Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Steps in Buying Luxury Cars in Dubai

porsche-panamera-4sBuying a high-end car can take a huge chunk out of your pocket, but if you can find the right dealership that can help you with financing options, you will end up in a win-win situation. Here in Dubai, where there are several luxury car dealers, that is not a problem. However, it doesn't mean that you will no longer filter your options.
If you are dreaming to own a used Porsche in Dubai or more popularly known as a pre-owned Porsche in Dubai, or any other luxury car brands, you are reading the right article. The succeeding paragraphs will reveal the steps on how to purchase your first-ever car in this desert metropolis.
Decide on the car that you want to purchase - Of course, the first thing Buying a high-end car can take a huge chunk out of your pocket, but if you can find the right dealership that can help you with financing options, you will end up in a win-win situation. Here in Dubai, where there are several luxury car dealers, that is not a problem. However, it doesn’t mean that you will no longer filter your options.
If you are dreaming to own a used Porsche in Dubai or more popularly known as a pre-owned Porsche in Dubai,or any other luxury car brands, you are reading the right article. The succeeding paragraphs will reveal the steps on how to purchase your first-ever car in this desert metropolis.
Decide on the car that you want to purchase – Of course, the first thing you need to do is to ask yourself on what car best suits your needs, lifestyle and budget. If you are a sporty type of person and you want a spacious interior, then you should go for a luxury SUV. However, if you want something elegant-looking and quite small, a sedan would be perfect for you. Aside from that, you also need to decide on whether to consider buying a brand new car for sale or a pre-owned one.
Search online – Say for instance you have decided to purchase a pre-owned one, you need to start searching online for a car dealer in Dubai offering a wide variety of used cars. Make sure to check the services they offer, the price of cars, and more importantly, the customer reviews. Compare and contrast each dealer before making the final decision.
Visit the showroom – When you have already filtered your options, start showroom hopping to see the cars they have in stock. Next, proceed to arranging a test drive for the car you are interested in. Make sure that you take in the features and make a list of pros and cons in your mind to help with your purchasing decision.
Buying a car for the first time? The key to experiencing a high level of satisfaction is choosing a reliable and reputable car showroom among a number of car dealers in Dubai.
The Elite Cars is just one of the best places in the city where you can find the cars in your luxury car listWhat set us apart from the competition are our competitive prices, brand new and pre-owned cars in excellent condition, as well as exceptional customer service and after-sales service! Drop by our showroom now and speak to one of our sales executives to get the car of your dreams!

Monday, November 14, 2016

Why Buying a Pre-owned Luxury Car in Dubai is a Great Choice

pre-owned-luxury-car-in-dubaiOne of the ways to the make the most of your stay in Dubai is to have your own car. In this desert metropolis, nothing could make your everyday life easier, more fun and more convenient than having to get from point A to B without the stress of commuting. And here's the best part: if you want to drive a high-end car, you can purchase it without spending a fortune. There are a number of Dubai car dealers that you can choose from, but you should devote some time and effort to find or research the best car showroom in Dubai that offers your dream car at the most competitive price.
For an expat buyer like you, it pays to be realistic. It would be ideal to go for a pre-owned cars dealer given that you won't be staying here forever. This is the best option if you want to purchase a luxury car without spending much fortune like you would for a new one. However, to experience supreme satisfaction, make sure that the cars showroom in Dubai that you are dealing with is offering approved cars and the best financing options in town. The sales executives must also provide you with an exceptional level of service to make the entire buying process as stress-free as possible. Moreover, you should also take into consideration the other services offered, most importantly the after-sales.
The Elite Cars is one of the most popular dealerships in Dubai where you can find the widest variety of brand new and pre-owned British, German and Italian luxury cars. Setting them apart from the competition are the quality and competitive prices of their cars. No wonder, it has successfully cemented its position in the region and has become one of the favorite go-to showrooms of both expats and locals alike. This dealership takes pride in its team of knowledgeable professionals who are committed to giving you the highest level of assistance. Their friendly sales executives listen to your concerns and help you find the perfect car that suits your needs, budget and lifestyle.
Want to buy car in Dubai ? Why don't you go for a pre-owned luxury car that will offer you the most comfortable driving experience? At The Elite Cars, your dream of owning one will come true. Visit our showroom now and discover why we are the true definition of luxury!

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Ferrari Says “Nope, Nope, Nope” to an Electric Vehicle

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Everywhere you look in the car industry, another major brand is announcing a battery-electric power initiative. Everywhere, that is, except at Ferrari.
The Italian supercar maker, newly independent since January, is determined that there will be no silent surge of power in its near future, even as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche, and BMW all have committed to building exhaust-free electric cars. The 70-year-old company will instead follow the lead of its Formula 1 program to downsize its engines and mate them to fast-discharging hybrid power, while sneering at the whispering rivals ahead of it.
“We would not follow to develop a fully electric car,” Ferrari’s chief technology officer, Michael Leiters, said at the Paris auto show, where the company’s centerpiece was the LaFerrari Aperta (above), the roadster version of its hybrid exotic with a V-12 plus an electric motor. “We are convinced that it’s right to have a hybrid car because, for us, the sound is a very crucially important characteristic of a Ferrari, and our customers want to have this. Definitely for us also, the electric technology is interesting, not for reducing emissions but for increasing the performance of the cars,” Leiters said.
 
“Electric technology is interesting, not for reducing emissions but for increasing the performance of the cars.”
—Michael Leiters, Ferrari CTO
 
That might not be music to the ears of ardent environmentalists, but while even Tesla targets sales volumes of 500,000 cars a year (eventually, someday), Ferrari has capped its annual manufacturing capacity at just 10,000. On top of that, many of its high-powered cars clock up notoriously low annual mileages.
“For us, it’s important to have the right combination, with [engine] and battery power,” Leiters insisted. “There’s a lot to do. For us, today, the weight [of batteries] is still too much to have a highly dynamic and highly agile car.
“Anyway,” he said, “we are convinced that at a certain time there will be a step forward also for Ferrari with a hybrid car.”
All European manufacturers are developing both positions and contingency plans to respond to tightening EU emissions regulations for 2020, which even apply to Ferrari. At the Paris show, neither Leiters nor Ferrari’s product marketing director, Nicola Boari, would rule out a return to V-6 power—coupled with an electric motor—for the first time since the 1974 Dino, positing it as a potential response to the coming European regulations. Ferrari has downsized its powerplants in other cars in recent years, with the wailing 9000-rpm 458 V-8 giving way to a 3.9-liter twin-turbo engine, a variant of which now sits in the GTC4Lusso T, in an engine bay that formerly housed only a V-12.
“I don’t like to cover our future right now, obviously, but, yes, battery technology on electric cars and so on is going ahead very fast, and you can see quite bold steps in regard to power and capacity,” Boari said.
“Obviously, if you’re thinking about a hybrid car, the [reality] is that you will have extra weight, and you have to accommodate that. You have to find a solution that is more compact than today and weighs less than today. You also have to think more about downsizing—eight cylinders, or six cylinders, or whatever—it makes sense.”

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

2014 Porsche Panamera

In the realm of premium sports cars, Porsche takes a back seat to no one. But when it comes to back seats, Porsche isn’t the first marque that springs to mind. Every person geeked on cars knows that premium sedans with generously proportioned aft quarters hail from the likes of Rolls-Royce, Mercedes, Audi, Jaguar, and BMW. Porsche builds light, agile two-passenger sports cars, right?
Well, you can hold the dachshund-on-wheels quips and the 911-stretch-limo jokes. Porsche is making a tidy profit selling its five-door, four-seat Panamera luxury sedan. Meaning buyers, particularly in China, which is now the Panamera’s largest market, don’t seem to mind the big Porsche’s proportions at all. With its 911-inspired nose and tail, the Panamera stands out in a sea of sedan sameness. Together with the once equally unlikely Cayenne SUV, the two products handily outsell Porsche’s 911, Boxster, and Cayman sports cars worldwide.
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Porsche Panamera S
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Porsche Panamera Turbo
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Originally introduced for the 2010 model year, the 2014 Panamera receives a mid-cycle freshening, which is thorough enough that Porsche has decided to dub the car Panamera II. (We will refrain from using this naming scheme, however.) If you thought the Ford F-150 came in every nuance and flavor under the sun, the 2014 Panamera lineup has likewise ballooned—to nine models available in two wheelbases and powered by five different engines. There are some appearance updates—a more-teardropesque shape to the headlamps, bigger nostrils in the front fascia, a flatter liftgate window, lower mounting for the rear license plate, and revised taillamps—but you’d have to be a Panamerologist to notice without the previous-year car alongside for reference.
Likewise, the well-tailored cabin carries forward the upscale feel. It’s surprisingly roomy, with ample leg- and headroom in all four seating positions, even in the standard-wheelbase version. Your six-foot-two author had no trouble fitting in the back when the driver’s seat was set to his preferences. But the big news for 2014 is the addition of two stretched Executive models. These add another 5.9 inches of wheelbase—all of which is dedicated to the rear seats, which move fore-and-aft and recline, with optional fold-down picnic tables. (Porsche appears to have declined to match the 2014 Mercedes S-class’s nearly horizontally reclining seats with hot-stone massage, as well as its fragrance dispenser.)

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Ferrari abandons manual transmissions, says they don’t perform as well

There was a time when manual transmissions were synonymous with performance cars, but that time is past.
Ferrari is the latest automaker to retire the clutch pedal, a move that will probably seem like a gut punch to fans of stick shifts, but isn’t too surprising given the low sales of manuals in Ferraris and other high-end performance cars over the past few years. And that’s not even the primary reason why Ferrari is ditching manuals.
“Ferrari is design, performance, and state-of-the-art technologies. There’s no manual transmission that can beat this performance and therefore we have decided to stay on the double-clutch gearbox,” Michael Hugo Leiters, the automaker’s chief technology officer, said in an interview with Motor Authority at the recent 2016 Paris Motor Show. Even a well-shifted manual can’t match the speed of modern dual-clutch transmissions, after all.
That argument is a compelling one for manufacturers constantly looking to increase the performance of their cars, both to win over consumers and to achieve bragging rights. For decades, manual transmissions had a performance advantage over those without clutch pedals, but today’s dual-clutch transmissions have erased that advantage. They shift faster, and they help carmakers snag customers that might have been discouraged by having to master a manual.
Ferrari isn’t alone in leaving the manual transmission behind. Lamborghini and McLaren don’t have a single manual between them, and Porsche has made the dual-clutch PDK transmission mandatory on the highest-performance versions of its 911. Porsche still offers manuals on lower-level models, though, and Aston Martin still offers them throughout its range.
Manuals are also much easier to find on less-expensive cars. Once you leave the six-figure realm, they start to become more common on performance cars. The manual transmission is definitely on the endangered species list, but it’s not extinct … yet.

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Saying Goodbye To The Rolls-Royce Phantom Is Bittersweet

It's hard to believe that the seventh-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom was introduced way back in 2003 and yet, it still continues to lead the way in the premium sedan market, offering opulence and luxury unmatched by any of its rivals.
At the end of this year, however, the current Phantom will die, making way for the next-generation that's set to launch for the 2018 model year.
To help send off the current Phantom in style, Carfection jumped behind the wheel of the latest model, tracing its 13 year history and briefly, the illustrious past of the British brand itself.
While Rolls-Royce is owned by BMW, the Phantom doesn't simply receive reject parts from its German overlord. It is instead crafted by the finest materials found anywhere in the automotive industry and, to this day, offers a ride like no other.
While saying goodbye to the current Phantom is bittersweet, the next-generation car is expected to be even better, particularly thanks to its aluminum architecture, selection of advanced technologies from BMW and potentially, the availability of a plug-in hybrid variant.

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Rolls-Royce offers wardrobe-matching special editions

Do you have trouble deciding which of your cars to drive on a given day?
Is hiding from the paparazzi one of your daily problems?
If so, Rolls-Royce suggests you consider its spring/summer 2017 couture collection, which features its Dawn model Inspired by Fashion.
While some of us may have trouble deciding which tie — or T-shirt — to wear on a given day, or whether this blouse goes best with those heels, there are people who extend that scenario to the garage.
“For Rolls-Royce owners, choosing which car to drive is like the rest of us choosing what outfit to wear,” a company spokesman said, noting the typical Rolls owner has between seven and 10 cars, or perhaps 20 from which to choose.
In a blending of the worlds of automobiles and fashion, the “House of Rolls-Royce” is rolling out Dawn models in Andalucian White, “the neutral canvas” on which your choice of three “vibrant” colors will be accented — Mugello Red, Cobalto Blue or Mandarin.
“Subtle accents of these colours adorn interior aspects of each Dawn,” the House of Rolls-Royce news release reports, “whilst the ‘Silent Ballet’ of the roof as it rises to provide shelter from the paparazzo’s lens unleashes a brushstroke of colour to catch the style-spotter’s eye.”
Seems to me that instead of taking the time to put up that colorful top, you could just use the 563 horsepower provided by the car’s twin-turbocharged V12 engine to just speed away from those pesky pursuers, leaving them with nothing more than a blurred image.
“Our clients are the very arbiters of fashion, tastemakers who sit in the front row of the couture shows, themselves influencing evolving trends,” Giles Taylor, director of design for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, is quoted in the news release. “To them, the commissioning of fine luxury objects represents a deeply-involving curatorial process — with different forms of luxury design, craft and execution serving as inspiration for the other.

“‘Dawn — Inspired by Fashion’ beautifully expresses the notion that inspiration for truly personal objects is drawn from the passions, tastes and lifestyle of its patron.”


The styling details on the cars were done by a team of designers not just from the Rolls-Royce staff but also the worlds of fashion, textiles and luxury goods. “Their work has seen the incorporation of fine silks and unexpected textures into the interior environment” of the cars, Rolls reports.
In addition to their brightly colored convertible tops, the fashion-inspired Dawns feature interiors in Arctic White leather and black trim, with accents in the same color as the car’s roof. Dashboards are done in Piano White with aluminum particles “resulting in a silk-like appearance” through a lacquering process that takes nine days.
Each car gets a bespoke clock, which Rolls characterizes as a piece of jewelry that emits “a silver-on-silver effect, evoking the metallic fabrics seen on this year’s catwalks.”