The latest Australian region to receive the new Holden VE Commodore police cruisers is Victoria. The Aussies call them SMART cars, which stands for Special Mobile Anti- Road Toll, and they’re meant to form a highly visible presence that promotes safe driving. Of course, the Commodore SS is sold in the Middle East as the Chevrolet Lumina SS.
German carmaker RUF is registered as an actual carmaker, even though they use Porsche models as their base. Their latest creation is the 700 hp CTR3.
For almost a year, we begged for a test drive of the 2006 Civic from local Honda reps. Heck, these cars were never even in stock at local dealerships. So we never drove one, even though we got tons of requests for it to be reviewed. Well, my own car just got temporarily incapacitated, so I figured I’ll go rent out a Civic for a week.
You might’ve come across “Arab drifting” videos before. Rowdy youth in Saudi Arabia started this trend, spinning their Toyotas in multiple 360s on public streets full of traffic and bystanders. The trick is simply to do 180 kph in a bouncy car and start yanking the steering wheel left and right with a dab of the handbrake, while loading down your car with four of your dumbest buddies to keep the car from flipping over. You have to wonder how they practice this nonsense. And what happens when things go wrong.
We’ve acquired a 2007 Lexus LS 460 L to cruise the weekend. Unlike the previous deadweight LS, this one has the ability to have electronic nannies turned off completely to allow more play value with its increased power.
Lexus introduced its redesigned LX 570 full-size luxury 4WD at the 2007 New York Auto Show. The new LX is the most obvious indication of how the 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser will look like.
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The 2008 Jeep Liberty, to be unveiled at the 2007 New York Auto Show, features an all-new slab-sided look, but is essentially just a reskinned version of the Dodge Nitro that was unveiled in the Middle East recently.
The car will take a long time to actually go on sale, but details on the newest BMW M3 has been heavily leaked, and these are the first pictures of the actual production model.
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We have more first photos of the 2008 Subaru Impreza sedan and hatchback, as well as the redesigned 2008 Tribeca 4WD. It is safe to say that both cars have gone from being odd-yet-lovable to boring-yet-inoffensive.
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Arabian Automobiles, Nissan dealers for Dubai et al, held a campaign recently to find Nissan Patrols with the highest mileage around here. The results were surprising and disturbing at the same time.