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Layan Damanhouri (right), and Nawal Aljabr, another Saudi female journalist from Riyadh newspaper during a test-drive event for 2018 Ford F-150
A Saudi female beginner driver intimation with cars
Saudi GazetteDUBAI – Since women have been allowed to drive for the first time in Saudi Arabia, it’s been a transition period for society as a whole.It’s a unique situation for a country where a significant number of beginner drivers will hit the streets at once but also a changing time for the nation as women gain newfound independence in their lives.I’ve often been asked about working as a female journalist in Saudi Arabia and whether I face any challenges. While I’ve found myself to be equal to my male counterparts in the field, the major obstacle that comes to mind is transportation. As a reporter, I tend to move around a lot and go to different places in the city and meet with different people. Just as this ban affected many people, especially working women, it was equally...
June 29, 2018

A Saudi female beginner driver intimation with cars

Ford hits CO2 footprint target eight years early
FORD Motor Company announced on Thursday as part of its 19th annual Sustainability Report that it has met its goal to reduce manufacturing emissions – eight years ahead of schedule.In 2010, Ford’s Environmental Quality Office announced a goal – to reduce the company’s carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30 per cent per vehicle produced by 2025.Ford hit the target twice as fast as expected. The results are dramatic, with a global manufacturing CO2 emissions reduction of more than 3,400 kg from 2010 to 2017 – equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from more than 728,000 passenger vehicles driven for one year.“We are proud of the work we have done to achieve this goal,” said Bruce Hettle, group vice president, manufacturing and labor affairs. “We’ve...
June 29, 2018

Ford hits CO2 footprint target eight years early

Carsten Bender
Carsten Bender joins Audi Mideast as Brand Director
CARSTEN Bender has been appointed as Brand Director of Audi Middle East effective as of June 3, 2018.With over 18 years’ experience with AUDI AG, Carsten Bender joins Audi Middle East as the Brand Director in the region. His career with the Four Rings has included international achievements as Sales Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Japan and as the Director of After Sales for the European Markets based at the Company headquarters in Ingolstadt. His most recent roles were as the Sales Director for both Eastern and Western European regions. He returns to the Middle East, where he held the position of Audi Middle East Sales Director from 2009-2011, to lead the Audi brand in the region.As Audi Middle East Brand Director, operating from the AVME regional office in Dubai, Carsten Bender...
June 29, 2018

Carsten Bender joins Audi Mideast as Brand Director

Bentayga breaks SUV record at Pikes Peak
THE Bentley Bentayga has again demonstrated its outstanding performance credentials by claiming the outright record for a production SUV at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.Driven by two-time champion Rhys Millen (NZ), the Bentayga completed the 12.42-mile course in just 10:49.9 – taking nearly two minutes off the previous record by averaging 66.5 mph. Climbing almost 5,000 ft through 156 corners, the Bentayga deployed its unique combination of a 600 bhp, 900 Nm W12 engine, adaptive air suspension, active electric 48V anti-roll control and carbon ceramic brakes to set a stunning new benchmark.Bentley’s Member of the Board for Sales & Marketing, Chris Craft, comments:“This record proves the outstanding dynamic ability of the Bentayga – demonstrating again how Bentley Motors...
June 29, 2018

Bentayga breaks SUV record at Pikes Peak

VW ‘#100SimpleJoysofDriving’ campaign
WHEN asked how best to describe the way driving makes them feel, over two thirds (76%) of drivers across the GCC said it makes them feel happy, excited and independent according to findings from a recent YouGov survey undertaken by Volkswagen Middle East.Volkswagen Middle East launched their ‘#100SimpleJoysOfDriving’ campaign which was created to showcase the region’s driving habits and highlight the joys of being in the driving seat. The campaign includes an initial list of 100 driving joys, and Volkswagen hopes to build on it further, encouraging everyone with a passion for driving and everything that it represents to join the conversation and share their own real driving experiences via social platforms.From the recent survey, when asked for their top three driving experiences,...
June 29, 2018

VW ‘#100SimpleJoysofDriving’ campaign

New DBS Superleggera rolled out
DBS Superleggera. A true thoroughbred that marks the return of not one, but two illustrious names. With DBS, Aston Martin is reviving an iconic nameplate that first appeared on in 1967, while Touring’s famous mark – Superleggera – will once again adorn the bonnet of an Aston Martin. A collaboration that originally paved the way to the DB4, 5 and 6 Mark 1, DBS Superleggera pays homage to the historic super lightweight construction technology of the famous Italian coachbuilder.In the new DBS Superleggera, Aston Martin has a Super GT that’s a breed apart. One that takes the fight to the world’s best on its own terms. Clad using immaculately sculpted carbon fibre body panels this latest model is blessed with muscular, highly individual styling. A look that’s perfectly matched by...
June 29, 2018

New DBS Superleggera rolled out

Renault, F1 enable Aseel to pursue her passion for motorsport
WITH its established record of innovation, mobility and its long-held pioneering spirit, Renault celebrates the much-heralded return of today’s French Grand Prix in a very special way.Saudi Arabian Aseel Al-Hamad, the first female member of the Saudi Arabian Motorsport Federation, was given the opportunity to drive a Renault Sport Formula One Team E20 car on the Le Castellet circuit, France, as part of the Renault ‘Passion Parade’ just hours before the start of the first French GP in ten years. It is the very same car former F1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen drove to victory in the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Renault and F1 are proud to enable Aseel to pursue the passion for motorsport she has cultivated over the years on the same day women are able to drive on the roads of Saudi...
June 29, 2018

Renault, F1 enable Aseel to pursue her passion for motorsport

MYNM showcases Hyundai 2018 Sonata
MOHAMED Yousuf Naghi Motors Company (MYNM), dealer of Hyundai cars in the Western region of Saudi Arabia, showcased Hyundai “Sonata” at various malls during the holy month of Ramadan of this year. Where the company organized several road-shows in various malls, including Al-Andalus and Red Sea malls in Jeddah, Al Noor mall in Medina and Aldhiafa mall in Makkah to grant the public a unique opportunity to inspect the recently arrived Hyundai “Sonata”, as well as to be familiarized with the special offers provided by MYNM for its customers and mall visitors during the road-show period. Special sales advisors from MYNM, as well, were available to response to the public queries and questions about the highly sophisticated features of the car, and also about the special sales...
June 29, 2018

MYNM showcases Hyundai 2018 Sonata

Eman Joharjy reacts as she is about to drive to Jeddah's Corniche to cycle.
Abayas for freer lifestyles
By Ayat Basmaand Natalie ThomasWHEN Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving ended on Sunday, fashion designer Eman Joharjy and her friends drove to Jeddah's seafront where they exchanged their car for bicycles.The colorful, embroidered jumpsuit abayas they donned stood out among the sea of women wearing similar loose-fitting full-length robes but in the traditional black.Women in the kingdom are rapidly gaining more freedoms under a reform agenda spearheaded by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, who wants to transform the economy of the world's top oil exporter and open up its cloistered society.The government recently allowed women to join the security forces and no longer requires them to have a male relative's consent to open a...
June 28, 2018

Abayas for freer lifestyles

George Clooney and Kirsten Dunst
YouTube enlists Kirsten Dunst and George Clooney for comedy
LOS ANGELES - YouTube Premium has commissioned a dark comedy co-produced by George Clooney and Kirsten Dunst, who will also star in the series, according to a source familiar with the deal.YouTube's alliance with two powerhouse names in Hollywood comes as competition intensifies in an online streaming video market with players such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Apple.Google-owned YouTube's subscription service Premium offers ad-free viewing of shared videos along with original content for $12 a month.Original content has become a battlefront in online video, with Netflix and Amazon Prime spending billions of dollars on shows.The YouTube series will center on the US cult of unbridled entrepreneurship and a woman's intense pursuit of the American Dream.The series will be set in...
June 26, 2018

YouTube enlists Kirsten Dunst and George Clooney for comedy

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