Price Index

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

Breaking08:30BYD sales rise 17% in September as exports more than double

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Supply chain

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

6 stories

11:15

A GWM Haval H9, a seven-seat sports utility vehicle

Haval H9 enters the Gulf seven-seat class in the UAE from AED 119,900

GWM pushes a body-on-frame four-wheel drive with front and rear locking differentials into a class long held by the Land Cruiser Prado and the Patrol, betting on the price gap.

1 October · 5 min read · 160K 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

07:40

An industrial and port area in Dubai

The Gulf automotive manufacturing map: where cars are actually built

Just six per cent of cars sold in the Gulf are assembled or built inside it. This report reads the region’s industrial map as it stands: what has actually been built, what has been announced and not built, and what separates assembly from manufacturing.

14 July · 12 min read · 121K views

08:50

An industrial and port area in Dubai

One part, six weeks: anatomy of the Gulf parts supply chain

The Gulf parts and aftersales market is close to $9.4bn a year and growing faster than new-car sales. This report traces a part from the manufacturer’s warehouse to the service bay, and explains why a regional warehouse separates a marque that stays from one that leaves.

26 February · 10 min read · 142K views

10:30

An electric vehicle charging station

Who makes your battery? The cell map behind the electric market

Three companies make more than two-thirds of the world’s vehicle battery cells, and two of them are Chinese. This report traces the cell from mine to pack and explains why the origin of the battery now matters more than the badge on the car.

11 September · 11 min read · 223K views

09:15

A BMW Group production facility in Germany

Inside the plant: how a car is built in 18 labour hours

Four shops, nine hundred robots, ten coats of paint and fewer than nineteen hours of human work. A detailed anatomy of what happens between a coil of steel and the car standing in the showroom — and why that sequence explains price differences between one country of origin and another.

19 March · 11 min read · 234K views