After overcoming everyone from disgruntled dealers to pissed-off pensioners, the sale of Chrysler to Fiat is finally complete after 42 days. Fiat now owns most of Chrysler’s assets and will receive US$ 6.6 billion in “exit financing” from the U.S. government.
It is a slow news day today, just like the crime statistics in the safe city of Dubai. The jails are filled with loan dodgers and disgruntled labourers rather than murderers and mafia dons, and we figured we’d highlight the Dubai Police’s latest weapon in their fight against crime – the Dodge Charger.
The all-new Chevrolet Malibu has been on sale in the U.S. for a while now. The midsize sedan had finally become an equal competitor to its Japanese rivals in the States, but the GCC line-up was making do with a lopsided range consisting of the Korean Epica and the Australian Lumina, neither of which has a 4-cylinder engine that could compare with those in the Camry, the Accord and the Altima. So General Motors decided to bring the Malibu here again, after a gap of nearly a decade.
American tuner Galpin Auto Sports created two customs, one out of the Ford Mustang GT and the other using a Dodge Challenger. Both cars were commissioned by the U.S. Air Force. The military plans to show them around during their 2009 Super Car Tour, used to attract young men in a recruitment drive.
American automaker General Motors has filed for bankruptcy. As analysts have known for months finally got confirmed, the largest car manufacturer in the world filed for “Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection” on June 1, 2009 in a New York court, declaring US$ 82 billion in assets and US$ 172 billion in debts. However, General Motors Middle East claims that they are unaffected.
It was one of those rare times when I actually looked forward to those long usually-boring press driving events. General Motors Middle East imported ten new 2010 Chevrolet Camaro models to Dubai for the UAE and GCC press launch, and we were among the second bunch of people to drive them, after the “big” magazine people had their fill the day before, but as I saw later, the cars still generated lots of interest on the roads.
The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro coupe has already hit the streets, more or less, but there was speculation that the Camaro convertible, shown off as a concept numerous times, has been cancelled. But GM has confirmed that the drop-top is still on.
American-based Karvajal Designs recently showed off their body-kit package for the Chevrolet Corvette C6.
The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro has barely been seen in public, but there is already talk that there may be a special edition based on the “Bumblebee” version seen in the upcoming Transformers 2: Rise Of The Fallen movie.
The Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 is an amazing sports car, but there are always some who think more power makes a better car. European tuner Geiger has created an upgrade package for those people, calling it the Corvette Z06 biTURBO.