Anyone who visited the 2010 Sharjah Auto Show last week would’ve got a look at the gaudy bodykitted Lexus LX570 at the “Invader” stand. The so-called Invader is a tuning and customisation programme for the Lexus 4×4 by Japanese tuners ASI. Who else besides the Japanese can come up with something this cheesy.
So General Motors went bankrupt, and part of its effort to save itself was to sell loss-making Saab to any schmuck who’d buy it. Spyker came along and bought it, so now they have a handful of new models with GM platforms that the General had pretty much finished developing before selling off the brand. Now the Swedish firm is debuting the new 2012 Saab 9-4X, based on the Cadillac SRX platform, at next month’s 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show.
Mitsubishi held its GCC launch event for their all-new 2011 ASX sub-compact crossover at the Dubai Autodrome racetrack a couple of weeks ago. To make things interesting, they even had a few 2010 Nissan Qashqai crossovers at hand for comparison. Incidentally, the Qashqai has been facelifted for 2011, though changes are minimal.
The 2011 Infiniti M was launched earlier last week in the UAE, and displayed for the first time at the 2010 Sharjah Auto Show. Just before its launch, we asked for a test-drive whenever possible, and surprisingly got an answer that we can have it that same weekend. And so, here is a look at the GCC-spec Infiniti M56 for the first time ever.
Specs for the updated 2012 Nissan GT-R have hit the net, and it looks like the GT-R gets a power boost to go with that facelift, and a quicker ‘Ring time.
Xenatec, the German car customiser and armouring outfit that recently set up an facility in the UAE, has unveiled a custom-built coupe version of the Maybach 57S.
Better late than never. Launched late last year, we were offered a test-drive of the 2010 Land Rover LR4. The blocky 4×4 formerly known as LR3, and still affectionately known as the Discovery elsewhere, is now almost well-dressed enough to be called a Range Rover.
ومن الطرازات التي ستُعرض، نذكر 13 طرازاً من BMW، وثلاثة من ميني، واثنان من رولز رويس موتور كارز، بما في ذلك الفئة الخامسة الجديدة من BMW، وغران توريزمو من BMW وBMW X1، وBMW X5، وBMW Z4، وBMW X5M، وBMWX6M، وM3، وBMW ActiveHybrid X6، ورولز رويس فانتوم.
BMW used the 2010 Sharjah Auto Show to launch the 2011 BMW 316iA in the UAE. The 316iA is a new base model for the wide-ranging 3-Series line-up, to offer “poorer” buyers a chance to buy a proper BMW sedan at an affordable price instead of being forced to squeeze into a 1-Series hatchback.
وقد استمتعت نخبةٌ من كبار الشخصيات في دبي بألحان فرقة “الأخوين عفيف للجاز”، و”دي جي مات تشارلز” من بيت الموسيقى “هيد كاندي”، في الوقت الذي تم فيه عرض تصاميم فنية تجسّد التطور الذي شهدته سيارات جاكوار لعشرات السنين من حيث الشكل والتصميم.
وسلط الحفل الضوء على تاريخ جاكوار وأسلوبها الأنيق من خلال عرض سيارات كلاسيكية بينها “Daimler Mark 2”