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GM Aftersales is pleased to announce that with immediate effect it will reduce the price of some of its packaged oil products including its popular 205 semi synthetic oil. The price reduction of between 2 per cent and 22 per cent effects six part numbers and is a result of the continuing falling cost of base oils. Mark Willis, GM Aftermarket Product Development Manager, said: ......read more
Aston Martin’s factory entered V12 Vantage – modified only slightly for competition – has swept to a stunning debut class victory in the 37th N?¼rburgring 24 hour race, forming part of a double Aston Martin victory in the SP8 and SP10 classes. The near production standard V12 Vantage – which finished in 21st place overall - saw off competition from a field ......read more
The new Mercedes E-Class Coupe just went on sale and BRABUS already presents an extensive tuning program for the new two-door. The pinnacle of the available performance tuning is the BRABUS 6.1 displacement engine. It has a rated power output of 462 hp (456 bhp) / 340 kW and propels the E 500 (US: E550) to an impressive top speed of 315 km/h (196 mph). Also on offer is ......read more
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s made history in Maranello as a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR, chassis no. 0714TR sold for €9,020,000 at the third annual Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event to set a new world record for the most expensive motor car ever to be sold at auction. Returning to its Maranello birthplace for its auction debut, the €9,020,000 sale price ......read more
BMW Motorrad’s highly-anticipated new entrant in the supersport motorcycle sector made its debut at last weekend’s Monza Italy round of the World Superbike Championship. Europe’s largest motorcycle manufacturer unveiled its new S 1000 RR model, the production version of its World Superbike racer. After several years of planning, design and development, BMW Motorrad ......read more
في إطار الشراكات الناجحة التي تعقدها شركة " اكسون موبيل " مصر، الرائدة في صناعة زيوت السيارات ، جددت الشركة التعاقد مع شركة " الرواس" - الموزع الرئيسي لسيارات " ميتسوبيشي " العالمية في مصر والوكيل العام لسيارات لايونسيل و اسيا ميكروباص، وذلك لمدة خمس سنوات قادمة تبدأ من عام 2009 وحتى عام 2014. ويأتي هذا التجديد ليؤكد على شراكة ......read more
Hiroshima-Cairo-Dubai / The road death rates in Egypt and the Middle East are among the highest world-wide. Therefore it is good to hear that the Mazda, one of the most popular brands in the region, has received five starts for the Mazda6 in the Euro NCAP Safety and Crash Test Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that the new Mazda6 has just been awarded the five-star maximum rating ......read more
The 007 Aston Martin Racing LMP1 car of Jan Charouz (CZ), Tomas Enge (CZ) and Stefan M?¼cke (GER) has finished on the podium of the Spa 1000 kilometres in Belgium following a magnificent fightback after the team started from the back of the grid. The 007 crew failed to set a qualifying time on Saturday as the result of a mechanical problem, which saw the Aston Martin Racing mechanics ......read more
A car used by the King of Italy to chauffeur Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and General Franco around Rome on State visits is to be auctioned in Monaco next week. The 1939 Fiat Torpedo, which will be sold by International Auction House, COYS, is expected to fetch more than ?£250,000. It was delivered to the Italian Royal Court in 1939 for the personal use of the Prince of Piemonte ......read more
30.4.2009 / Auburn Hills, Michigan – Cairo, Egypt / It seems that the management and PR department of Chrysler Egypt, together with their 'funny' and completely incompetent PR company Rada Research, is living on a different planet. Instead of informing the media and the public – including the Jeep and Chrysler owners in Egypt - about the current situation of Chrysler ......read more
What you are seeing here is the first teaser picture of the new Jaguar XJ, which will be officially revealed in July 2009 . This picture was revealed to the international media at Jaguar's press conference at the Shanghai motor show 2009 a few days ago. The new Jaguar saloon will be fully revealed on July 9 2009. Jaguar managing director Mike O'Driscoll confirmed that the all-new XJ ......read more
Gaydon, Warwickshire – Cairo, Egypt / This weekend (26.4.2009), the elegant Aston Martin One-77 was finally unveiled to the public at the Concorso d’Eleganza which took place at the luxurious Grand Hotel Villa d’Este on the shores of the beautiful Lake Como, Italy. As we have reported before, the car was first shown at the Paris Motor Show 2008, where it was ......read more
There weren’t to many news about the Bahrain F1 GP neither from the F1 drivers nor from the car companies. So, Nissan Middle East, which is in one way or another linked to Renault Middle East, thought of creating an interesting �local news’: Provide a Nissan GT-R, which so far hasn’t been tested by any professional automotive media or car tester in the region, to ......read more
Stuttgart/Cairo/Toscana – The Geneva Motor Show will see the comeback of an intriguing product idea when Mercedes-Benz presents the Coup?© range in the new E‑Class. Three months after the presentation of the Saloon, the brand is therefore launching a new highlight in the new model series while continuing a tradition that has repeatedly met with great enthusiasm throughout ......read more
15.4.2009 / Bolognese (Italy) The world-wide financial and automotive crisis made many car companies face serious trouble, such as General Motors, Opel, Karmann and many more. But some car manufacturers were able to withstand the negative impacts of this economic crisis – at least to certain extend. The Italian car manufacturer Lamborghini is one of those few companies. So ......read more
At a press conference held this morning (16.04.2009) at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey (UK), McLaren Group Chairman Ron Dennis announced a major restructuring of the McLaren Group. McLaren has for more than two years been engaged in a programme to develop a range of pure McLaren sports cars that will build on the great successes of the McLaren F1 and Mercedes-Benz ......read more
Although all car companies and importers have an in-house PR and Marketing department, we see many of them engaging an additional PR or Marketing company for doing their PR work, which is originally the homework of the PR manager and his team. Now, one of these car companies in the Middle East finally saw there is no need in operating two �PR departments’ doing ......read more
HAMANN-IMPERATOR The stylish refining programme for the Bentley Continental GT and Continental GT Speed The company HAMANN-Motorsport is renowned for refining luxury cars. With the new programme for the Continental GT and Continental GT Speed by the English manufacturer Bentley, the company located in Laupheim, Germany once again confirms that it is the first choice when it comes ......read more
While the Middle East and Africa are still suffering from extremely high road death rates due mainly to bad road conditions and extremely old and unsafe cars , the European Parliament agreed on March 10, 2009 to make the life-saving Electronic Stability Program (ESP) mandatory for all new vehicles. According to the regulation, from November 2011 all new passenger-car and ......read more
15.04.2009 / Gaydon-Cairo / The coming months will witness a lot of new four-door production sports car hitting the show-rooms worldwide, like the Porsche Panamera, the Lamborghini Estoque, the Audi Sportback Concept as well as the BMW Gran Turismo Concept – beside of course the already existing Mercedes CLS and the Ferrari-powered Maserati Quattroporte. Another new player in ......read more
Creative advertising is the mainstay for promoting and selling products as it implies a certain image or feeling the owner of the product in question will attain by buying it. In the automotive industry, advertising is even more important, as driving a car gives a specific indication about the character, social class and status quo of the owner. It is known for example that Mercedes ......read more
It is well known that Germany is the leading country in the automotive and motor-sport field. Not only does Germany produce some of the best and finest automobiles world-wide, but Germany is also the country which delivered to the world some of the best racing drivers, such as 7-time F1 world-champion Michael Schumacher. Now the Middle East has arrived in the focus of the ......read more
The greatest number of “works supported� Jaguars ever will take part in this year’s Mille Miglia, with a D-type, four C-types and a Mark VII saloon being supported by Jaguar Cars and the Jaguar Heritage Trust. Joining the historic cars and a fleet of XKR and XFR support vehicles will be Norman Dewis, the former Jaguar test development driver who navigated for ......read more

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