Dubai

مرة أخرى تؤكد الفطيم للسيارات الموزع الحصري لسيارات تويوتا بدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة صدارتها كرائد مبتكر في قطاع السيارات كونها العلامة التجارية الأولى للسيارات التي تطرح عرضاً فريداً متكاملاً لاقتناء سيارات تويوتا مع برنامج اختيارات تويوتا “فوّلها وانطلق” المبتكر.

يرتكز هذا العرض المميز على برنامج “اختيارات تويوتا” الفريد من نوعه والذي سبق إطلاقه في شهر أبريل 2011، ليجعل عملية اقتناء سيارة تويوتا جديدة الآن أسهل من أي وقت مضى.

تشتمل المنافع والميزات المتضمنة في برنامج “فوّلها وانطلق” إدماج جميع التكاليف المتعلقة بعملية امتلاك السيارة في دفعة شهرية واحدة منخفضة، بحيث تتضمن تأمين لمدة سنتين، وصيانة لمدة سنتين، وخدمة المساعدة على الطريق لمدة 3 سنوات، بالإضافة إلى 5 سنوات ضمان، مع تكاليف تسجيل السيارة، إضافة إلى ميزات أخرى مثل الدفعة الأولى المخفضة، والقيمة المستقبلية المضمونة للسيارة عند الاستبدال.

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Oil prices are soaring and so is the greed of the local oil companies due to which fuel costs are rising. The massive impact from the recession has hit hard on the brains of the crowd; in fact so hard that their vision of the future is now so short term. As a result, this has led to many people playing “safe” by not falling prey to huge debts and its aftermath. They make more sensible choices and judge their financial stands way better. The recent increase in the number of econo-sedans and crossover jokes is a proof to this.

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As part of our fresh look at VW’s line-up, we’ve picked up a 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 TSI Sport&Style R-Line 4MOTION DSG. A facelift of this model has already been revealed, but it won’t differ much from this tester, aside from a new face. The ridiculously-long name also hints at several specifications, although all of it is not marked out with badges on the body.

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The Chevrolet Camaro has finally lost its top for the 2011 model year, as expected for years. We got our hands on an automatic 2011 Camaro SS soft-top, in pristine white.

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So it’s been over two months and about 7500 km with the car. The experience has been a very good one indeed, so far. The car provides a smooth commute as always and has been functioning very well. There hasn’t been any niggles except for some slight squeaks from the gearbox area as mentioned in the previous updates, which has now been fixed.

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Al Majid Motors, the Kia dealer in the UAE, officially launched the all-new 2012 Kia Picanto at their showroom in Dubai, although the car has been quietly on sale for a month now.

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Our long-time readers might know that our VW coverage bordered on farcical since 2006. However, things change over time, and we were pleasantly surprised to receive an invite to the GCC launch of the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta in Dubai. The new Jetta is the car VW expects to crack the compact segment with in the GCC.

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The Maserati Trofeo one-make racing championship was launched this week for the GCC region, at an event in Dubai. The series is backed by the Maserati factory in Modena, Italy and will feature up to 16 mechanically-identical Maserati GranTurismo MC Trofeo race cars battling it out over 12 races across the Middle East.

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If you follow Dubai’s online group-buying websites, you might know that Groupon, the original company that started it all in the United States, has also set up shop here recently. Groupon alerted us to their first offering for auto enthusiasts, which is a massively-discounted package for the Monaco F1 Grand Prix. Details are listed below.

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What was supposed to simply be a quick mini-meet in celebration of being the first one to review the 2011 Dodge Charger SE turned out to be better than expected, as six people turned up at the Dubai Outlet Mall location. Advertised only on our Facebook fan-page and our MyRide forums, it was to be an event for our top fans, as everyone was treated to a Burger King/KFC dinner, sponsored by us, and everyone got a chance to take the Charger for a spin around the block with no strings attached, an unannounced bonus for showing up.

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