Ken Block is back with his eighth version of sliding theatrics in an updated version of his Ford Fiesta ST RX43 Rally Car. Set in the arid but beautiful landscape that is Dubai in this latest version, Block races and drifts through the streets of the desert nation’s capital, where he bosses a Bugatti, taunts a Raptor, drifts through the undercarriage of a Boeing Jumbo Jet, and tells a cheetah to get out and walk!
Hot on the heels of the exclusive VW design for India comes news that VW will be debuting a brand new design slated for release just in the Chinese market. The new beastie is called the Phideon and at around five metres in length, it would seem that it is destined to go nose to nose with the likes of the Audi A6 and the BMW 5 series. It sits above the Passat, which had been the large offering from VW in most markets, although in China there was also the Magotan saloon available.
Uber is taking on the regional player, Grab (formerly Grab Taxi), in South East Asia with its new motorbike taxi service in Bangkok – Ubermoto. The Thai capital, as with other major cities in the region, is known for horrific congestion due to the increasing number of cars on roads not designed nor built for such heavy traffic.
After initially showing its new DBX at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, Aston Martin seems to be fast-tracking the production of the all-new DBX and has announced that production is slated to begin in 2020 in an old RAF facility in Wales.
The idea came to Aaron, a 33-year-old entrepreneur from Silicon Valley, when he tried to buy a car online and have it delivered Amazon-style, but found every session far too long and ended up with the need for a visit to the local dealer.
What happens when you combine a Singapore start-up company and legendary F1 know-how of Williams F1? Well, to put it bluntly, you get a monster supercar that goes by the name of Dendrobium.