HAPPY NEW YEAR! And today’s post needs no particular introduction. Toyota has been the talk of the town. Yes, the folks from Japan that sell your basic commuter cars like the Fortuner, the Corolla, the Prado, the Camry and the Yaris have actually gotten very interesting. They are back to their sportscar-y ways! And the […]
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We hope you’re singing along to our favourite carol: the 12 days of carsmas. We must say, it’s a bleeding treat. Oops! Mind my French, please! And today, we’re in fact Frenching it up with Renault. Renault, for the better part of its life, has been known to make boring little hatchbacks, sedans and some […]
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Okay, let’s take a moment to debate this. Does size really matter? Do you agree that bigger is better? If you’re a Lionel Messi fan, maybe not, but in the world of cars, in some instances, you can say maybe yes. There are two big shifts that happened in the automobile industry this last decade. […]
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UAE’s Fuel prices have been announced for January 2020, the first month of the new year! The fuel price for January 2020 will remain unchanged from December 2019, as announced by the UAE Fuel Price Committee Here are the details: Super 98 price is at AED 2.24/litre Special 95 price is at AED 2.12/litre Diesel price […]
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They’re small. They’re quick. They’re easy to drive, easy to live with and a ton of fun. Today, in the fifth installment of Carsmas, is all about HOT hot hatches. The Volkswagen GTI has been the king of hot hatches ever since the first generation was released back in 1976. We’re at the seventh generation […]
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Okay, so it doesn’t quite have the ring as the iconoclastic Star Wars. We get it. But on day four of carsmas, your true love gives to you: the All-American Horsepower Wars! There was a time in the world of automobiles when it was hard to comprehend a commuter car with a 100hp. A time […]
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It’s electrifying! Now where have we heard that before? Maybe a little movie called Grease? You know, John Travolta and his dancing and wooing. Okay, back on topic. This is the third day of carsmas, and it is, in fact, electrifying! This post is brought to you courtesy of the oil slump of 2013 and […]
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On the second day of carsmas, my true love gave to me: attack of the Koreans bae-by! My first encounter with the Koreans happened somewhere in the late 90s or the early 2000s when were in the market for a new family car and dad got excited about a little Korean brand called Kia and […]
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The saying goes, “you can’t be a true petrolhead until you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo” – words once told by Jeremy Clarkson. It’s only fitting that for day 1 of carsmas, your true love gave to you: the return of the Alfas! Alfa Romeo had given the world some fantastic cars a long time ago. […]
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On the first day of…come on Petrolheads, you know the tune, sing along as we count down the 12 days of carsmas! It’s our favorite time of the year. That time of the year when intercoolers, mufflers and wheels hang off trees like a Mustang leaving Cars & Coffee. That time of the year when […]
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