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Luxury car service launched in UAE
Supercarz, a new luxury automotive service, has been launched in Abu Dhabi. The company's executive director, Amir Abbas, said the tyre centres will offer state-of-the-art technology and service with a luxury retail ambience. Ten such outlets are planned across the Middle East over the next few years.
United Arab Emirates: Monday, February 18 - 2008 at 08:17

UAE licence plate sold at $14m
An Abu Dhabi licence plate has sold for a world-record Dhs52.2m ($14m) at auction. Saeed Abdel Ghaffar Khouri, 25, bought licence plate number 1, breaking the previous record held by his relative Talal Ali Mohammad Khouri, who acquired license plate number 5 for Dhs25.2m in September, said Emirates Auction Managing Director Abdulla Al Mannaie.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, February 17 - 2008 at 10:02 |

Gargash gives away bonds
Gargash Enterprises has partnered with Emirates Islamic Bank to give away National Bonds on every vehicle financed through the bank for a 3-month period until May 2008. The promotion aims to generate further growth in car Islamic financing scheme.
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, February 16 - 2008 at 11:42 |

VW offers free service checkups
Volkswagen Middle East is offering Volkswagen car owners free vehicle check-ups by Volkswagen Service Clinic experts regardless of the model or the year of the car. Volkswagen Middle East aims to rotate the Service Clinic every two years across all 11 markets it covers in the region providing visual check ups and diagnosis for all models. The next Service Clinic will be carried out in Saudi Arabia with the Volkswagen partner, Samaco, from 16 to 28 February making stops in three different locations: Jeddah from 16 to 19 February, Riyadh from 20 to 24 February and Khobar from 25 to 28 February.
Thursday, February 14 - 2008 at 07:55 |

GM suffers $38.7bn loss
General Motors reported a $38.7bn loss for 2007, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyback offers to US hourly workers in hopes of replacing some of them with lower-paid ones, reported AP. Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said that the company made significant progress in 2007, reducing structural costs in North America, negotiating a historic labour agreement and growing aggressively in Latin America and Asia. GM will not say how many workers it hopes to let go, but under its new contract with the UAW, it will be able to replace up to 16,000 workers doing non-assembly jobs with new employees who will be paid half the old wage of $28 per hour.
Wednesday, February 13 - 2008 at 08:53 |

Bentley Emirates unveils 'world's most exclusive coupe'
Bentley Emirates unveiled the new Bentley Brooklands coupé in the UAE in January at an exclusive preview hosted at its Deira Showroom. The British luxury car manufacturer describes the car as 'the world's most exclusive coupé'. The car features the most powerful Crewe-built V8 engine ever produced, developing 530bhp (395kW) and the highest ever torque output of any V8 automotive engine in the world.
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, February 12 - 2008 at 08:33 |

Audi ME reports 38.2% growth
Audi dealers sold 6,380 new vehicles during 2007, up 38.2% over 2006, which will aid Audi globally as the company has its sights set on another record year. During 2007 Audi made significant gains in key markets, including Jordan, Kuwait and Dubai.
United Arab Emirates: Monday, February 11 - 2008 at 13:34 |

Nissan employs women in manufacturing plant
Nissan Motors, Japan's third-largest carmaker, recently announced that more women have been appointed to its management positions and many of them are now working in the male-dominated manufacturing plants, reported Gulf News. Since 2004, the number of women in Nissan management positions has increased from 36 to 101 and the percentage of women managers in the design, planning and product planning function has doubled. The percentage of female sales staff at Nissan dealerships has likewise increased, and the percentage of women in manufacturing plants has more than doubled.
Monday, February 11 - 2008 at 08:45 |