Ferrari, one of the most well-known automotive brands in the automotive and motor-sport field, joined hands with Shell Qatar to deliver one of the most anticipated street demonstrations in the Middle East region, since the last F1 Festival on the Abu Dhabi Corniche in the UAE back in January 2007. And although Shell Middle East is not known for any local or regional motorsport ......read more

Doha - Dubai - Cairo / The 2012 Qatar Motor Show was another successful edition. Also the Al Fardan group presence with all its different stands, such as the BMW, MINI, Rolls Royce, BMW Bikes, Ducati, Triumph and last but not least the Al Fardan Classic Car stand, was quite impressive. So it was no surprise that Alfardan Automobiles has revealed its sales results for 2011, with a ......read more

Wolfsburg / Doha (Qatar) The Qatar Motor Show is becoming more and more important on the regional level. This is why Volkswagen always has a strong presence with many important VW decision-makers and many new and interesting models for Qatar and the rest of the region. At this year's Qatar Motor Show the Passat celebrated its national premiere in Doha. This signifies the market ......read more

At the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Volvo Car Corporation will unveil an innovative petrol plug-in hybrid. The Volvo XC60 Plug-in Hybrid Concept is an electric car, a highly economical hybrid and a powerful high-performance car all rolled into one. At the touch of a button, the driver decides how the available power from the combination of the ......read more

Detroit (USA) / Lexus will unveil a new LF-LC 2+2 sports coupe concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit on 9 January, a vehicle which marks a further step in the development of Lexus’s design direction. Lexus has crafted the LF-LC from a clean sheet of paper, combining high technology and organic shapes to achieve a close connection between driver ......read more

Affalterbach/Bologna (Italy) – Of course it is mere coincidence that both Mercedes Benz and Ducati currently do not enjoy the best reputation in some Middle Eastern countries, and especially not in Egypt. But in most of Europe and Germany the case is totally different. That is why the new SLK 55 AMG and the new Ducati Streetfighter 848 – both finished in "Streetfighter yellow" – ......read more

Dubai, Wolfsburg, Cairo / Volkswagen Middle East in collaboration with its long-term Dubai partner, Al Nabooda Automobiles, achieved great success at the recent 12th Dubai International Motor Show, where the new Scirocco R took centre stage for its first preview in the Middle East. The makers of the “People’s Car” displayed a wide variety of models at the largest motor show ......read more

Volvo cars are becoming more and more popular in the Middle East and North African region, among both customers as well as motoring journalists. This is probably one of the reasons why the Volvo Car Corporation took home the most coveted award of the Middle East Motor Award (MEMA) ceremony with the Volvo S60 winning “Middle East Car of the Year”. MEMA is currently the most ......read more

In one of the keenly contested and prestigious auto awards in the Middle East, Volvo S60 drove away with the coveted ‘Car of the Year’ honour at the Middle East Motor Awards (MEMA) ceremony held at Expo Centre Sharjah on Thursday, November 3, 2011. H.E. Mohammad Ben Sulayem, Vice-President of FIA Middle East and President of the Automobile and Touring Club UAE, in the presence of ......read more

Amid the raft of new car concepts at the Frankfurt Motor Show this month, one of the head-turners was Volkswagen’s bright orange ray of sunshine, the buggy up! concept. The buggy up! is inspired by the Californian beach buggies of the 1960s. These buggies, pioneered by people such as American Bruce Meyers, took the simple, reliable Beetle chassis and engine and replaced the steel ......read more

Hyundai is becoming more and more popular in the Middle Eastern and North African markets, especially in the UAE and Egypt where the i30 was competing very bravely with the established competitors from Japan and Europe. Now this competition will become more fierce as Hyundai launched its new-generation i30 at the 2011 Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA), a vehicle the ......read more

Frankfurt / High Wycombe (UK) – Hyundai will be unveiling the new generation i30 at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) on the 13th September at 12.00hrs CET in Hall 6. The all-new C-segment i30 hatchback is set to build on the remarkable success of the current i30 model and is the next evolution of Hyundai’s fluidic sculpture form language. As well as the new i30, the Hyundai ......read more

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

Goodwood - London - Dubai / In just ten days time the annual UK National Motorsport Week (25 June-3 July) gets underway, celebrating Britain’s dominant role in global motor racing with a week of activities culminating at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed (30 June-3 July) - one of the world’s greatest celebration of motor sport and car culture, where almost every motor ......read more

London - Stuttgart - Cairo / The results of the 2011 International Engine of the Year Awards have today been announced at Engine Expo in Stuttgart, Germany. The global jury, consisting of 76 of the world’s most respected and popular motoring journalists from 36 countries, including Auto Arabia's editor Mohamed Sheta, voted Fiat’s innovative and diminutive 875cc two-cylinder ......read more