Industry News

Volvo Cars Middle East today announced the appointment of Al-Futtaim as their sole distributor for passenger cars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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foilacar Premium launches the first crystallized car coating system in the Middle East. foilacar Premium and Crystal Skin, a foil brand using Swarovski crystals, have signed an exclusive partnership in the Middle East to provide the region’s first Crystal Skin car coating. foilacar Premium, the Dubai-based flagship workshop, will become the only Crystal Skin foiling location serving the UAE and the rest of the Middle East.

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Chevrolet and GMC dealers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Alissa Automotive Company, Aljomaih Automotive Company, Omar A. Balubaid Company and Universal Motors Agencies Co are running a one-day ride and drive event for local media through the streets of Jeddah to showcase the Chevrolet and GMC SUV line ups.

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International panels of design experts have chosen their winners and one Volkswagen model has made an impression, namely the VW Passat CC. Volkswagen’s four-door coupé was presented with the “red dot Design Award 2009 – Best of the Best”, once again highlighting Volkswagen’s first-class and attractive design concept. The elegant model has also sparked excitement down under in Australia, a statement backed-up by the fact that it has recently won the “Australian International Design Award”.

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Suzuki Saudia has recently opened a spacious fully-equipped service center on Palestine Street, Jeddah, in line with its strategy to maximize customer satisfaction through after-sales services.

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Chevrolet and GMC in Saudi Arabia, has delivered the first wave of cars from a contract consisting of 1200 Chevrolet cars to Best Rent A Car, a member of Abdullatif Alissa Holding Group, following a deal with Best Trading Company signed in May.

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Young boys from the Watani summer camp dissected a car engine to learn how to identify and understand its component parts this week, in a specialized workshop led by Khalid Al Qaseer, owner of the 90 Degrees garage on Emirates Road in Dubai, UAE.

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Gargash Enterprises, the official distributor for Mercedes-Benz in Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, has launched an approved used car program called ‘Proven Exclusivity’ for vehicles under six years old that have been driven less than 150,000 kilometres.

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The Yokohama Rubber Company has announced that its ADVAN Sport tyres has been selected as original equipment for Mercedes-Benz C-Class models. The tyres adopted for the C-Class consist of three sizes: 205/55R16 91V, 225/45R17 91W, and 245/40R17 91W, the last being only for the rear.

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McLaren Automotive, the high performance sports car manufacturer based at the home of McLaren’s world-famous Formula 1 racing team, has announced further details on its Middle East plans. The company has confirmed that it is seeking retailers in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the countdown to the 2011 launch of the first in its range of next-generation road cars.

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