Abu Dhabi has become the world’s biggest market for Rolls-Royce cars, edging out Dubai and Beijing in sales last year. Rolls-Royce’s Abu Dhabi and Dubai dealerships achieved the highest sales and second-highest sales respectively, said Frank Tiemann, Rolls-Royce’s communications manager for Europe and the Middle East. This was ahead of Beijing and London, which tied …
Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company’s plan to build a refinery in Pakistan is on track, Pakistan’s minister of investment said on Wednesday. “I just had a meeting with IPIC two days ago and they told me the project is on track,” Waqar Ahmed Khan told reporters at a Press conference. In January, International Petroleum …
In a small but significant move towards becoming a global hub of green energy, Abu Dhabi on Monday bought a stake in a Silicon Valley start-up that makes high-performance electric sports cars. Aabar Investments, a subsidiary of government of Abu Dhabi-owned International Petroleum Investment Company, said that it acquired four per cent stake in Tesla …
Electric cars manufactured by California-based Tesla Motors may soon be operating on the streets of Abu Dhabi, reinforcing the emirate’s commitment to cleaner alternative fuel technologies, a senior executive of Abu Dhabi-based Aabar Investments told Gulf News on Tuesday. “Tesla cars are already running successfully in California. Abu Dhabi, through its Masdar initiative, is committed …
Abu Dhabi residents are shunning new car purchases during the global downturn but are buying more consumer goods such as clothing, appliances and food, statistics from Mina Zayed Port show. Vehicle imports slowed dramatically in the second quarter, falling by 81 per cent in April, 83 per cent in May and 86 per cent in …
The UAE is to position itself as a regional focal point for the commercial vehicles industry in the Middle East, which is aiming for more major growth as the market recovers from the effects of the global economic crisis. The launch of the region’s first specialized trade event for commercial vehicles in Dubai today came …
The 2014 Lexus GX 460 went on sale in the UAE last month, just before the Dubai Motor Show. Sporting a new front-end, actual changes are minimal, but the midsize luxury SUV in now available in three trim levels. On the outside, the most obvious changes include the redesigned front-end with the corporate “spindle” grille, …
Truly standing out from the other launches in Dubai this year is the 2014 Lykan HyperSport, which remains the jewel of the Middle-East as it now dubbed the “First Arabian Hypercar”. And the hypercar tag is no fancy term. The Lykan HyperSport comes with a mid-rear mounted flat-6 engine, supplemented by twin turbos to produce …
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We missed out on covering this, well, “thing” during the Dubai Motor Show, but figured we should at least give it some column inches, if only because it is intended to grab headlines. This here is the Devel Sixteen, with a “Made in Dubai” tag and a claim of 5000 horses! The Devel Sixteen is …
What kind of people buy Toyota Corollas? Maybe the kind who walk into a showroom and the first thing they ask is “does it come with an automatic?” Maybe the kind who has a great job in the GCC and still keeps asking “how will I survive these high petrol prices?” Or maybe the kind …
