Hyundai has introduced the all-new 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe, a new sport-coupe variant of its compact segment player, the Elantra, at the Chicago Auto Show. While featuring the same “fluidic sculpture” design theme of the sedan variant, the new Coupe aims to be hotter than the hot competition.
BMW has unveiled their latest iteration of the BMW M6. Essentially an M5 with two doors, the M6 will first be released as a convertible, followed by a coupe a bit later.
It would seem Dubai Police is on a upgrade spree. After dropping some dime on at least a hundred SUVs, namely the Toyota Prado, Nissan Xterra and Kia Mohave, one of our readers, Sree, spotted this 2012 BMW 5-Series on a tow truck in full police livery.
The Volkswagen Scirocco R, the most potent version of VW’s 3-door “coupé” is now on sale in the GCC.
It seems that Lexus is sticking that new corporate grille of theirs on every existing model now. It is now the turn of the 2013 Lexus RX 350 to get the “Predator” grille that first debuted on the 2012 GS 350.
Dubai Police continue to replace their patrol cars with newer vehicles. We are now told that they have just taken delivery of a fleet of Kia Mohave 4x4s, in full police livery.
The BMW 7-Series is the best-selling Bimmer in the Middle East, and apparently the best-selling full-size luxury sedan in this region too. But about a decade ago, BMW management had mentioned that there will never be an ‘M’ version of the 7-Series, because it did not go well with the rest of the ‘M’ line-up. Of course, since then there has been SUVs with the ‘M’ badge even while most M cars are now automatic, but the 7-Series had to make-do with just an ‘M Edition’ upgrade package. The latest version of the BMW 7-Series M Edition has just been launched for sale in the GCC.
This is one car that caused a lot of controversy back when it was launched in 2002. Most had issues with the fact that the Phaeton was “too expensive for a Volkswagen.” Of course, many failed to realise that the Phaeton was pretty much a cheaper Audi A8, possibly better even, considering it used the dedicated all-wheel-drive Bentley Continental platform.
The facelifted Lexus LX 570 debuted in the United States recently as the 2013 model, but the luxury full-size 4×4 has just been officially launched in the UAE, as a 2012 model.
The Big Boys Toys show, held at the Atlantis for 2012, from the 9th to the 11th of February, is a show involving all sorts of stuff, to put it simply. Featuring everything from cars, bikes and boats to gadgets, games and fashion, it is intended to showcase the random pleasure you can pursue if you have the money. Among the automotive displays were the Hulme CanAm Spyder at the Gillette stand, the Marchi Mobile land-yacht from Germany, the latest version of the Nissan GT-R VVIP, the DTV Shredder that acts likes an offroad Segway, the Bozzies custom bikes,