McLaren Automotive has released more details about its expectations for, the Middle East market, where it will launch the first in its range of high performance sports cars from spring 2011. The announcement follows the world debut of the new McLaren MP4-12C at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England, where the two most recent Formula 1 world champions, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, unveiled the new car.
Four lucky customers at Arabian Automobiles Company, the exclusive dealer of Nissan, Infiniti, and Renault in Dubai and the Northern Emirates have each been awarded 1 kilogram of gold as part of its Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) promotion.
Yas Island Rotana has hosted the Ferrari Owners Club members last Friday in preparation for a presentation by Ferrari World Abu Dhabi on the same day.
AutomodEx 2010 concluded its impressive four day exhibit last week following an awards/prize distribution ceremony for the Radio Controlled Race Challenge winners along with successful entries of the Car & Bike Show.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Royal Drive, the luxury supercar event, has had to be postponed and will not take place this weekend in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. However, Elements, the 12-hour music festival at Dubai Festival City, will go ahead as scheduled.
Alfardan Sports Motors Company, the exclusive importer of Modena’s pride – Maserati – and a member of Alfardan Group, organized recently Maserati’s very first local track day at the Losail International Circuit where a line-up of astonishing models squared the circles revving up Maserati’s glorious engines.
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (KUSTAR) teamed up with the Abu Dhabi Police, the Traffic & Licensing department and the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) to shed light on the risks of motorcycle and sport utility vehicle (SUV) risks. The event attracted hundreds of students from KUSTAR, as well as Al Fatima College and Institute of Applied Technology.
Kia Motors Corporation announced today its global sales figures for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants), recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles for February 2010, recording a total of 143,267 units sold. This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 39.5%.
The BMW Group once again improved sales volumes substantially in February of this year. A total of 91,758 BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce automobiles were delivered to customers (prev. yr. 80,474) – representing an increase of 14.0%. The figure for the year to the end of February was 173,911 units – 15.3% higher than the previous year (150,893).
The iconic Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, long associated with racing and performance, is introducing a new thrilling event to the Dubai sports calendar. The TAG Heuer Ice Race, which will see drivers compete in a karting race on ice, will take centre stage at the Dubai Mall Ice Rink on April 2-3, 2010. It is the first time such an event takes place in the Middle East.