AUTO

November 12, 2018

Behbehani Motors Company, the official distributor of Volkswagen in Kuwait, has opened the world’s largest modular Volkswagen showroom as part of a wider investment in facilities worth a total of $145.6 million.

The new $32.5-million state-of-the-art"... Continue Reading

November 7, 2018

Ferrari on Monday reported an almost 5 per cent increase in third-quarter core earnings, helped strong sales of 8-cylinder and 12-cylinder models but stuck with its full-year profit forecast, which hit the company's shares.

Ferrari's shares, up 1 per cent just before the results were published, were down 1.3 per cent by"... Continue Reading

November 4, 2018

The UAE witnessed the introduction of the holistic seat belt law in July 2017. How did seat belt usage change since the introduction of this ground-breaking law?

RoadSafetyUAE jointly with QIC Insured researched the UAE seat belt usage in February 2017, a few months before the new law"... Continue Reading

November 3, 2018

The 4th International Conference on Future Mobility (ICFM) will be held in Abu Dhabi this Tuesday, featuring a world-class team of experts in the automotive industry and technologies, which is expected to reach 450 experts and professionals representing more than 175 government and private institutions from 18 countries.

The"... Continue Reading

November 1, 2018

Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah will be aiming to match one of the longest-standing records in world motor sport when he heads an international field of competitors from eight nations into Kuwait’s exciting return to the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) at Kuwait Motor Town today afternoon.
While Kuwait celebrates its own milestone of hosting an international FIA-sanctioned event for the first"... Continue Reading

October 31, 2018

Kuwait’s exciting new state-of-the-art race circuit — Kuwait Motor Town Race Circuit — will host the country’s return to the FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) after a one-year absence this weekend. It marks the first time that the facility has ever been used to host an FIA event.
Kuwait Motor Town Race Circuit was inaugurated under the patronage and in attendance of"... Continue Reading

October 28, 2018

Kuwait’s General Authority for Roads and Land Transport announced on Friday that 13 transport projects would be awarded soon ahead of final signature. Director General of the Authority, Eng Ahmad Al-Hassan said in a press statement that the projects include extension of the Seventh Ring Road, extension of Salmi highway, northern territorial road and development of Al-Mutla’a road, besides finishing"... Continue Reading

October 28, 2018

HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced that the participation in the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport had exceeded the target by 30%, by the end of registration phase. Al Tayer made this statement during a press conference held"... Continue Reading

October 24, 2018

Innovations are impacting every single space of the automotive and mobility industry. Almost nothing is left unchanged - Starting from the way vehicles are being designed using additive manufacturing, to light-weight and eco-friendly materials being used in car manufacturing, to Big Data applications, to a better understanding of customers, aftermarket and end of life of vehicles. However, the question is:"... Continue Reading

October 22, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s automotive ecosystem is set for a rapid transformation in the coming years, with 20 percent of the female population, or three million drivers, expected to be added to the Kingdom’s roads by 2020, a recent whitepaper stated.

An October 2018 report said the lifting of the ban on women driving in Saudi"... Continue Reading