Showing posts with label motoringme. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 17, 2018

CarTalk June 11, 2018


There is something special about a CarTalk program when you have an industry leader in the house and this week we had Salman Sultan from Jaguar Land Rover joining us to talk cars.

Lots of fun laughs and some very candid conversation.

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Here are the show notes.
Motoring Middle East
Shzahd and Imptishan and Salman Sultan PR and social media manager Jaguar Land Rover MENA
What do you think of the new flagship SUV from Audi, the Q8? It's set to launch here in the region Autumn this year.
On June 24, 2018, the UAE’s first-ever car manufacturer, Jannarelly, will become the first emirates-based enterprise to take part in the USA’s second oldest motorsport event, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) in Colorado, which this year celebrates its 102nd anniversary.
FROM THE RELEASE
In a truly home-grown endeavour, a specially developed version of Jannarelly’s Design-1 sportscar will feature as the honoured ‘Official Safety Car’ (OSC); designed, developed and operated by a team co-created with fellow Dubai-based automotive pioneer, PureDrive Automotive, and supported by Pirelli.
This is the Kahn Design Vengeance Green Superhero. A coach-built coupe based on the Aston Martin DB9. The bodywork is heavily re-sculpted and even the wheels are different front and rear. The car is said to be inspired by Astons of the 1980s and 90s. Would you have this in your collection?
Updated events page - let us know what we've missed and we'll add it in!
Reboot transformers, is cool!
Peugot 5008 looks cool
NEWIsh XJ, what a nice looking boot!
Need this lego!
Do we care?
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/mazda/mazda6/2018/2018-mazda6-signature-25t-first-test-review/
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Thursday, June 07, 2018

CarTalk June 4, 2018


Well what a show this was, we are down to our last 3 Cartalk broadcasts as Nightline is going off the air for good on June 10th.

This week the guys from MotoringME.com brought along Raj from Honda and we had a good long talk about innovation and the way the auto industry is developing ideas.

It would seem that Kuwait is the place to be for some of the coolest cars from Honda!

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A little look at some of the notes.

Shzahd and Imptishan and Raj
Lincoln mkx 10w40 at oli change place book 10w30 cap 5w30
Ramadan Road `safety!
Reboot transformers, is cool!
Camry Hybrid
Honda Guy, Honda NSX!
NEWIsh XJ, what a nice looking boot!
Need this lego!
Do we care?

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/mazda/mazda6/2018/2018-mazda6-signature-25t-first-test-review/
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Saturday, April 28, 2018

CarTalk April 16 & 23 2018


Every week on Nightline we bring the guys from MotoringME.com into the studio and have a good old chat about all things automotive!




Click for the April 16 podcast

 Click for the April 23 podcast

 Notes April 23 & 16.
Corvette, what do we need to know?
Infinity QX30
BMW 116
7 series BMW is looking sweet, lines look different than other things on the road.
FJ is it really at the end?
Do we still like the Impala?
Check this out
Roush Performance has launched the 2018 Roush Super Duty F-250, an aggressive off-road truck that adds upgraded, raised suspension, beefier wheels with all-terrain tires and other features to the Ford base model. Roush says it's the first time it has entered the Super Duty market.
Its distinctive looks start with an aggressive new grille with integrated accent lighting and the Roush logo. There's also a front-bumper cover — Roush says it retains compatability with Ford's adaptive cruise control — and custom body-color fender flares, also with integrated accent lighting, to add to the aggressive look. Diesel versions get a stainless steel DPF-Back exhaust system with large dual tips for optimal sound.
Is this going to be cool?
he Rolls-Royce Cullinan is coming soon. The British automaker has made copious effort trying to keep the coming Cullinanfrom being considered just a crossover or SUV. The carmaker calls it an All-Terrain High-Sided Bodied Vehicle, and a feature as banal as a tailgate has been billed as a "luxuriously comfortable viewing platform." Yet when Rolls-Royce took a prototype Cullinan for testing in the Dubai dunes, they recorded their Phantom-based SUV ripping up the sand in ways you'd expect from a 30-year-old Chevrolet Blazer.
As the Nürburgring became to cars, the dunes outside of Dubai have turned into a testing venue as useful as they are photogenic. Rolls-Royce's trip there follows a list of other luxury SUV makers, including Range Rover, Bentley, and most recently, Lamborghini.













April 16
Automekanica will be sharing some research on the sentiments of the after sales guys and the impact of electric cars in the coming weeks, cool stuff!
GMC is upgrading the 2018 Acadia offerings in the Middle East with the All-Terrain trim now available on both the SLE and SLT models of the premium crossover. Available with five-, six- and seven-passenger seating configurations, the 2018 Acadia is designed to offer great versatility, more refinement and advanced safety technologies, while featuring an efficient powertrain, a lightweight body structure and enhanced off-road capability.
FB
We went to the international launch of the 2018 Range Rover and Range Rover Sport in the UK, and drove the 2.8L/100km economical super luxury Range Rover PHEV off-roader, as well as hitting over 230kph in the updated Sport SVR. Watch now! #MMERangeRover18
Thoughts on the BOLT? You have driven the TESLA
How is the Camry this week?


A little while ago we wrote about the Viper factory being recommissioned into a museum, that will hold the historic cars originally evicted from the Walter P. Chrysler museum. Now, what happened to the last Viper that factory built? It's getting auctioned off, in good company.
Barrett-Jackson is auctioning the last 2017 Viper built, together with a 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon said to be the last Demon produced. Crossing the block in June in Uncasville, Connecticut, the pair of cars produces a total of 1,485 horsepower, of which the Demon accounts for 840 horses and the Viper for 645. Both are finished in bright Viper Red, and yes, the Demon will include the optional passenger seat.


Escalade gives GM 1billion in profit???? Escalade v navigator
In Cadillac and Lincoln showrooms, the battle of the behemoths is on.
General Motors is stepping up its defense of the Escalade SUV, a cash cow for Cadillac and the company, by offering $10,000 discounts to some current customers to keep them from straying to Ford Motor Co.'s hot-selling new Lincoln Navigator.
The nationwide $10,000 deal applies to lessees of all 2016 model Escalades, and owners are being offered a $7,500 discount. The promotion runs through May 31, according to a memo GM sent dealers that was obtained by Bloomberg News. Jim Cain, a GM spokesman, confirmed its authenticity, calling it "an exclusive private offer" designed to "keep people in the family."
GM has ample reason to keep Escalade buyers coming back. The big SUV generates outsize profit from relatively modest sales: Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas has estimated it produces about $1 billion in annual profit, contributing to a $2 billion earnings advantage GM has across all its large SUVs over Ford.
"GM is trying to keep Escalade buyers out of Navigators, for sure," Jeff Schuster, an analyst at LMC Automotive, said by phone. "You've got a fresh Navigator and you've got an Escalade that is not new and is starting to age."
MQB modular achitecture
The new Focus compact, which rolled out here and in the central Chinese city of Chongqing last week, debuts Ford's global version of Volkswagen's much acclaimed MQB modular architecture, a central element of Ford's aim to achieve $4 billion in engineering efficiencies over the next five years.
The unibody front-wheel-drive architecture (it has no snappy name, yet) is the first of Ford's five new global platforms — and arguably the most important after the body-on-frame truck architecture. Ford is developing them to enable savings and cut development time for new models by up to 20 percent, the company announced in March.
The new architecture underpinning the Focus is flexible enough to encompass subcompacts such as the Fiesta as well as midsize models and crossovers such as the Edge and Escape, Bakaj told Automotive News at the global launch of the Focus here. "It's very scalable," said Bakaj (pronounced ba-KAI').
The U.S. version of the next- generation Focus will be sourced from China in the second half of 2019, Ford said. It's unclear what body styles will come stateside.
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Friday, April 13, 2018

CarTalk April 9, 2018

You can never be so sure what is going to happen when Shazahd is in the studio from www.motoringme.com.

We are talking cars for the hour and there was a lot to talk about.

Toyota and the CVT gearbox took up a few minutes of the talk.

And there was a nice chat about which full sized SUV really does the trick.

Give the podcast a listen.





Here are the show talking notes.
Corolla
Red Convertible Mustang

-mini countryman Cooper s

2018 Toyota Camry Grande Sport

Hyundai Creta

Acura why not here and the roadster looks cool!

New York Auto Show


Udrive is launching their Pay-per-minute car rental service in Sharjah. It’s a convenient and cheap way of driving when you pay only when you drive (more details – attached).
Please let me know if it’s of interest for you to meet with Hasib Khan (founder) for a chat about commuting/travelling and opportunities around it.. I’ve attached his bio
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Please find attached the latest news from Udrive, a dedicated pay-per-minute car rental service that today announced the launch of its services to residents and visitors of Sharjah.
Highlights:
  • Developed as a smartphone app-based service, Udrive offers affordable rental car services across Dubai and now Sharjah.
  • The new service will initially provide 100 vehicles, as part of its plan to offer the smartest and innovative transport modes in the emirate.
  • Udrive cars can be booked and reserved for via a dedicated app, offering the most convenient car rental option in both emirates. This keyless access and the ability to park for free across the key areas of the city, where permitted, as well as free petrol, means drivers can go anywhere and at any time.
  • Members only pay for the time they drive. No security deposits, minimum rental time or expensive border crossing fees. After 4 hours customers  will drive 20 hours, the remaining day, for free, including 150 km free mileage.
  • With more than 20,000 registered customers, Udrive currently records 600 trips per day with the over 100,000 trips recorded in 2017.
Tel: 800-udrive (837483)

Web: udrive.ae
App: App Store, Google Play

Fast Facts: Connect – It only takes a few minutes to register and receive
credentials, then two minutes to download the app and book a
car
Cost – 50 Fils per minute plus VAT. Fuel, Public Parking and
Insurance are included. After 4 hours of driving, customers can
drive the remaining 20 hours of the day for free, including 150
km free mileage. (daily price of 120 AED plus VAT). That does
not include Salik or Fines.
Insurance – this is all included in the price
Distance – unlimited
Fuel – Udrive cars take regular petrol, and it’s free, we’ll reward
you with a 20-minute drive if you fill up the tank. RFID
technology means you can fill and go at any ENOC or EPPCO
petrol station
Parking – each car is equipped with a parking card of the
Sharjah Municipality, this provides free parking across the city
Diagnostics – Udrive constantly tracks the cars and gets
feedback from the onboard computer – if you break down,
they’ll replace it for you.
Fleet – Udrive operates a wide fleet of cars including Toyota
Yaris, Peugeot 208, Nissan Tiida, Nissan Sunny, Ford
EcoSport, Ford Figo, Chevrolet

  • Hasib Khan, CEO and Founder of Udrive
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Thursday, March 15, 2018

CarTalk March 5 & 12

There is never a dull moment in the Nightline studio when the CarTalk team is parked and ready get things heated up a bit.

In this post we have not only this week's show but also last week's show, don't ask.

March 12th's show, that show will be posted 1st, saw a special guest in the studio Gary West the head of Future Mobility for GM Middle East.

We got to talk electric vehicles.


The car in question was the BOLT! And for the record it was a very sweet ride.


The talk as you might suspect was pretty positive, even with Shazahd trying to poke a few holes in the electric car conversation.


Give the show a listen.




And here is the link to the previous week where we, as usual had a merry conversation about what is hot and not on the road.




Here are the show notes for the 5th and the 12th.

Ronald Balit
Product communication manager chevrolet middle east

Gary D. West
Head of Future Mobility, GM Middle East
Gary D. West is responsible for the strategic planning and
implementation of GM’s Future Mobility technologies in the Middle
East, in line with the company’s vision of zero crashes, zero emissions
and zero congestion.





The Chevrolet Bolt EV can achieve more than 500 kilometres* of range on a single
charge, with the ability to store 150 kilometres worth of range in just a 30-minute
charge.
  • 60 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.
  • 288 lithium ion cells
    • Five sections
    • 10 modules
    • 96 cell groups – three cells per group
  • 960 lbs. (435 kg) total weight
GM says that the pack uses active thermal conditioning which is “similar” to the 2016 Chevrolet Volt.  Still, a 8-year/100,000 mile warranty should take care of any issues owners might come across

PUG 5008
Geneva

Top or Bottom? ....
4-door coupe offerings at Geneva Motor Show BMW M8 GranCoupe Concept vs Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door Coupe .

Consumer report ranking!


During this year’s Geneva motor show, Volkswagen’s CEO, Dr. Herbert Diess, announced that “Volkswagen is evolving into an SUV brand” while talking about the convertible version of its newest compact crossover -- the T-Roc. While that’s good news for folks who want something akin to a smaller Nissan Murano Crosscabriolet, it became bad news for Beetle fans. According to a conversation R&D boss Frank Welsch had with Autocar, the Beetle won’t see a successor.
Welsch told Autocar the reason for not building a Beetle successor is “made with history in mind; you can't do it five times and have a new new new Beetle.” For those who forgot, the Beetle was revived in 1997 and was dubbed the New Beetle in 2011.


Range Rover gave us a look at the inside of its exclusive SV Coupe ahead of its 2018 Geneva motor show debut. Now that the covers are off, we can behold its exterior, and it's still a bit of a brain-bender. With big doors and big rear flanks behind them, it looks at first glance more like a digital rendering than the sort of thing that will be rolling around certain very wealthy (and no doubt very well-paved) enclaves.
But it is real, and it isn't just a cobbled-together job patched up with lead filler. It gets almost entirely unique sheetmetal, with only the hood and lower tailgate carrying over from the four-door.
Land Rover calls this “the world’s first full-size luxury SUV coupe,” and it may well be correct in that. There is historical precedent for this limited-edition offering, though; the first Range Rovers were offered with two doors (or three doors, depending on what you consider the rear hatch) from the very start. You couldn’t even get an officially produced four-door Rangie until 1981. Earlier four-doors were actually conversions produced by coachbuilders, including Switzerland’s enigmatic Monteverdi.

Thing is, two-door Range Rovers were discontinued in 1994, after the rugged SUVs started gaining interior niceties but before they completed their transformation into full-on terrain-crushing luxury cruisers. So if they want to say this is the first of its breed, we’ll give it to 'em.













Yaris Launch
Arteon-did we talk about this?
Jeep adventures off road
Ford Lincoln Sale p4

Saw a Mahindra pick up looked odd but I want one! Thoughts on Mahindra stuff

SEAT why are we not seeing more of these guys here?

The Spanish, Volkswagen-owned carmaker Seat has now announced its Cupra e-Racer, which will be formally unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. The manufacturer calls it the world's "first 100 percent electric racing touring car", which it might well be. The car, based on the Cupra Leon TCR touring car, will serve to start off a new E TCR category.

The power output is notable, as the Cupra e-Racer can deliver 300kW (~400 hp) of continuous power, with peak power of 500 kW or 670 hp. The racing car will probably function as a halo car of sorts for the newly spun-off Cupra brand, that will serve as Seat's sportive arm. Cupra will also take over Seat's entire motorsport and racing division, which was earlier under the Seat Sport moniker. Seat's tweet speaks much of their intentions for the Cupra brand as well as the e-Racer:




Hyundai is getting more serious!
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/03/02/hyundai-poaches-third-bmw-executive/
Hyundai has poached a third executive for its N high-performance division from the ranks of BMW's M department. Thomas Schemera, a 31-year BMW veteran, will head the High Performance Vehicle & Motorsport Division that Hyundai just inaugurated on March 1. Schemera's job will be to "oversee strategy, product planning, sales and marketing for the new division." He will make the most of the transfer from Hyundai Motorsport to the road cars developed by the N division, and work to boost the brand.




What the Mazda rotary engine is back?

It seems that a range-extended Mazda electric car with a rotary engine is for real, and coming sooner than expected. An automotive news outlet from the Netherlands called AutoRAI spoke with Mazda's European vice president for sales and customer service. He told the outlet that Mazda has an electric car coming In 2019, and it will be available with a rotary engine as a generator.

Saw one today NICE

Offroad mod jimny at sam’s WOW!
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