Dubai - Cairo / November stands to be the busiest month on wheels this year, with the Dubai International Motor Show, the region’s biggest and most influential automotive event, forecasting one of the biggest shows in its 22 year history, and a number of crowd-pulling newcomers choosing the show for their Middle East debuts. Running from 10 – 14 November 2011 at the ......read more

Due to the many reader’s letters, complaints as well as phone calls to our weekly live program on Radio Masr 88.7 (every Sunday from 4pm to 7pm) about several Volkswagen models as well as the Volkswagen & Audi service center in Egypt, we decided to republish the following recall which was announced by the Volkswagen Group a while ago: VW announced a problem with the Jetta, Golf, ......read more

In the Middle East and North Africa region, especially in Egypt, the Volkswagen Passat sedan is considered one of the most popular and successful cars in its segment. But with over 15 million cars sold worldwide, the Passat by Volkswagen is also one of the most successful automobiles in the whole world. And now the new Passat, in its seventh generation since 1973, has also ......read more

Auto Arabia was the first, and is still the only, automotive media to conduct 100.000km and 50.000km long-term test-drives in the Middle East and North Africa region. Such long-term test-drives are extremely important for the customers and automotive consumers in the Middle East region, as such tests are the only reliable source for them, before they decide which car they should buy. ......read more

Again, Auto Arabia was the first automotive media in the Middle East and North Africa region to test-drive one of the most popular models in our markets. This time it is the all-new 2011 Volkswagen Jetta, which is, unlike in Central Europe and Germany where the Golf is the best-seller, extremely successful in the USA and the Middle East region. We test-drove the 1.2 TSI, the 1.6 ......read more

The German Red Bull F1 driver Sebastian Vettel managed to clinch his first F1 World Championship title last Sunday (14.11.2010) at the last race of the 2010 F1 season, which took place at the 1-year old but still breath-taking Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Sebastian Vettel managed to seal the F1 title to his benefit ahead of Ferrari’s ......read more

Cairo-Paris-Dubai / Do you know what the French car maker Renault, the Korean car-maker KIA and (apparently very soon also) the Italian car-maker Alfa Romeo have in common? Well, first of all these three car-makers have the same importer in Egypt which is the Egyptian International Motors (EIM) owned by the well-known business man Mohamed Nosseir. Secondly, and this is the ......read more

World premiere of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan. LIVE: CLICK HERE . Technical Problems? Click here (opens new browser ......read more

24.11.2007 / Goodwood - Cairo - Abu Dhabi / While Rolls Royce was unveiling the Ghost in Abu Dhabi we received an interesting rumor from Europe. Sources say that at the last Goodwood Festival the Rolls Royce spokesperson Richard Carter stated that an electric engine would be great in a limousine like the Phantom, since most of its owners use it to drive around the city or downtown, ......read more

ALDAR OFFICIALLY HANDS OVER YAS MARINA CIRCUIT FOR THE ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan inspects the Completed Track 44 Days Ahead of the Inaugural Race September 17, 2009 – His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces today attended the official handover of ......read more

Maranello / Abu-Dhabi / Cairo - Consequences of bike-injuries make a return impossible. Schumacher has revealed he won’t return to Formula One racing at the European Grand Prix later this month: "Yesterday evening, I had to inform Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo and Team Principal Stefano Domenicali that unfortunately I'm not able to step in for Felipe. I really tried everything ......read more

After Ferrari confirmed that 7-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher is returning to F1 on the 23rd of August during the Valencia F1 race, Michael talks about the competitive edge at Maranello, how Stefano Domenicali has brought a new era to the Scuderia and how Shell works alongside both the road car and sporting departments, promoting the transfer of technology from the race track ......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 Chinese brand Brilliance is – unlike in Europe - selling a few hundred cars in some developing and Third World countries, where safety doesn't play such an important role. Egypt is unfortunately one of these countries were car companies do not pay much attention to the safety of their clients and consequently pay no attention at all to the passive and active safety of their cars. ......read more

The ties between Auto Arabia and Germany are very strong. Not only do we conduct most of our test-drives on the Autobahns and the different racing circuits like Hockenheim and the Nuerburging in Germany, but also our managing editor Mohamed Sheta is a well-known automotive and motor-sport expert, who’s opinion is always wanted and taken into consideration by many car companies ......read more

Cairo - Berlin - Detroit / It seems that car buyers worldwide are the winners in the current financial crisis, since car manufacturers are facing an extremely hard time selling their car due to the new restrictions in car loans through the banks. That led to car discounts never experienced before in Egypt, Europe and the USA. In Egypt some ignorant car dealers are still trying ......read more

In an exclusive interview with Auto Arabia, Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo spoke with us about the latest Ferrari models, about the engagement of Ferrari in the Formula 1 and last but not least about the situation of Ferrari in Egypt and the Middle East. Click here for the complete ......read more

Finally, and after years of confirmations from Porsche officials that there will never be a Porsche diesel, the torque-monster engines will find their way under the hood of a Porsche. Although at this stage Porsche only confirmed a V6 diesel engine for its Cayenne-SUV we expect, and sincerely hope, that other V10 and V12 diesel engines from the Volkswagen and Audi group would find ......read more

French driver Yvan Muller won on a SEAT Leon TDI today (16.11.2008) the WTCC World Championship title in Macau. BMW driver Andy Priaulx (GBR) only achieved fourth place in the WTCC championship 2008. SEAT was even able to win the WTCC manufacturers title 2008 with 326 points while BMW only achieved 274 points with its competing BMW 320i. Chevrolet achieved third place in the ......read more

Interlagos, 2nd November - Felipe Massa won his home Grand Prix and Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has won the 2008 Formula 1 Constructors' World Championship. And the other big winner on the day was (besides Lewis Hamilton of course) the sport of motor racing, as this final round of the season was thrilling from start to finish, thanks to a sudden shower at the start and another one in ......read more

18.10.2008 � Dead Sea (Jordan) / Cairo � Three members of the Abu Dhabi Junior Rally Team took part in the gruelling round of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship in Jordan on Saturday, with the talented young Majed Al-Shamsi and his Australian co-driver Dale Moscatt leading the way for the Abu Dhabi youngsters at the Dead Sea. After 11 of the event�s 18 timed special stages the ......read more