Dubai

How fast do you need your sports car to be? Porsche seems to sell one for every level of speed. If your threshold for velocity is over-the-top on the sanity meter, the 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo is for you.

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The “new” Nissan Patrol has been around for a while now, receiving its first facelift in 2014 since its launch in 2010. You may be familiar with the new look, having seen it up close on your rear-view mirror.

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Trading Enterprises, the UAE dealer for Lotus, has entered into a partnership with Dubai Ambulance to supply a Lotus Evora S as a first-response unit.

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The Lotus Evora had so far been the only flag-bearer for the British sports-car brand in the UAE since its debut late last year. But yesterday evening, local dealers Al Futtaim Automotive’s Trading Enterprises have just launched the Exige S and Exige Roadster models in Dubai.

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There are very few cars that generate the kind of hype that the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has. The hype is warranted, judging by its initial photos and specs-sheet alone. But what is it like in real life?

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The Mercedes-Benz MLC, the carmaker’s upcoming attempt at competing with the stupidly-popular BMW X6, was first shown in concept form at auto shows earlier this year. The actual prototype was first spotted in Europe back in July, but now it’s been seen around Dubai for hot-weather testing.

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The 2015 Ford Mustang is probably the most controversial version of the long-running muscle-car yet, as it transforms into a full-blown sports car in its latest iteration. The story is about to heat up even further, as bookings have opened for the car at UAE dealerships, with a Dhs 5,000 deposit.

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Our Jaguar XK’s flying along just fine since the last update, having completed one year of ownership. We’re always discovering new things about the car, especially since, like most people, we haven’t bothered reading the manual. Stuff like the valet mode to stop random people snooping in your boot and glovebox, and the screws in the carpeted cargo area that double as hangers for grocery bags. Aside from door dings by douches and occasional selfie-takers leaning on the car, we had to deal with two other pending wear-and-tear issues that we inherited when we got the car.

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One little-known fact about us is that our first officially-provided test car was the 2005 Cadillac CTS 3.6. It was a very nice car, but after the initial euphoria died down, we realised it wasn’t particularly well-built and nowhere near as good as the BMW 3-Series we drove after that. Two generations later, the 2014 edition is quite something else.

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