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List of manufacturer recalls for April 2016

List of manufacturer recalls for April 2016

The manufacturing of an automobile requires years of research and huge investment just to ensure the fine quality of the product that gets delivered to the final customer. But things are not always picture-perfect if we take the degree of complexity into consideration. Apply Murphy’s law — which states “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong” — to such complex machinery, and there’s bound to be trouble. If a potential safety issue is detected, carmakers take it quite seriously and recall every example that contains the fault and rectify it, one by one. Here are the recalls that occurred in April 2016,

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First drive: 2016 Toyota Fortuner in the UAE

First drive: 2016 Toyota Fortuner in the UAE

Al Futtaim Motors recently launched the all-new 2016 Toyota Fortuner in the UAE. Featuring completely new exterior and interior designs, the second generation Fortuner was destined to be a hit before it even arrived on our shores. We had a chance to drive the new Fortuner in both road and off-road conditions during the UAE’s mega-storm earlier this month.

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2017 Toyota 86 facelift revealed, with more power

2017 Toyota 86 facelift revealed, with more power

In this day and age, when cars are inundated with high-end electronic driving aids, the Toyota GT 86 harks back to the old age of motoring. With a low-mounted boxer engine, manual gearbox and rear wheel drive, the masses loved it in all its guises — the 86 in Asia, the GT 86 in Europe, the Scion FRS in America, or the Subaru BRZ everywhere. Now for 2017, Toyota have given it a refresh, right after killing off their America-specific Scion brand.

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2016 Toyota Prius launched in UAE and KSA

2016 Toyota Prius launched in UAE and KSA

Al-Futtaim Motors, the UAE’s Toyota distributor, has officially launched the fourth-generation Toyota Prius here. Up until now, the most popular hybrid vehicle in the world was not offered in the GCC, although they were sold in other Middle East countries such as Jordan and Lebanon. It has also just been launched in Saudi Arabia.

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