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I first asked General Motors’ old PR agency for a long-term test car back in 2005. At the time, they couldn’t comprehend why anyone would need a test car for more than 2 days, let alone some start-up website. Since then, we’ve asked others, and they all rejected us, mumbling something about the “quality” of our audience. But things have changed. Online is in. Chevy design is in. The new GM is in. And the new GM now has cool new PR people. They recently started a long-term test program, and we are only the second people to get a long-termer from them,

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I hate street racing, and I hate wannabe street racers. I have never been in any street race on public roads, no matter what car I’ve driven, and I will never condone street racing. However, I occasionally push my own limits on the roads, and like the guy in this video, sometimes enjoy chasing down other speeding drivers who think they are heroes in their fancy cars, just to show them that they aren’t all that when the road starts turning. Done with enough distance, this is a safe way to explore your limits, and that’s just what the video shows.

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Manufacturers usually do their best to hide their future models from prying eyes to retain some sense of suspense when the new car is finally revealed. Therefore the redesigned 2011 Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class still has a long time to go before launch, with showroom deliveries reportedly slated for early 2011. So in an ironic twist, German tuning firm Lorinser has already released a full sketch of what their modified version of the CLS will look like.

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Mercedes-Benz Middle East & Levant has had its best sales month since October 2008 with over 1520 cars delivered in May. Year on year sales were up 22 % with the C-Class and E-Class models particularly popular.

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Something rather weird happened with my 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee. After the starter motor blew out late last year, I got a brand new one fitted from the dealer. Then over the winter, my fuel consumption started dropping dramatically. As stated by the trip computer, it went from hovering above 17 litres/100 km down to as low as 15.5 litres/100 km, all without any change in driving style. One could attribute this to many other things, like winter weather or a dying trip computer, but neither can be proven definitively. This wasn’t my first winter with the Jeep, and the trip computer seems to be otherwise working fine.

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تصنّفت كاديلاك كأفضل علامة فاخرة، وفازت إسكاليد ضمن فئة السيارات الرياضية متعددة الاستعمالات، كما فازت جي إم سي أكاديا في فئة كروس أوفر الرياضية متعددة الاستعمالات كبيرة الحجم، وذلك حسب الأصوات الدالّة على رضا المستهلكين عن سياراتهم ضمن أكثر من 42000 استبيان جُمعت في الربع الأول من عام 2010 من قبل AutoPacific، الشركة الأمريكية الرائدة في مجال أبحاث السوق.

وقال تييري صباغ، المدير الإقليمي لعلامة كاديلاك في جنرال موتورز الشرق الأوسط: “ترسخ هذه الجائزة مكانة كاديلاك كعلامة فاخرة ورائدة في السوق، لا سيما أنها تستند إلى رضا عملائنا وخبرتهم المباشرة مع سيارات كاديلاك. وهذه هي المرة الثالثة على التوالي التي تأخذ فيها كاديلاك مركز الصدارة، مما يدل على أننا نواكب ونفوق توقعات عملائنا”.

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Cadillac was ranked the top premium brand and its full-size Escalade won the Luxury SUV category, while the GMC Acadia, another GM SUV, won the Large SUV category, in a vote of vehicle satisfaction by consumers in more than 42,000 surveys compiled in the first quarter of 2010 by AutoPacific, a leading American market research firm.

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بعد طول انتظار وترقّب شديد، يفخر مركز بورشه دبي، النابودة للسيارات ذ.م.م، بتقديم الجيل الثاني من بورشه كاين الذي تم كشف النقاب عنه خلال حفل إطلاق خاص أقيم في مدينة أرينا في 3 يونيو 2010. لاقى هذا الحدث أصداءً إيجابية واسعة وترحاباً بارزاً في أوساط الضيوف المدعوين من قبل شركة النابودة الذين أبدوا اهتماماً كبيراً بأحدث موديلات كاين الجديدة.

يتألق هذا الجيل الجديد بالتقديم العالمي الأول لنسخة “كاين إس هايبريد” Cayenne S Hybrid، التي تحظى بنظام دفع مختلط بالكامل متواز ومتطور للغاية، ما يخوّلها تحقيق استهلاك متدنٍ للوقود يبلغ 8.2 ليتر/100 كلم فقط، مع انبعاثات لثاني أكسيد الكربون لا تتجاوز 193 غرام/كلم فقط.

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A long awaited model has finally arrived. Porsche Centre Dubai, Al Nabooda Automobiles LLC, is proud to introduce the second generation Porsche Cayenne. The all-new Cayenne was unveiled at an exclusive launch event held at Madinat Arena on 3 June 2010. The evening was a tremendous success as Al Nabooda guests welcomed the brand’s latest and highly anticipated addition.

As a premiere for the Porsche brand this model is offered as a hybrid version, the Cayenne S Hybrid. A highly sophisticated parallel full hybrid drive ensures fuel consumption of just 8.2 litres/100 kilometres with CO2 emissions of just 193 g/km.

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The street-legal Lexus LFA never made it to the UAE, and its limited run is already sold out, despite being overpriced. So this final commercial is designed simply to boost brand perception, with the engine’s soundtrack as the main feature.

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