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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 alive. Automan editors discover how close one can get to eternal automotive bliss.

Author Chandan B Mallik | Photography author and Nabeel Ferzan

A new Ferrari Berlinetta has arrived in the Middle East. It’s called the 458 Italia and when Automan got an exclusive one-off invite to test the car in UAE for a day, we must admit in our profession, there are these rare moments in our tranquility that’s a welcome distraction. This is where we can re-ignite the fact that it’s also fun to adorn the role of a 100 per cent petrol head. Because of the adulation, devotion, and unrelenting attention given to the spiritual successor of the venerable F430, the 458 has garnered adulation [and a host of awards from all corners of the globe, the latest being the 2011 performance car title], we made sure that we didn’t fall into the trap of one preconceived notion or another about this car from Modena.

Last Updated on Monday, 23 January 2012 12:43

2012 Toyota Camry tested by Automan

Category: Test Drives

Barely a week after its official Middle East unveil at the Dubai Motor Show, Automan editors are the first to test drive this car in Oman.

Those who attended the press day at Dubai would recall that it was kind of a hushed affair of a reveal of such an important model of Toyota in the Middle East. Hardly any details about the new seventh generation Camry were revealed of a showcar with blacked out windows [we assume it was a pre-production model with test gear inside].

Well, we can now offer more details and our first drive impressions of a pre-production model

Check out the link below for this ME exclusive!

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 January 2012 19:14

Civic Sense

Category: Test Drives

One of the underlying principals at Honda has been to improve each generation of its C-segment Civic model with a specific development theme in mind. Automan discovers the ninth generation all-new 2012 Civic continues with that philosophy

Author Chandan B Mallik | Photography Shakeel Al Baloushi and author

Last Updated on Sunday, 14 August 2011 10:41

A worthy successor

Category: Test Drives

Dodge’s all-new third-generation 2011 Durango may be based on the unibody Jeep Grand Cherokee platform, but it has a different story to tell. Automan checks out the top order Citadel model

Author:Chandan B Mallik Photography:Nabeel Ferzan and author

Last Updated on Monday, 08 August 2011 14:24