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Morjan Media L.L.C P.O.Box 7830, Dubai, U.A.E For more information on TIA, visit www.tireindustry.org For administrative inquiries or for a copy of our media kit please Contact : +971 4 2270096 / [email protected] / www.tirespartsmag.com Do you just provide exterior modifications or do you perform tuning aswell? Currently we work on just the exterior Could you please tell and recently we’ve just opened an in us a bit about your house interior section, but we will be background and looking into a tuning division in the how you got into foreseeable future. this business? What differentiates Bespoke with Ever since I was a other companies that are having little boy, I’ve always similar services? been fascinated by automobiles. My Bespoke offers regular modifications, father is a true motor but we also offer to clients one of enthusiast and I guess designed products for all types of cars that has influenced and that’s a first for the booming UAE me dramatically and market. I thought it would be nice to work in that What warranty do you provide? field. And for how long? What range of To be honest Bespoke does not products and/ have to offer warranty, we strive or services does for continuing excellence and have Bespoke provide? had absolutely no re-calls since we opened. Bespoke offers a wide range of products Where do most of the ideas and such as custom innovations of your vehicles come designed bumpers, from? carbon fibre pieces, Idea’s and innovations are all made special and routine here. We like to think of our garage paint services, as the one stop shop. We always complete body kits provide our own recommendations and body conversion as to what the car needs to like a kits. true custom car, but at the end of the day we respect and appreciate our customer’s requests. www.tirespartsmag.com l 4 Will you be participating in any upcoming shows? We will be participating in the Barbican Turbo Festival in early October this year. Who are your competitors in the market? We don’t really have any major competitors as a lot of garages here will just bolt on body kits, while we make products from scratch. Where do you see this market going? What is your future plan? The real car custom market in the UAE is still relatively fresh, but the trend is growing positively. Every day we receive several calls from clients wanting to uniquely tailor their ride and it’s a natural fact that a lot of people in the UAE are truly passionate about cars. Bespoke’s current and future plan is to continually provide unprecedented levels of service and excellence in our tailored products to customers. We also strive to stay on top of our game and keep our products fresh for all types of vehicles. www.tirespartsmag.com l 5 During this month, this seminal and highly A beautifully sculptured new successful model will move in a bold and exciting body gives the GT coupé an Since its introduction direction with the international unveiling of even crisper, more defined in the Middle East the new Continental GT coupé. From Beirut to appearance. The contemporary Muscat, Bentley aficionados will particularly interior sets new standards in in 2003, the region’s appreciate how the new four-seat Continental terms of cabin design, comfort automotive connoisseurs GT coupe builds on the success of its iconic and hand-crafted luxury. The have been familiar with predecessor, capturing that GT spirit but with seats, for example, provide even higher standards of design, engineering, even greater support and the Continental GT. luxury, craftsmanship, dynamic performance, rear legroom; a sweeping Representing the first step everyday practicality and refinement. dashboard suggests even more in Bentley’s renaissance style and modernity. The new “While the first Continental GT strongly touch screen infotainment and defining a whole appealed to the Middle East market, I system features state-of-the- new market segment, know that this new model will captivate art navigation, Google Maps this luxury GT has for the the region once again. It is a work of art, and entertainment while the latest Balanced Mode Radiator past seven years offered with all the superb craftsmanship and speaker technology and Dirac excellent usability that elegant, contemporary design favoured Dimensions digital sound has remained true to the by our customers here. Because it is processing deliver enhanced Bentley grand touring a true Bentley, it combines supercar audio quality. spirit. performance with supreme ride and practicality, and is a car that you can enjoy every moment of every day,” said Chris Buxton, Bentley Motors’ regional director for India, Middle East and Africa. www.tirespartsmag.com l 6 Bentley’s acclaimed 6-litre, 12-cylinder, twin-turbocharged extremely important in the global search powertrain has proved enduringly popular across the for future fuels. Middle East, and now it has a raised power output of 567 To enhance the range, in late 2011, an all- bhp/ 423 kW and 700 Nm/ 516 lb-ft of torque. It is mated new, high-output 8-cylinder engine will to a new Quickshift transmission that enables double also be available to order. This advanced downshifts. Thanks to advanced FlexFuel technology it power unit will deliver a 40% reduction can also run on both standard unleaded petrol and low- in emissions compared with the W12 emission bioethanol (up to E85) or any mix of the two. While engine and will offer the lowest CO2-to- bioethanol is not yet available in this region, it is becoming power ratio of any V8 engine in the world, along with Bentley levels of power and refinement. Both engines are coupled to an all- wheel drive system with a sporty 40:60 rear-torque bias (compared to the 50:50 offered on the original Continental GT), minimising understeer during hard cornering and allowing the experienced driver to control the car’s line and balance via precise throttle control. www.tirespartsmag.com l 7 Audi S5 Cabrio The Perfectionized Perfection The customers fairly expect over and over again something extraordinary Nevertheless, modifications are visible now! An exhaust silencer from the HS Motorsport company from Eching, located near Munich, the from Cargraphic with four round inclined rolled-in 89 mm more so the perfection for a valuable client is the highest precept for exhaust pipes announces soon arrival of the Audi S5 Cabrio Bavaria’s tuner. This time Audi S5 must be exposed to intensive care of the like a post-horn did in its time. At the present moment, there is team from Eching. only one version assigned for export. A tested version is being prepared for Germany. Strictly speaking, the external look of the cabriolet from Ingolstadt doesn’t need any upgrades. Therefore, the crew begins with the engine Wheel disks at the front axle in 9x21 inch with 255/30ZR21 output increase which is not visible at first glance.