Saudi Arabia

Ford has started offering various optional vinyl sticker packages for their models in the United States, and the latest model to “benefit” from this new programme is the 2011 Ford Mustang.

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Fiat-owned Chrysler, on a roll since coming out of bankruptcy, has released information on the “new” 2011 Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited. The barebones Jeep gets an all-new interior with “upgraded touch surfaces, occupant comfort and versatility”, as well as an all-new body-colour hard top for the Sahara model.

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General Motors is voluntarily conducting a safety recall for 2009-2010 models of the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook, all variations of the same platform, to inspect second-row safety belts for damage that in rare cases could make an occupant think the belt is properly latched when it isn’t.

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Mazda is recalling over 200,000 Mazda 3 as well as Mazda 5 minivan models from the 2007-2009 model years due to faulty power-assist steering pumps and pipes.

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For the first time in Bahrain, and possibly the GCC, the exclusive Hyundai dealer in Bahrain is offering a “sensational” lifetime warranty on the entire range of Hyundai models.

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Rental firm Europcar in Oman recently took delivery of a fleet of the all-new 2011 Suzuki Kizashi “Deluxe” model from Moosa Abdul Rahman Hassan, the Omani Suzuki dealer. Unless other dealers around the GCC are keeping quiet about it, we’d say Oman is the first country in the Middle East to receive the Kizashi.

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Ford says that in 1968, their management approved a special Mustang, a car that sacrificed nothing in its quest to be the best all-around road-going performance machine ever created by Ford Motor Company. That car became the sought-after 1969 Mustang Boss 302. Forty-two years later, the badge has been resurrected. With the millions of “special edition” Mustangs floating around, it is amazing that this badge didn’t pop up sooner.

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Infiniti is bringing a new model to its American line-up. The 2011 G25 sedan will offer a smaller 2.5-litre V6 engine that is more fuel-efficient than the 3.7-litre V6 now fitted in the G37 sedan. It also seems to look exactly like the G37 sedan, which itself was facelifted for 2010 and quietly launched in the UAE without anybody telling us.

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Saudi Arabia‘s latest Middle East champion driver believes a new generation of young hopefuls from the Kingdom are waiting to follow his path to success. Prince Abdulaziz Al Faisal won the inaugural Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East earlier this year and his achievement has caught the imagination of young Saudis.

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أعلنت شركة جاكوار الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا عن وصول سيارات XJ الجديدة كلياً إلى المنطقة، حيث أكّدت أنّ هذه السيارات المتميزة ذات الأربعة أبواب، والتي طال انتظارها، باتت متوفرة في صالات البيع في كافة أنحاء المنطقة.

وقد جاءت سيارات XJ الجديدة كلياً بأناقتها وميزاتها المتطورة وشخصيتها الرياضية لتمنح قطاع السيارات الفاخرة روحاً جديدة مفعمة بالجرأة. ناهيك عن تقديمها مزيجاً مغرياً يجمع بين التصميم المتميز والأداء الذي يخطف الأنفاس والرفاهية المريحة والميزات الهندسية المتطورة، دون المساومة على أي منها.

وبناء على النجاح الذي حققه كل من طرازي XK وXF الجديدان، يأتي تقديم سيارات XJ الجديدة كلياً كنقطة تحول في علامة جاكوار المفعمة بالقوة والحيوية.

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