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0Video: Watch some crazy uphill sand drag action in the UAE 1363020300
At this point, we've all seen videos depicting the insanity of Middle Eastern sand dune climbs. The clips that make their way to the Western world often include some sort of terrifying nose-over-tail tumble from the top, but this latest clip gives us a glimpse at exactly what sort of machine ...
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Video: Watch Toyota celebrate UAE launch of drift-ready GT 86 [w/video] 1338397200
Toyota has officially launched the company's GT 86 sportscar in the United Arab Emirates. The Japanese automaker rolled out the rear-drive hero with a fancy new video shot in the hills around Fujairah. With plenty of drifting, tire smoke and slow motion, the clip serves as a proper introduction ...
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Video: Watch the McLaren MP4-12C hit the dunes of Abu Dhabi 1337904060
The Middle East is an enormously vital market for McLaren, and not just because its oil barons have the cash to buy as many MP4-12C supercars as they and every member of their family could possibly want. While the team has only won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix once and has yet to do the same at the ...
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Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix sets up final dash for second place [spoilers] 1321207260
%Gallery-139250% The ongoing revolutions in the Middle East may have put the kibosh on the Bahrain Grand Prix this year, but the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was campaigned as planned against the setting Arabian sun. Follow the jump to read how the final race of the 2011 Formula 1 World Championship ...
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Sand hill climb accident is the longest, most deliberate crash ever 1318287540
If you've ever found yourself in a vehicle accident, chances are it felt like all of the crashing and banging lasted forever. The human mind has a nasty habit of prolonging the unpleasant even when actual events take just a few seconds. That's not the case with the crash in the video after the ...
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Ford SVT Raptor with... six doors?! Only in the UAE 1315006200
The United Arab Emirates is a land that continually breathes new life into the phrase "More money than sense." The new prime example of this is a custom-built Ford SVT Raptor that believes the proper number of doors is six. Said to hail from the UAE, it's quite clear that anything goes in the ...
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Report: High oil prices see sheikhs on supercar-buying binge 1310138940
Bloomberg is reporting that the sale of high-end and exotic cars in countries like the United Arab Emirates may swell by as much as 20 percent this year. The reason? Civilized countries just can't seem to kick their thirst for gasoline, and as a result, the price of a barrel of crude oil ...
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Report: Abu Dhabi using colour-coded road surfaces to convey speed limits 1294059720
Abu Dhabi has updated the speed limits for certain roads in and around the city and to make sure everyone knows about the new limits, as well as to warn drivers that they've entered one of these changed sections, officials have come up with a unique solution – painting the speed limit on ...
