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Honda launches the All New Jazz
January '09/News
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. launched the All New Jazz at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai for the GCC region
This first generation Jazz was first introduced in 2001 and is now produced in 6 factories in 5 countries. The previous generation Jazz sold...
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Proton launches the new Persona
January '09/News
The sporty family sedan is set to bring in new customers
PROTON Holdings Berhad and its partner in the Sultanate of Oman, Al Hashar Group of Companies, unveiled the latest model, Persona, as part of a bid by Proton to strengthen its presence in...
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Audi releases S5 for the Middle East
January '09/News
Following months of secret hot weather testing Audi Middle East has now announced the release of the Audi S5 to the Middle East region. The company had recently launched its latest hot product, the Audi A5, and customers were eagerly awaiting the...
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GM Submits Plan For Long-Term Viability
January '09/News
General Motors Corp. submitted a plan to use Federal bridge loans to create a leaner, more competitive company, that is profitable & self-sustaining for the long term.
The plan, submitted in response to Congressional hearings in November,...
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Mercedes-Benz GLK debuts in Oman
January '09/News
The chic and cheerful GLK, the first compact SUV from Mercedes-Benz, makes its debut in Oman.
With its functional yet attractive and striking body lines and extraordinary capabilities both on and off the road, the distinctive GLK sets new...
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A-Star launched in India by Maruti Suzuki
January '09/News
Indian car market leader Maruti Suzuki India Limited has announced recently that it has launched the Suzuki’s newest and most compact passenger car, the A-Star, in India.
The A-Star is Suzuki’s fifth world strategic model but is the first to...
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TOTAL OIL Change at Ghala, Al Ansab and Mabella South
January '09/News
TOTAL continues its expansion plan by opening three TOTAL Oil change centres in Ghala, Al Ansab and Mabella South as a part of their tie-up with Al Maha. Following an earlier agreement signed between Towell Auto Centre and Al Maha Petroleum, TOTAL...
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Thrifty Car Rental Further Expands
January '09/News
Thrifty Car Rental, a subsidiary of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. recently announced the opening of a seventh branch in Oman. With existing operations in Muscat, Salalah and Sohar, the Thrifty outlet will cater to the booming business...
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BMW Global M GmbH November Sales up 50 per cent
January '09/News
In the second half of the 2008, BMW M GmbH continues to hold stable growth. The significant increase in sales over last year resulted in 22,340 vehicles being sold worldwide as of November 2008. Compared to the equivalent figures for 2007 (14,092...
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Doosan training successfully concludes
January '09/News
Technical experts from Doosan Infracore were recently in Oman to conduct a two-day training at the Al Hashar Technical Training Centre focusing on the benefits of Doosan products and eMoxy Articulated Dump Trucks (ADT) that will be introduced to the...
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Mazda tops Sales Satisfaction Index Award 2008
January '09/News
Competing against entries from 45 countries worldwide, Mazda has recently won the Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Award 2008, and has further affirmed its position as the No1 brand in the 4A market. Yet another feather adorning its already brimming...
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SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGE FOR NISSAN IN REGION
January '09/News
Nissan Middle East FZE (NMEF) today announced that Atsuo Kosaka is appointed Managing Director of NMEF replacing Toru Hasegawa who will take a new executive position in Nissan.
Commenting on the changes, Colin Dodge, Senior Vice President, General...
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Volkswagen AG Board pushes forward with ‘Strategy 2018’
January '09/News
The Volkswagen Group’s focus on becoming an economic and environmental leader in the global automotive industry remains the central element of the Group Strategy 2018. For this reason, the Volkswagen AG Board of Management is intensifying efforts...
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MINI takes its top off
January '09/News
MINI has announced plans to launch a new MINI Cabrio. The small car with a big attitude will make its world debut in January, 2009 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. For MINI fans in the Middle East, this hotly anticipated...
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SHANFARI AUTOMOTIVE OPENS LAMBORGHINI SHOWROOM AND UNVEILS GALLARDO
January '09/News
Shanfari Automotive opened the first Lamborghini Muscat showroom in the Sultanate and unveiled the Gallardo LP 560-4 in an exclusive event attended by Automobili Lamborghini management.
Located in Al Khuwair, the Lamborghini Muscat showroom has...
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Mercedes-Benz to produce SLR speedster
January '09/News
Mercedes-Benz and McLaren are reinterpreting the SLR legend and adding the crowning glory to their highly successful SLR super sports car model family with a new and uncompromising car named afer a motorsport legend.
With no roof or a windscreen,...
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Lancer Evolution X – Gets a Revision
January '09/News
For UAE based motoring enthusiasts who have dreamed of owning the high performance Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X, their dream gets closer to reality, with a much lower price to be paid. Al Habtoor Motors LLC has announced new reduced prices for its entire...
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Reptilian revamp
January '09/Test Drives
True to its origins, Porsche is making the most of a unique layout and exciting engineering with the 2009 model year range of its Cayman with the Cayman S. Hatim Al Taie drives the cars at the media event in Spain
When I got the invitation to the...
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Cross the C
January '09/Test Drives
Automan took the brand new GLK on a test drive around the Salalah countryside and developed new respect for the urban SUV
To most of us who live in Muscat and the other northern cities of Oman, Salalah has a sense of the exotic, with its Khareef...
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Coupé d’etat
January '09/People
Peter Paul Schopmann is Rolls-Royce’s regional director and he was in town for the launch of the new Coupe. Automan meets him to take a snapshot of the brand’s progress in the region.
We had first met Peter Schopmann when he visited the region...
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