Ford Middle East hosts Can-A-Car event | Drive Arabia : Dubai ...

Ford Middle East hosted a three-day community occasion dubbed Can-A-Car at the end of July at the Dubai Autodrome. The occasion was aimed at publicising Fords newest American line-up, counting the all-new 2012 Ford Explorer. And a pale figure of visitors to the occasion happened to be our usual readers, although all of not any divide up at dissimilar era on dissimilar days.

Hospitality aside, the day comprised of four proceedings in a variety of Ford cars, thereby ensuring so as to each member counting get a sense of come again? the newest American Fords contain to offer.

The primary pair of proceedings now path runs , construct built-in two laps every in a 2012 Ford Edge and a 2012 Ford Mustang GT 5.0. The path built-in little slalom courses, creation it all the additional fun for the participants. While the Ford Edge cars had a Ford Fusion of all belongings as a pace car, the pacer for the Mustang GT cars happened to be a Ford Edge. Though I have to confess so as to the Mustang GT was fun, it was rather a sad scenario as the Ford Edge seemed to create the Mustang GT sweat in the bends. However, I did run to stay the teacher entertained by coercing him to shove his Edge after that to all mercy as I enjoyed tailgating him in my Mustang GT all the way, still ignoring the understeer at one tip resulting as of the interference of the contemporary constancy control. The authority delivery as of the new engine, steering precision and center excellence now all commendable concerning the Mustang. As for the all-wheel-drive Edge, despite a number of body-roll, it seemed to contain extremely high-quality limits for a crossover. Engine presentation and center excellence seemed high-quality too. 

The after that car construct awaited us was the all-new 2012 Ford Explorer, and the knowledge was an off-road one rather supposed a path run " clearly as fraction of Fords intentions to emphasise the new crossovers off-road abilities. However, it was not a full-fledged off-road knowledge as the path consisted of merely a hill by means of a 30-degree incline and a 45-degree descend. It turned out to be now a examination to demonstrate off the vehicles hill-descent manage function and its go,shift toward and departure angles; and the Explorer went from side to side it all by means of no proof of stress. On the way to the off-road course, the teacher had attempted to demonstrate the Park Assist characteristic in the new Explorer " a characteristic construct detects parallel parking slots and parks the car automatically. However due to a number of software or technological glitch, the scheme unsuccessful to initiate and displayed an error communication on the monitor instead. On our way rear though, we now lucky to see petroleum characteristic in ,act as we hopped eager on a dissimilar Explorer, construct was too there at the off-road route and did not face petroleum issue.

After the Explorer, we now greeted by a pair of pallid Ford Taurus sedans for our after that event; but additional supposed the Taurus, come again? excited us was the occasion itself, construct was a rivalry after that to each member for the day, in an autocross route by means of the Taurus. The autocross route seemed to be complete for the novices, by means of the merely difficult bit existence form manoeuvring the boat-like Taurus construct sported infinite blind spots. Add to so as to a soft and lifeless steering, soft suspension setup and soft pedal feel. There was a warm-up lap following construct the rank now timed. In spite of petroleum existence form my primary autocross experience, I managed leaving from side to side the route with no knocking any cones in the timed run, although not by means of the the majority excellent time.

Among a few cars on display, we spotted a Ford Taurus SHO Ecoboost, construct hints at the availability of the Ecoboost variety in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and relax of the GCC shortly. We are unsure come again? to get for granted as of the absence of Fords European line-up in the event. From come again? we saw of the cars we drove, Ford earth to be creation giant leaps in conditions of center appointments, overall excellence and design.

Photos by Vivek œOberoi Menon and Faisal Khatib.