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Dune Raider - HSV In Dubai
Peter Mckay
4 April 2008
www.wheelsmag.com.au
The prevailing driving practice – assertive, cut-throat lane changing and gap filling, with a significant reliance on the effectiveness of the horn and brakes – seems a good match for the HSV product.
As is the powerful car culture that exists in the Gulf, as anyone who’s watched the mad drifters on YouTube will attest. For these crazy-wheeled funsters, a racetrack is not de rigueur. Any ol’ highway will do for the lads to demo their skills.
Cut to the forecourt of the Al Qasr Jumeirah Hotel, a big, contrived slice of five-star ostentation located in what was desert just a few years ago. Here we meet Mohamad, 23, in his traditional Arab clobber, and while the Corvette he’s driving suggests a clash of cultures, he tells us he uses his 700-horsepower supercharged ’Vette as a daily driver (45,000km in 12 months), but a CSV CR8 could play a part in his future. “I think this time they’ve got it right. The Lumina SS [Monaro] wasn’t perfect, but I really like the interior, the brakes and the gear on the CR8.”
Mohamad’s family is into cars. At home there is a BMW 7 Series Individual, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Range Rover Sport, and a Cadillac Escalade. “I had a BMW 6 Series, but I think this [CR8] is better,” he says.
What about the idea of driving an American brand in a region where Uncle Sam is not everyone’s favourite relative?
“No, problem. I’ve always loved American cars.”
Underneath a gleaming white kandura (the traditional smock worn by men in the Middle East) is Mohamad’s mate Salman, 24, who lives and breathes HSV. He has a photo taken with Mark Skaife to prove it, and HSV model names and numbers spill from his lips. He says he’s coming to Australia in March for the grand prix, but mainly to see the V8 Supercars, and to visit the HSV base at Clayton.
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Chevrolet Special Vehicles CR8
Peter Mckay
4 April 2008
www.wheelsmag.com.au
The prevailing driving practice – assertive, cut-throat lane changing and gap filling, with a significant reliance on the effectiveness of the horn and brakes – seems a good match for the HSV product.
As is the powerful car culture that exists in the Gulf, as anyone who’s watched the mad drifters on YouTube will attest. For these crazy-wheeled funsters, a racetrack is not de rigueur. Any ol’ highway will do for the lads to demo their skills.
Cut to the forecourt of the Al Qasr Jumeirah Hotel, a big, contrived slice of five-star ostentation located in what was desert just a few years ago. Here we meet Mohamad, 23, in his traditional Arab clobber, and while the Corvette he’s driving suggests a clash of cultures, he tells us he uses his 700-horsepower supercharged ’Vette as a daily driver (45,000km in 12 months), but a CSV CR8 could play a part in his future. “I think this time they’ve got it right. The Lumina SS [Monaro] wasn’t perfect, but I really like the interior, the brakes and the gear on the CR8.”
Mohamad’s family is into cars. At home there is a BMW 7 Series Individual, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Range Rover Sport, and a Cadillac Escalade. “I had a BMW 6 Series, but I think this [CR8] is better,” he says.
What about the idea of driving an American brand in a region where Uncle Sam is not everyone’s favourite relative?
“No, problem. I’ve always loved American cars.”
Underneath a gleaming white kandura (the traditional smock worn by men in the Middle East) is Mohamad’s mate Salman, 24, who lives and breathes HSV. He has a photo taken with Mark Skaife to prove it, and HSV model names and numbers spill from his lips. He says he’s coming to Australia in March for the grand prix, but mainly to see the V8 Supercars, and to visit the HSV base at Clayton.
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Chevrolet Special Vehicles CR8
