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Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric 612,900 AEDBMW 7 Series 750e 489,000 AEDZeekr 9X 369,900 AEDToyota Land Cruiser VX 329,000 SARLynk & Co 900 255,000 AEDLexus NX 350h 219,500 SARMercedes-Benz GLA 250 195,000 AEDBYD Seal Design 149,900 AEDJetour T2 1.5T 112,000 SARPorsche Cayenne Turbo Electric 612,900 AEDBMW 7 Series 750e 489,000 AEDZeekr 9X 369,900 AEDToyota Land Cruiser VX 329,000 SARLynk & Co 900 255,000 AEDLexus NX 350h 219,500 SARMercedes-Benz GLA 250 195,000 AEDBYD Seal Design 149,900 AEDJetour T2 1.5T 112,000 SAR

Thursday 1 October 2026 — 19 Rabi al-Thani 1448العربية

Last updated 09:42 Gulf time
Dubai desk

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Saudi Arabia

Everything the Gulf Auto newsroom has published under “Saudi Arabia” — reports, analysis and data tables, newest first.

22 stories

12:10

A Haval car showroom

Great Wall Motor falls 14% at home and bets on the Gulf

GWM recorded 114,944 vehicles in September, down 13.99% and its sharpest decline since January 2025, while its Haval marque keeps growing in Saudi Arabia.

1 October · 5 min read · 160K views

11:30

The Jeddah waterfront in Saudi Arabia

Jeddah Corniche: the fastest street circuit on the calendar is absent from 2026

6.174km, 27 corners and the highest average speed of any street circuit — a profile of the track that left this year’s calendar with no replacement round.

24 September · 5 min read · 142K views

15:40

King Abdullah Port at King Abdullah Economic City

Ceer sets March 2027 for delivery as the Exobot passes 1,100hp

The two Saudi models will be built at King Abdullah Economic City north of Jeddah, with power approaching that of Lucid’s fastest cars.

23 September · 4 min read · 97K views

10:15

A fuel station

Sustainable fuel in Formula 1: what it means for Gulf refineries

The 2026 rules mandate a 100% sustainable fuel that runs in a conventional combustion engine — and that single point is what makes this an industrial file rather than a sporting one.

23 September · 5 min read · 99.1K views

10:00

The Riyadh skyline at night

Saudi Arabia’s Ceer unveils its first electric cars ahead of 2027 sales

The Saudi company has shown its first sedan and SUV, preparing to start sales in early 2027 and build a wider regional range.

21 September · 6 min read · 96.7K views

08:40

A GO filling station on Highway 40 in the Narjis district of Riyadh at dusk

Markets & Prices

Saudi petrol prices: 91 at SAR 2.18 and 95 at 2.33

Aramco’s September 2026 prices keep the gap with the UAE wide in the common grades, while the price of 98 converges between the two markets.

21 September · 4 min read · 188K views

13:10

The grandstands at Bahrain International Circuit

Cancelling the Bahrain and Saudi rounds cuts the 2026 calendar to 22 races

Bahrain moved to Sepang in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia has no replacement round — leaving the Gulf two stops short of three.

19 September · 4 min read · 184K views

13:45

A desert road in Saudi Arabia

EVIQ targets five thousand chargers across a thousand Saudi sites by 2030

The infrastructure company owned by the sovereign fund and the electricity company is building the national network, prioritising the Riyadh–Jeddah desert corridor.

17 September · 4 min read · 112K views

18:30

King Fahd Road in Riyadh

Events & Launches

Jetour reveals the G700 TopFire in Riyadh ahead of its UAE arrival

The regional debut of the flagship’s highest trim took place in the Saudi capital, ahead of its UAE introduction through Elite Group Holding.

16 September · 4 min read · 194K views

11:45

Mattias Ekström at the start of the 2024 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia

Dakar 2026 in Saudi Arabia: fourteen stages from Yanbu to Yanbu

The rally ran from 3 to 17 January through AlUla, Hail, Riyadh, Wadi ad-Dawasir and Bisha, avoiding the Empty Quarter and heading west.

13 September · 4 min read · 182K views

10:15

A Jetour T2 sports utility vehicle

Jetour grows 22.6% in Saudi Arabia and makes Dubai its Gulf hub

The Chery marque sits ninth in the Saudi market with 11,500 vehicles, while building a base in Dubai to cover the rest of the Gulf.

5 September · 5 min read · 142K views

11:10

The Riyadh skyline at night

The Saudi showroom race: how Tesla’s arrival changed BYD’s plans

Tesla’s entry into the Saudi market pushed BYD to accelerate from three showrooms to ten, the clearest example yet of electric competition in the Kingdom.

21 August · 5 min read · 159K views

12:40

The Riyadh skyline at night

BYD lifts its Saudi network to ten showrooms

Two new openings in Riyadh and Qassim take BYD’s network in the Kingdom to ten showrooms, having started with just three.

19 August · 4 min read · 217K views

09:00

King Fahd Road in Riyadh

Data & Rankings

Saudi best sellers: Toyota keeps a third of the market, four Chinese marques in the top ten

A full table of the Kingdom’s ten best-selling marques in the first half of 2026, with their market shares in a market of about 410,000 vehicles.

14 August · 5 min read · 112K views

09:50

An MG HS sports utility vehicle

Markets & Prices

Four Chinese marques in Saudi Arabia’s top ten with a 13.4% share

MG, Haval, Jetour and Changan entered the top ten in the first half of 2026 with a combined 13.4% share, in a market down 23.5% overall.

12 August · 5 min read · 196K views

16:00

King Fahd Road in Riyadh

Events & Launches

Changan launches the second-generation UNI-S in Saudi Arabia and widens its regional presence

The Chinese manufacturer is launching its newest model in the Kingdom as it accelerates expansion across the Middle East and Africa, after thirty years in the region.

9 July · 4 min read · 168K views

12:30

A Lucid Air inside a Lucid Motors showroom in Riyadh

Lucid prepares its Saudi AMP-2 plant to build the sub-$50,000 Kosmos

The company’s first plant outside the United States is preparing for full production, targeting up to 150,000 vehicles a year by 2029.

8 July · 5 min read · 189K views

14:30

A shopping mall in Dubai

Events & Launches

Omoda and Jaecoo open their seventh UAE showroom as sales pass a million

The new site is at Oasis Mall on Sheikh Zayed Road, and the two Chery marques passed one million cumulative vehicles in April 2026.

26 June · 4 min read · 130K views

10:00

A street scene in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Events & Launches

Tesla opens its Riyadh centre and widens its presence in the Kingdom

The centre carries the Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck, following the company’s entry into the Saudi market and pop-up stores in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.

24 June · 4 min read · 195K views

08:30

A street scene in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Data & Rankings

Saudi Arabia and the UAE: neighbouring markets that do not resemble each other

Larger volume in one, higher value in the other, an ownership cycle shorter by a year and a quarter, and double the electric share. A comparative anatomy of two markets routinely treated as one.

2 June · 10 min read · 184K views

10:15

The Abu Dhabi skyline from the Corniche

Li Auto enters the UAE and Saudi Arabia through Al Fahim and Naghi

The Chinese company has signed distribution agreements for its L Series range in the two Gulf markets, its first expansion outside China.

29 April · 4 min read · 112K views

08:05

King Abdullah Port at King Abdullah Economic City

Saudi localisation: from 2,000 cars to 340,000 — reading the path

Saudi Arabia has announced a localisation programme targeting 340,000 vehicles a year by 2030. This report breaks the path into its stages and measures the gap between the announced schedule and what the history of greenfield projects says.

5 November · 11 min read · 184K views