A new company called Lotus Motorcycles, a joint project of Kodewa, car designer Daniel Simon and the Holzer Group, has apparently been established to design and build the first motorcycle under the badge of the long-running sports-car manufacturer. The bike will be named Lotus C-01, and is being billed as a “hyper-bike” by the company.
The other day when we went to pick up a Peugeot 301 test car from the Peugeot showroom in Dubai, we were surprised to see the 408 sedan there. It seems the local dealer is quietly offering the Chinese-built Peugeot 408 sedan as a 2014 model in the UAE.
The BMW 4-Series Coupe has been officially released and is set to go on sale later this year. BMW will offer the 4-Series in two variants, the 428i and the 435i.
We used to own a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee right up till last year. Despite what hype you may hear, the Grand Cherokee has never been a Range Rover rival; more entry-level luxury rather than premium luxury. But the real reason we bought one back then was because it was the cheapest way to get behind the wheel of a midsize SUV with a big V8 under the bonnet. The latest Grand Cherokee still offers the same formula for those who prefer it, with a little more premium gadgetry now thrown in.
No, we didn’t buy an Evoque, contrary to what you may have seen on the internets. Despite our issues with them, we asked Land Rover for one and, despite our issues with them, they still gave us one. We assume it’s a 2013 model, although with almost 9,000 km on the clock, it could be a 2012 for all we know. Not that it matters. It’s a good-looking car, to say the least.
Maserati has officially launched their new Quattroporte in Oman, at a high-profile event held at Grand Hyatt, Muscat a few weeks ago. The model was revealed in UAE and various other parts of the GCC earlier this year.
DriveArabia.com has done financially in the last two years. Really well. That’s because three years ago, Bayt.com took on our ad sales and things just boomed from there. Even after getting banned by three carmakers, and feuds with several others, all for being too honest, we made a huge profit. We have a large cash reserve at the moment that we could spend in several ways. One way would be to squander that money on an Aston Martin Vanquish. The other is to do good. We put some of the money back into the website, starting a mobile version,
You may have heard of Jon Stewart? He’s that TV guy who offers a comical angle to current news events. You may also have heard about Russia’s obsession with dashboard-mounted video cameras to defend against insurance scammers and corrupt cops. Well, here’s a segment he did on Russian dash-cam videos, back when that meteorite fell over the former Soviet Union earlier this year. It certainly woke us up this morning.
Nissan has given a significant visual upgrade to the 2014 Micra. The front and rear fascias have been completely redesigned to give it a new look, with some revised interior upgrades as well.
Hey, looks like we landed ourselves another Bentley. This time, it’s the Continental GTC Speed and apparently we’re the first ones to review it here, probably because all the “big” journalists are out of the country. That doesn’t matter, because the Continental GT is among our most favourite cars.