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The 2009 Mini John Cooper Works Cabrio, an upgraded version of the Cooper S Convertible, is now available in GCC countries.

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Nissan’s American division is recalling certain 2009 and 2010 Altima and Maxima cars due to a mechanical defect. The upper front “strut insulators” in 26,000 cars may have been manufactured out of specification, resulting in a potential for the suspension’s “strut insulator” to crack.

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Holden, GM’s Australian division, is responsible for the Lumina and the Caprice that comes to the GCC. Their HSV tuning arm is also responsible for some of the most violently-powerful rear-wheel-drive V8 cars ever built. Indeed, the Middle East got a taste of HSV in the form of the rebadged CSV CR8 sedan. Now the company has updated their extensive range of tuned vehicles for the Aussie market. The new range is dubbed the HSV E Series 2, and comes in four different body styles and various trim levels, include an ‘SV Enhanced’ customisation package.

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Jaguar has released the upgraded 2010 XF in the UAE. While the model looks the same, the real news is under the bonnet, as the V8 versions get larger engines, and there is also a new XFR model.

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Alfardan Premier Motors Co., member of Alfardan Group of Companies and Land Rover’s exclusive importer in Qatar, has been chosen the winner of the Customer Service Performance Program for the fourth successive year. The program is an annual review of performance, efficiency and productivity of the After-Sales Team of Land Rover from all over Middle East & North Africa. The award was recently presented in Dubai to Mohamed Kandeel, General Manager of Alfardan Premier Motors by Robin Colgan, Managing Director of Jaguar & Land Rover Middle East.

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The Aston Martin Rapide, the self-proclaimed “world’s most elegant four-door sports car,” has officially debuted at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. After months of leaks and speculation, the Rapide does not hold any surprises, except maybe in the way the doors open.

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This test was done to celebrate the U.S. IIHS safety institute’s 50th anniversary. The IIHS is a non-government organisation that conducts crash tests on new cars. It is generally accepted that today’s cars are softer and crumple more easily, compared to the hard-boned cars of olden days. So they decided to pit a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu against a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air to see which one comes out on top.

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The 2010 Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedan, slotting in between the Epica and the Lumina, will go on sale in showrooms across the UAE and GCC starting this October. Considering the “misaligned” status of Chevrolet’s existing midsize sedans when compared to the Japanese competition, the Malibu is as mainstream as it gets.

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The Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany is among the largest auto shows in the world, and the 2009 edition of the event is hosting a number of upscale debuts that scoffs at any hint of recession. Among the notable launches are the new Bentley Mulsanne, the Rolls Royce Ghost, the Aston Martin Rapide, the Lamborghini Reventon Roadster, the Ferrari 458 Italia, the Maserati GranCabrio, and the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, among others. Numerous niche-market concepts include the Mini Coupe & Roadster, the Bugatti 16C Galibier, the Lexus LF-Ch and more. Also present are a number of production and concept green cars,

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Arabian Automobiles, Flagship Company of AW Rostamani Group, the exclusive dealer for Nissan, Infiniti and Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates is announcing a new promotion focusing purely on the pre-owned vehicle market with gift vouchers for participating customers, as well as an opportunity to win a brand new Nissan Tiida.

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