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New car launches in Oman and region » Lifestyle utility pick-up from VW Volkswagen has launched the new Amarok pick-up in the Sultanate. The pick-up begins its international career as a D...

Hyundai targets 7 million output » From a declared target of being the fifth largest car maker in the world, Hyundai Motor now seems to be upping the ante, with chairman Chung Mong Koo ...

Refreshed 2012 Jeep Wrangler available in Oman » It may look the same, but Jeep’s Wrangler models for 2012 come with extensively reworked engineering and efficiency. The biggest news is that Chrysler...

Dodge Dart teaser surfaces prior to Detroit » As always a few weeks before any big motor show, carmakers love to plant teasers or spy pictures of forthcoming cars or concepts. Well, Detroit is the...

Win-win for supercar players at Dubai Motor Show » Who said the Middle East was in recession when it comes to super or exotic car buying? Well, here are the hard facts. Jerod Shelby of Shelby Super Car...

X132 Hellcat is Confederate Motorcycles’ latest pr... » Confederate Motorcycles, the Alabama, US-based exotic motorcycle maker has lifted the sheets off of its latest creation -- the stunning third generati...

Infiniti’s entry level car to use Mercedes MFA pla... » One of the early birds coming out from the Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz synergy could be the production version of the Etherea concept. Strong indicatio...

Lexus unveils all-new GS 250 at Guangzhou motor sh... » Lexus has revealed a further extension of its all-new GS luxury saloon range with the unveiling of the GS 250 at the Guangzhou International Automobil...

2013 Cadillac XTS breaks cover » The 2013 Cadillac XTS luxury sedan made its debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show on Wednesday, November 16. Cadillac unveiled the 2013 XTS, the new...

2011 MEMA awards announced » Vice-President of FIA Middle East and President of the Automobile and Touring Club UAE, in the presence of Mr. Saif Mohammed Al Midfa, Director-Gen...

Saturday, 28 January 2012

Split personalities

The refreshed and redesigned all-new entry level 2012 Dodge Charger and its bigger engine R/T variant proves that you can have the best of both ... Read more

The little Big thing

For 2012, Volkswagen introduces a highly reworked Tiguan, its smallest SUV, so much so that it could be considered as all-new. Automan checks out this ... Read more

Supercar obituary, not yet!

Thanks to Ferrari’s multiple award-winning all-new 458 Italia, the seventh in the series, the passage to high performance sports car paradise is still very much ... Read more

Brand Watch

VW goes blue in production too

Volkswagen group has declared that it intends to improve the ...

Will Middle East get China-built LWB Mercedes-Benz E Class?

That’s a question that might puzzle some, but it’s no ...

No BMW diesels for Lexus

Automotive News has reported that Lexus won't be getting any ...

Mopar Express operations boosted

Chrysler has been talking about Mopar in the Middle East ...

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Allow me to share with you a tale of two parking lots. Now, as you can well expect, with the job I have been doing over the better part of my working life, I have seen many parking lots. From the huge arenas where car manufacturers park their wares after ...

Consolidation towards growth

The month of Septemebr has been a rather eventful one in the annals of not just Automan, but also in the automotive world in general. our team has been on the ball as usual and this month's tally of road tests and reviews brings to the fore our pre-eminence as ...

A system of disbelief

Wonders will never cease. Nope, I am not referring to any mundane wonder - like winning a lottery, meeting a screen idol or staying in my BMI zone. That would be believable in this day and age! The wonders i talk about are more in the realm of fantasy, yet ...

Smaller engines, anyone?

We know it is a sign of the times when new models are rolled out with a bulk of the product information package packed with information about the new body, styling, interiors, trims, potential market and the like. The space that used to be devoted to extolling the virtues of a ...

The Truth of the Matter

How much journalistic licence is allowed in making a story? And at what point does it cross the line to fabrication? BEING a keen observer of events unravelling around the world, I usually find my mornings filled with the sight of smoke rising from bombed out buildings in Iraq, Afghanistan and ...

Buying time on credit

This month, I have chosen to go a little further afield than usual with the topic I am handling in Chicane. As it is the column is meant to address almost everything that impacts the world of motoring without actually being a piece about motoring. The topic in question meets ...

Inching up

Automan checks out the all-new Bridgestone Turanza GR-90 tyres as part of an upgrade programme. Usually, a tyre replacement is not usually factored in as part of the ownership costs or periodic maintenance ...

Inching up

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Engineering a quiet revolution

Automan met Keiichi Yoneda, Deputy Chief Engineer of Toyota Motor Corporation, recognised as the man behind the development work on the Camry 2012 that is making waves in Oman. He was in ...

PR head takes over as new Middle East & Africa regional director at Mc

McLaren Automotive has confirmed that Mark Harrison, the current Head of PR, has been appointed as regional director for Middle East & Africa. The appointment follows outgoing regional director, Ian Gorsuch’s relocation ...

New car launches in Oman and region

Lifestyle utility pick-up from VW Volkswagen has launched the new Amarok pick-up in the Sultanate. The pick-up begins its international career as a Double Cab with a four-door body that offers impressive space ...

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the year of turnaround

Automakers showed off their latest and greatest at the 23rd edition of the North American Auto Show in Detroit last month. And it seems the industry is more optimistic about its prospects ...

Techno fest

Even in its new location, Japan’s biennial Motor Show in Tokyo last month was a fabulous experience for the motoring fraternity, technology lovers et al. Automan looks at the highlights of this ...

New racing series in India

After a sensational debut of Formula One in India at the Buddh circuit, Indian entrepreneurs have been quick off the mark to announce a new racing series designed to cater to the ...

Airless tyre concept by Bridgestone

Remember Michelin's airless Tweel tyre concept a few years ago? Well, it seems the idea is still in vogue. This week at the Tokyo Auto Show in Japan, Bridgestone showed off its ...

Airless tyre concept by Bridgestone

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