A Saudi Arabian cleric has warned his fellow countrymen against lifting the country's ban on allowing women to drive, asserting that letting ladies take the wheel will lead to a complete extinction of virgins within 10 years. Because everyone knows that ladies will only use their newfound freedom to cars to drive…
Palestine's Speed Sisters: Racing Cars Against Men in the West Bank
In the Middle East, eight women have banded together to race cars against men in a notoriously male-dominated society. They call themselves the Speed Sisters. They are pretty amazing.
World Atlas Of Bad Driving: The Middle East
For Day Three of the World Atlas Of Bad Driving we focus on the Middle East, a cradle of civilization and, sadly, the site of so many of its problems.
Chevy Lumina SS Named Best Sports Saloon in Middle East, Yes we said…
Words you don't expect to hear: "Chevy Lumina" and "Sports Saloon of the Year." But there's an explanation for how that particular namesake managed to pick up the prestigious Middle Eastern Award. The Middle Eastern version of the Chevy Lumina is exactly nothing like the American Chevy Lumina, but rather is the twin of…
General Motors to Send Hybrids to Middle East
The General is very happy to announce that it'll be exporting some of its two-mode Tahoes and Malibu to the Middle East; the Middle East is happy to announce that it doesn't want them and is sending them back (j/k). The Dubai Roads & Transit Authority will be taking possession of the vehicles to use as fleet cars and…
Middle East Gets Special V8 Chevy to Go With All The Oil
Because wealthy Middle Eastern families can pretty much get any car they want, Holden is going to officially export their super performance Commodore, the Special Vehicles E Series ClubSport R8, to the land of oil. Powered by a 412HP, 6.0 Liter V8, this sedan is built to tear up sandy roads. The car will not carry the…
GM To Export Cadillac SLS To Middle East
Rich Saudi oil barons will now get the opportunity to add some Chinese-made Cadillac style to their car collections. The General's just announced the automaker plans to begin selling the Shanghai-built Cadillac SLS in the Middle East starting in the first quarter of 2008. The SLS is the extended-length version of the…
News Flash: Wealthy Middle Easterners Love Fast Supercars
With both the demand and price for oil way the hell up in the stratosphere, it seems that people in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries have a lot of extra money. They also happen to love F1 and hot European cars that can go 200 mph. So, they're buying them in record numbers. Kuwait is now the biggest market …
Oh, Mon! Possible New Toyota Land Cruiser Spotted in Sultanate
Is this the new Toyota Land Cruiser? An Autoblog reader sent in these photos of what may be the next Cruisey, being tested in the Sultanate of Oman. It makes sense, considering that, for hot-weather testing, the Middle East is Asian and European carmakers' version of our own Death Valley. If it is, the new model looks …
