On the 4th of March, for the first time in UAE, Arabian Automobiles premiered a fashion show at its Infiniti Centre, modeling the latest collections of international designer Akl Fakih and Emarati designer Fatima Al Kaabi while showing off what is purportedly the largest Infiniti showroom in the world.
The Mitsubishi Outlander is a forgotten player in the compact crossover segment. Mitsubishi even claims that they coined the term “crossover” although they are arguably not the inventors of the crossover. Still, the Outlander has been completely redesigned for the 2013 model year.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is presenting the Phantom Series II range at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Changes are minimal, of course.
This concept, the EXP 9 F, is Bentley’s attempt at capturing a share of the profitable 4×4 market. Clearly, it is still a work in progress.
We’ve never been to an event before where we drove so many different cars at once that all the names did not fit in the title of a story. At the recent “Mopar Power Drive” media event at the Dubai Autodrome, we drove the 2012 editions of the — in one big breath — Chrysler 300C V8, Chrysler 300 V6, Chrysler Grand Voyager, Dodge Durango, Dodge Challenger V6, Dodge Charger V6, Dodge Caliber, Dodge Ram 1500, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Cherokee, Jeep Compass, and finally, to throw a curve-ball, the Fiat 500.
So this leap year just saw the leaping cat grow bigger. In the picture is the Jaguar XF in an all-new wagon form, dubbed as the Jaguar XF Sportbrake, revealed ahead of its debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.
Let’s face it, we didn’t have high expectations for the 2012 Lexus GS. We never drove the old model, which was never taken seriously anyway, and we didn’t like the way the new model looked in pictures, like a photoshopped Honda Accord. But then we started hearing good things about it in the foreign press, like how it was somehow better than the BMW 5-Series and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. That was enough to pique our interest, and we started to look forward to the GCC launch event at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.
The 2012 Lexus GS is now on sale in the UAE. The all-new GS, initially available in GS 250 and GS 350 variants, will later be joined by a GS 450h hybrid model a few months down the line.