http://www.automiddleeast.com Features and exclusive reports on AutoMiddleEast.com daily 1 2006-09-25T04:11:52Z http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/mclaren-f1-designer-plans-an-eco-supercar Gordon Murray, the designer of the 385 km/h McLaren F1, is planning a New Age supercar, featherlight with a tiny engine, as the ultimate manifestation of his philosophy for environment-friendly cars of the future. No publisher nabeelferzan Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-11-13T18:40:32Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/rolls-royce-still-on-a-roll-1 The establishment of a new factory was the final chapter in a most extraordinary series of events that followed the decision by the Vickers engineering group to sell Rolls-Royce and Bentley, two of the most famous names in the British motor industry. No publisher nabeelferzan Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-10-28T20:14:18Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/silicon-valley-takes-on-the-blacksmiths Then Tesla made its announcement. If a Silicon Valley start-up company says that it is going to make a serious electric car, General Motors can’t say it can’t do that. We are very grateful to them.’ No publisher nabeelferzan Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-10-14T20:07:34Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/hyundai-genesis-kia-korean-soul-feature This was Toyota’s Lexus and Nissan’s Infiniti all over again and Hyundai seriously considered setting up a separate premium brand. It decided not to but the first car of this type, the Genesis, does not carry the Hyundai badge; instead it has a purposely ambiguous logo above the Mercedes-like grille. No publisher nabeelferzan Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-09-28T16:44:48Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/golf-volkswagen-new-style The renewal of the Golf is an important event because this has been Europe’s best-selling model over the past 25 years. It is also significant that the previous Golf V has been replaced after only five years: an acknowledgement that it was not as popular and commercially successful as its predecessors. No publisher nabeelferzan Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-09-01T18:41:14Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/general-motors-and-the-temple-of-doom This week’s launch at the British International Motor Show of the Insignia – the car that replaces the mid-size Opel and Vauxhall Vectra – is the most important event this year for General Motors Europe. It comes at a time when, back home in the USA, the world’s biggest car maker is celebrating its centenary year with a plan to wrest itself from another crisis. No publisher pankaj Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-07-22T18:28:37Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/from-formula-uno-to-formula-uomo The Ferrari California is not the smaller and cheaper Ferrari that had been rumoured but rather a more comfortable, more spacious, and less aggressive alternative to existing models. It is a convertible with a folding hardtop and seats for children in the rear. No publisher pankaj Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-07-08T21:23:30Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/Diesels-Finest-24-Hours-At-Le-Mans Peugeot was supposed to win the Le Mans 24 Hours this year. I went with them to witness the moment of glory. But it didn’t happen. The sinister-looking Peugeot 908 HDi race cars were the fastest cars on the track but the race was lost not on the circuit but in the pits. No publisher pankaj Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-06-24T22:54:33Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/auto-features/nissan-green-electric-cars nissan electric cars electric vehicles ev fuel cell vehicles fcv new car green cars go green environment battery hybrid nec japan No publisher pankaj Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-06-05T22:21:50Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/Members/pankaj/bentley-goes-green Foreign ownership of Britain’s famous prestige car brands is a hot topic. Will Tata be good custodians of Jaguar and Land Rover? If we look at the performance of Bentley and Rolls-Royce under Volkswagen and BMW the signs are good. No publisher pankaj Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-05-26T02:52:52Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/Members/pankaj/bmw-thinks-electric The world’s most successful premium car brand is planning a battery-powered city runabout that could be available in 2012. The question is: will a slow, silent mini-car with limited range fit with BMW’s carefully-cultivated image as ‘the ultimate driving machine’? No publisher pankaj Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-05-12T19:01:07Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/Members/pankaj/chrysler-nissan-is-something-bigger-going-on-1 No publisher pankaj Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-04-22T19:06:11Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/Members/nevsusan/tatadeal You may wonder what an Indian company is doing buying the crown jewels of the British motor industry. Tata Motors’ $2.3 billion purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford has been characterized by some as a payback for the British Raj that ruled India before independence in 1947. No publisher nevsusan Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-03-29T06:58:43Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/Members/nevsusan/2008f1 Friday 14 March will see the 2008 Formula 1 World Championships roar into action at the season opening Australian GP at Albert Park in Melbourne. Last year the championship went right down to the wire with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen piping the McLaren duo of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by a single point in a come-from-behind sneak attack. No publisher nevsusan Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-03-12T17:11:45Z Features http://www.automiddleeast.com/Members/nevsusan/italianjob Maserati was once the match of Ferrari on the race tracks of the world. Its high spot was in 1957 when the great racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio won his fifth World Championship at the wheel of a Maserati 250F. No publisher nevsusan Owned by automiddleeast.com! 2008-03-03T21:01:35Z Features