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Some UAE tyre dealers selling old tyres as new

Some UAE tyre dealers selling old tyres as new


Be careful before you spend your money on new tyres. UAE authorities have accused several tyre dealers of making easy money by defrauding customers into buying old tyres as new. Many of them are even replacing new tyre “frames” with older ones that may have been imported more than a year ago.

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First drive: 2012 McLaren MP4-12C in Dubai

First drive: 2012 McLaren MP4-12C in Dubai


It isn’t everyday that media people get to drive a supercar. Well, in our case, we never get to drive a supercar. The closest we’d come before was the Nissan GT-R, but that’s stretching it. But then we finally managed to talk ourselves into the driver’s seat of one. We skipped secretive Ferrari, Lamborghini et al and went straight to the McLaren MP4-12C, the British carmaker’s first proper model since they redefined the meaning of “supercar” more than a decade ago with the McLaren F1.

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So we got a 2013 Volkswagen CC V6

So we got a 2013 Volkswagen CC V6


It’s the same, but different. If you remember, we drove around in a borrowed 2012 Volkswagen Passat CC for the better part of five months last winter. It was a great car. So great in fact, that we called it the best midsize sedan ever. And the 2013 builds on that excellent base.

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Unique McLaren X1 Concept revealed

Unique McLaren X1 Concept revealed


Ever fancied a life where you have so much of wealth to spare that you want everything around you, including your car, to be unique enough to boast your individuality? If you do have that kind of money, and if that unique car which you fancy happens to be something like a McLaren, then fancy no more – McLaren Special Operations, the division of McLaren Automotive responsible for bespoke projects, can realise your dreams, just as they did for an anonymous client of theirs, by building an exclusive model perfectly designed to match the client’s desires, and calling it the X-1 concept.

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Honda Accord 2013 in sedan, coupe and hybrid trims

Honda Accord 2013 in sedan, coupe and hybrid trims


As one of the most successful cars of all time, Honda’s designers surely have gone through a dangerous phase designing the new Accord, not only because there is pressure from past and current owners who expect to be impressed, but because there are a whole slew of new buyers the automaker is looking to impress. But, with that in mind, the newly-designed Honda Accord is no disappointment.

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