 12 different publications around the Middle East, including DriveArabia.com. Individual awards were given to cars according to their categories, with the main 2015 Middle East Car Of The Year award going to the Ford Mustang.

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We drive Michelin racecars in Malaysia, and take 2 readers with us

We drive Michelin racecars in Malaysia, and take 2 readers with us

Michelin Arabia invited us for a trip to Malaysia a couple of months ago, for the 2015 edition of the Michelin Pilot Sport Experience, to drive all sorts of race-cars at the F1 circuit in Sepang. That’s great as a media trip, but then they also gave us two extra invites so that we could run a contest and pick 2 of our readers to go along with us. Let’s just say that our winners, Sreeprasad Jayaprasad from the UAE and Usama Raheel Khan from Saudi Arabia, had the time of their lives.

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