Speed radar in UAE set on fire
A newly-installed Ras Al Khaimah speed radar was set on fire last Wednesday during the early hours of the day.
A newly-installed Ras Al Khaimah speed radar was set on fire last Wednesday during the early hours of the day.
Ras Al Khaimah Police rescued an Emirati driver, whose Land Cruiser’s cruise control system got stuck at 120 kph on Emirates Road, which wouldn’t allow the car to decelerate or even stop.
Hertz UAE has launched a refreshed website, hertzuae.com, designed to engage all its customers in a visual message that will further reinforce the market leading fleet management company as a customer centric organization.
Hertz UAE today announced the company has recorded impressive growth in the first half of this year. The Al-Futtaim group company posted an impressive 12 percent growth in its inventory at a time when the car rental sector scaled back on their stock. Hertz UAE will be investing in 4000 new cars by the end of this year from leading auto manufacturers thereby ensuring its fleet has the latest models, are safe and reliable while also enhancing its reputation as the market leading car rental company.
We took our first ever 2010 long-term car on a trip from Dubai to Ras-Al-Khaimah, partly as an excuse to test the highway behaviour of the Chevrolet Malibu LTZ on a long drive, and partly to meet our resident desert-safari-driving friend, who happens to live in that rocky city.
Al-Futtaim Automall, the pre-owned vehicles division of the Al-Futtaim group, today announced the launch of its new showroom in Ras Al Khaimah – its 8th in the UAE.
Hertz UAE, the market-leading car rental company, will enhance its presence in Abu Dhabi with the opening of an exclusive service desk at Abu Dhabi International Airport this week.
In an ill-conceived advertising campaign that is already drawing flak from our readers, Arabian Automobiles, part of the AW Rostamani Group has launched its “Unbeatable 5” offer. Arabian Automobiles is the exclusive dealer for Nissan, Infiniti and Renault in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Umm Al Quwain.
We first got wind of the 2010 Lexus RX’s imminent launch when I and my PR buddy did the rounds of ad agencies a few months ago, trying to get advertisements for this website. At the time, Toyota UAE’s ad agency said they will not give us their upcoming Lexus RX ads because they only wanted to target women, and apparently we don’t have enough women visiting this site. A month later, we see ads for the RX all over MBC Action, AutoMiddleEast, Car ME and every other possible men’s media. While we were flat-out rejected for the ad campaign for flimsy reasons,