Dubai - Munich / A new award-winning speed enforcement system that achieves speed compliance of over 99 per cent is being launched in the UAE tomorrow at the Gulf Traffic Exhibition. SafeZone is a new technology designed, developed and manufactured by Siemens UK, and uses average speed monitoring of all vehicles travelling between designated camera stations every 75 metres of the ......read more

Road safety is a very important issue in North Africa and the Middle East. Trucks and buses are involved in most of the severe accidents on Middle Eastern and North African roads, and especially in Egypt. Very old and worn-out vehicles as well as brand-new low-quality and low-budget trucks and buses from China are becoming more and more a threat in our region. Most of the fatal crashes ......read more

Honda is introducing four years free servicing and roadside assistance on a range of models to help drive down the cost of new car ownership. This offer is available on CR-Z, Insight and British-built Jazz (excluding Jazz Hybrid), Civic and CR-V orders until the end of September. ■Four years complimentary servicing and roadside assistance on wide range of models ■Lower ......read more

Wolfsburg (Germany) - Borås (Sweden) - Dubai / At the final presentation of the EU research project HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director Volkswagen Group Research, has presented the “Temporary Auto Pilot” by Volkswagen: Monitored by the driver, the car can drive semi-automatically up to a speed of 130 ......read more

Stuttgart - Dubai - Cairo / Brimming with innovation and emotion. Easier on the environment than other trucks. Aiming for the very top in terms of comfort, driving dynamics and economy. Boasting outstanding material and build quality as well as the lowest overall costs. Not to mention irresistibly good looks. Yet for all these superlatives, the most important aspect for those ......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

Cirencester - Dubai - Cairo / Mitsubishi Motors in the UK announced the delivery of a Mitsubishi i-MiEV to Thames Valley Police, which is the lead authority for Chiltern Transport Consortium. Chiltern Transport Consortium provides a cross-border shared service, back office support function for all the fleet requirements of Bedfordshire Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary, ......read more

06.04.2011 / Stuttgart - Dubai - Cairo / A defect associated with the cruise control system has prompted a recall of 137'000 units of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class and M-Class AMG SUVs. Mercedes-Benz said it has determined that under certain circumstances, use of the brake pedal may not automatically disengage the cruise control system. More specifically, the German automaker ......read more

11.01.2011 / London - Dubai - Cairo / Gym-goers won’t be the only people shedding pounds this January – customers choosing a new Škoda will also be able to save thousands on the price of a new car. Thanks to a further extension of Škoda’s highly successful VAT-free campaign, the introduction of new finance schemes and a fixed-price service plan, buyers looking to pick up a ......read more

07.01.2011 / London - Cairo - Dubai / Volvo has been offering a free chauffeuring service into Central London since 4th of January 2011 in three of its low-emission DRIVe models to mark the introduction of the new Greener Vehicle Discount for the capital’s Congestion Charge. New rules mean that from today, any Euro 5 compliant car–regardless of powertrain with CO2 emissions ......read more

Gaydon-Warwickshire / Cairo / Dubai / Land Rover is known in many Middle Eastern and African countries for its unique driving capabilities in sand and on bad-condition roads. Same applies for its capabilities on snow, because this week Land Rover loaned two of its Discovery 4 models to the London Ambulance service, to help their stranded employees get to work. Dr Ralf Speth, CEO ......read more

25.11.2010 / Cairo - Munich - Dubai / It seems that 2010 is not only a very busy but also a very successful year for MINI. After launching the MINI WRC, the MINI Countryman, the Mini Scooter E Concept as well as kicking off the second phase of the MINI E field trials in September 2010, it is now the MINI Countryman model which managed to earn top rating at the Euro NCAP crash ......read more

12-08-2010 / Watford - Cairo / Only a few weeks after Mercedes Benz pioneered in offering the Vito E-Cell electric van, Iveco decided to launch its EcoDaily Electric van and chassis cab in the UK and Ireland, combining all the robustness, productivity and flexibility of its popular light commercial vehicle range into a model producing zero tailpipe emissions. The fully electric 3.5 ......read more

Kawasaki-Cairo-Stuttgart / Daimler and Mercedes not only produce some of the safest trucks worldwide, but their trucks are also some of the most innovative ones. Fuso, which is part of the Daimler and Mercedes group, is the first manufacturer worldwide to present a double-clutch transmission in commercial vehicles. Known as the "Duonic", this double-clutch transmission ......read more

Egypt and the Middle East are suffering from some of the worst road safety statistics world-wide. Especially Egypt is well-known for the horrible crashes involving trucks among the some roughly estimated 37.000 crashes, with at least 15.000 road deaths. Just this week (18.7.2010) a heavy 40-tons truck pulling a trailer fell of the Cairo Ring Road, when the truck driver tried to avoid ......read more

The latest generation Mercedes-Benz Actros has just been awarded Truck & Driver magazine’s illustrious title “Truck of the Decade”. In an online reader poll lasting for four weeks, Actros received more votes that any other vehicle. In the end, when all votes were cast, Star Quality shone through and the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Actros was announced the deserved winner. ......read more

Drowsiness at the wheel are one of the main reason of road traffic accidents, especially in countries such as Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Egypt where a lot of families use their car to reach their holiday destinations. Summer sunshine and sandy beaches by the sea is the motto of many families in Germany, when in a few days' time the great annual holiday period gets under way in ......read more

As a result of customer feedback, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) is preparing a recall of some Lexus LS 600h and LS 460 models equipped with the Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS). The precise number of cars involved is still being finalised but initial figures show approximately 11,500 vehicles are affected globally. Around 40 units are to be affected in the UK market, while only 3 ......read more

There are hardly any professional riding events in Egypt or the Middle East offered by the motorcycles manufacturers. Therefore the only possibility to ride and train in a safe environment is to participate in one of the driving experiences such as Harley Davidson's breath-taking trips in the beautiful South Africa or the Ducati Riding Experience on Italy's finest racing circuits. So, ......read more

Bosch has recently developed a new generation antilock braking system (ABS) for motorcycles which has the potential to prevent 38 per cent of motorcycle accidents involving personal injury and 48 per cent of those leading to fatalities, according to a study published by the Swedish highways authority. Further, a study published by the German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) ......read more