Hyundai have officially launched the fully-redesigned 2013 Santa Fe in the UAE. While elsewhere, there are two variants – a 5-seater “Sport” model and a 7-seater long-wheelbase model — we here in the GCC are uniquely getting the smaller “Sport” variant this year first. Except that it won’t be called “Sport”, and they’ve actually stuffed seven seats into it too.
The Maserati GranTurismo is a pretty good-looking car and they know it. That’s why they plan to release yet another variant of the GranTurismo at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, the Maserati GranCabrio MC.
More details and pictures have been released of the 2013 Shelby GT500 Super Snake. Only 500 of these reptiles will be made.
Kia plans will bring the 2014 Pro-ceed, or “Pro_cee’d” as their marketing monkeys have dubbed it, and Hyundai will follow suit, bringing the 2014 3-door i30 to the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The cars will be unveiled at the company’s press conference on 27 September.
Mazda plans to launch the new face-lifted 2013 Mazda CX-9 at October’s Australian International Motorshow. The Japanese outfit have released a few pictures of the refreshed model.
Two stalwarts of cheap motoring, the Dacia Logan sedan and the Dacia Sandero hatchback, have finally received comprehensive redesigns for 2013 to bring them up to modern standards.
The Toyota Yaris Trend is set to be unveiled at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The Trend is designed to rope in younger customers by adding some bits and pieces to the exterior, and some changes have been done to the interior as well, to give it a more premium feel.
Volvo decided to use this year’s Paris Motor Show as the launchpad to release details of their latest creation, the 2013 Volvo V40 R-Design. Featuring some aggressive touches to the exterior, with an engine under the hood with enough oomph to match, the R-Design is looking to leave its mark in the sports-hatch segment.
British automaker Jaguar has been making it to the news quite regularly these days, with rejuvenated models replacing the existing line-up, and this time it is their flagship XJ model and the XF model receiving the updates for 2013.
In 2008, Nissan teamed up with Sony PlayStation and started the Nissan GT Academy to see if a fast racing game player become a fast professional race driver in the real world. Over the past four years, the GT Academy has proved to be a unique and successful route to top flight motorsport for a select few around the globe. And now, GT Academy will offer entrants from the Middle East the chance to go from gaming to racing.