http://www.qatardealers.com Qatar’s Premier Automotive Portal Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:07:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah, driving a BMW, clinched the opening stage of the 2009 Dakar Rally on Saturday as defending champions Mitsubishi struggled. [caption id="attachment_100" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Nasser Al-Attiyah"][/caption] Al-Attiyah, the reigning world rally-raid champion, dominated the 371km special stage from Buenos Aires, winning in a time of 2hr 36min 15sec. Volkswagen filled the ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/qatars-al-attiyah-wins-dakar-opener/ An interesting report by the LA Times shows Japanese cars are what American car shoppers research when deciding what to buy. On the top twenty list from Kelley's Blue Book, only three American models made the list: the Ford Escape (#12), the Ford Mustang (#16), and the Chevrolet Malibu (#17). ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/japanese-makes-most-popular-with-us-online-shoppers/ Among the swarms of Land Cruisers in the Gulf are several models of the Supercar variety. The list below is from Britain's Top Gear. You gotta love their wit. We haven't seen all the supercars on the list yet here in Doha, but surely most of them can be found. ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/top-gear-2008-ten-best-supercars/ We launched a new section of our website this month titled "Car Values", with pricing information for more than thirty different model vehicles in Doha. This is to keep in line with our goal of helping expats and locals make sense of the market in Qatar. Users can view data ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/qatardealerscom-launches-new-pricing-section/ TEYSEER Motors, the sole distributor for Suzuki vehicles in Qatar, posted an impressive 15% sales growth in the first half of 2008 over the same period in the previous year. Teyseer Motors’ strong performance reflected the positive image of Suzuki in the booming Middle Eastern automotive market, an official said. Suzuki’s Grand ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/teyseer-motors-posts-15-percent-rise-in-sales/ THOUGH the economic crisis has people worried the world over, Qatar residents, especially Qataris, feel it won’t hit them heavily and are not curbing their spending on luxuries, for instance on premium cars. A Gulf Times survey of visitors at the recent Privatdrive Supercar Show, Qatar’s first event of its kind, ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/qatar%e2%80%99s-car-buffs-are-unfazed-by-meltdown/ Go International, a company that is a part of the Abdulla Yousif Fakhro Group, today announced the launch of Go Rent A Car (Qatar), with plans to be one of the leading car rental companies in Qatar in the years to come. Go International was launched in May of 2005 by ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/go-rent-a-car-launched-in-qatar/ BMW Group’s exclusive importer in Qatar, Alfardan Automobiles, will showcase a spectacular line-up of the latest BMW models at the Private Drive Supercar Show being held at The Pearl-Qatar on Friday and Saturday. Included in the range on display is BMW’s new 7 Series flagship model which was launched globally this ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/line-up-reflects-the-premium-status-of-bmw/ Source: The Peninsula Doha - A new location is being allocated outside Doha for disposal of abandoned vehicles as the existing facilities are facing a severe space crunch. The new scrap yard will be located in Mesaieed, Al Sharq reported yesterday. Official formalities for setting up the facility are in progress. Several municipalities ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/home-for-abandoned-cars-in-mesaieed/ Source: THE PENINSULA | BY MOHAMMED IQBAL DOHA: Women can now take driving tests in automatic cars subject to permission from the Traffic and Patrols Department, an official of a leading driving school said yesterday. Adel Salem, manager of Al Rayah driving school, said the schools had already started offering driving lessons ... http://www.qatardealers.com/blog/driving-tests-in-automatic-cars/