Back in April this year, the UAE government had announced that they were killing the subsidies on petrol prices in the country because the fat-cat oil companies were whining about so-called losses. Back then, they said the price of a litre of petrol will only go up by 15 fils. Today, local news outlets are reporting that an increase will be implemented from July 15th onwards, and it will go up by 20 fils per litre.
وتأتي الآن كابريس 2011 LS، وLTZ، وSS مع نظام كهربائي لتكييف الهواء بتحكم ثنائي المناطق، ونظام صوتي جديد. ويأتي طراز SS مزوداً بفتحة سقف كتجهيز قياسي.
كما تم تزويد كابريس رويال بنظام كهربائي لتكييف الهواء بتحكم ثلاثي المناطق، وكاميرا للرؤية الخلفية، ونظام صوت من طراز Bose مع راديو، ومشغل CD، ومشغل MP3، وشاشة ملونة، مع نظام ملاحة اختياري.
وهناك ميزات أخرى بحسب الطراز تشمل نظام StabiliTrak للتحكم بالثبات، ووصلة بلوتوث للهواتف المتحركة، ومصابيح HID، وخاصية التشغيل عن بعد لتبريد المقصورة وإنارة مواضع الأقدام، إلى جانب عدد من ميزات الرفاهية والمزايا الرياضية.
Being the fully-optioned version of the 2010 Chevrolet Malibu, our long-term LTZ tester also comes with the best stereo available in the range. It is seemingly unbranded and doesn’t look like much, but for the first time ever, we had the time to delve deep into the entertainment system of a test car, and were pleased with the new tech on offer.
While the GCC-spec Nissan X-Trail has been languishing unchanged for almost a decade now, a new-generation X-Trail was already introduced in Europe a few years ago. Now that Euro-spec model has undergone a minor facelift for 2011.
Aston Martin has unveiled a new “motorsport-inspired” special edition of their second-smallest model. Dubbed the V8 Vantage N420, it is a completely stock model with some carbon-fibre body panels to cut weight by 27 kg.
Though the all-new 2011 Volvo S60 has yet to hit UAE roads, the Chinese-owned Swedish firm has launched the wagon version of the new sedan. The new model, dubbed the V60, seems to occupy a new position in the Volvo wagon line-up, somewhere between the V50 and the V70 in size.
وبهذه المناسبة قال دان نيكولسون، نائب رئيس قسم الجودة العالمية في جنرال موتورز الشرق الأوسط: “إن توفير السيارات عالية الجودة لعملائنا هي أهم أولويتنا. وفي حين يلتزم فريق العمل لدينا بالارتقاء بمستوى سياراتنا، فأننا لا نغفل عن مواكبة موجة المنافسة المتسارعة”.
وفي فئة كروس أوفر والسيارات الرياضية متعددة الاستعمالات كبيرة الحجم، احتلت شفروليه تاهو مركز الصدارة، وتبعتها شفروليه سوبربان وجي إم سي يوكون/XL.
General Motors Co.’s commitment to continuous vehicle quality improvement received significant recognition in the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study (IQS) in the United States, with four GM vehicles taking top rankings. The recognized vehicles were singled out for their quality performance in the first 90 days of ownership.
“Vroomm…whoa!!! What zoomed past me just now? RX-8? Naah, the badge says..oh wait, it reads Mazda 6…WHAT?” Well, that was sort of an exaggeration for a car like the 6 – mind you all, I am making mention of not the Ultra but the smaller and cuter Japanese variant here; no, I am not underestimating it either. But unlike what Mazda boasts about the 6, the car isn’t really all about zoom-zoom (in a positive sense).
Al Jazirah Vehicles Agencies Co., the Ford and Lincoln importer-dealer in Saudi Arabia, is headed to Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan to compete for the 2010 World Cup Walk-Around Sales Champion title. After an intense regional competition in Dubai, UAE, Al Jazirah Vehicles Agencies Co. advanced to the World Cup Finals along with thirteen other regional winners from the Asia Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Caribbean and Central American regions.