Gulf Advantage Automobiles, a joint venture between Saudi Arabia’s Al Baazei and Suhail Bahwan Automobiles, has been appointed as exclusive distributors of Renault passenger cars and light commercial vehicles across the Kingdom following a signing ceremony held earlier today.
BMW Group Middle East has completed the first six months of 2010 with a 13% sales growth over the same period in 2009. Across 14 Middle East markets, the world’s most successful premium automotive manufacturer delivered 8,096 BMW and MINI vehicles to customers, signaling the underlying strength of both brands in the region.
On a beautiful sunny day at 25 degrees the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport achieved a new land speed world record for production cars, on the testing grounds of the Volkswagen Group at Ehra-Lessien (near its headquarters at Wolfsburg). In the presence of the German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) and a representative of Guinness Book of Records, the Super Sport achieved an average top speed of 431 kph.
McLaren Automotive’s new sports car, the MP4-12C was given its public world debut at the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed, held last week, with current Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button and 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton driving a McLaren Orange Validation Prototype 12C up the famous Goodwood Hill.
Owners of Chevrolet and GMC vehicles in Saudi Arabia are benefiting from a 150 million Saudi Riyal (US$40 million) investment in customer service by Universal Motors Agencies Co. (UMA), General Motors’ dealer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
General Motors Co.’s commitment to continuous vehicle quality improvement received significant recognition in the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study (IQS) in the United States, with four GM vehicles taking top rankings. The recognized vehicles were singled out for their quality performance in the first 90 days of ownership.
Al Jazirah Vehicles Agencies Co., the Ford and Lincoln importer-dealer in Saudi Arabia, is headed to Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan to compete for the 2010 World Cup Walk-Around Sales Champion title. After an intense regional competition in Dubai, UAE, Al Jazirah Vehicles Agencies Co. advanced to the World Cup Finals along with thirteen other regional winners from the Asia Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Caribbean and Central American regions.
The UAE automotive industry is set to get back up to speed this year as bank loans
gradually become more easily available and affordable and consumer confidence
returns following the global economic downturn.
ACDelco displayed its regional leadership – the result of double digit growth over the past two years – in premium replacement parts and automotive services at this year’s Automechanika Middle East 2010 in Dubai, and rewarded three lucky raffle winners – Abdul Getto from the UAE, Khushairi Ismail from Malaysia and Jenny Liu from China – with an Apple iPad.
Abu Dhabi Motors, the exclusive importer for BMW, MINI and ALPINA as well as the sole dealer for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain has succeeded in becoming BMW Group’s number one retailer of BMW cars in the Middle East for the first five months of 2010.