We heard that the British luxury sport cars brand Aston Martin is back to the country and will have a prime location in Shatti Al-Qurum. The British brand have been shifting between many car dealers, including Al-Shanfari Automotive and Al-Zubair Automotive. Either way, they could not have chosen a better time to reopen as the local luxury market has grown out of the Range Rover, Porsche Cayenne, parade and is thirsty for new options.
Wish them the best of luck.

Update : Building upon a rumor we’ve heard a while back, the Aston Martin dealership will relaunch with Muhannad Al-Hashar’s company very soon. Their proposed and likely location is going to be Al-Sarooj where the old Juthoor office was. Muhannad is currently in London looking into some final paperwork with Aston Martin HQ and a launch is expected as soon as he returns. We wish them the best of luck.

In a sneak peek found on twitter earlier today, user @developar posted a picture on his TwitPic account showing what seems to be Al-Shabiba trying a new feature that will integrate the real-time microblogging service,Twitter, into their online website.  This is the first attempt we’ve witnessed in Oman of a print cultured entity to move in to the social cyberspace.

Earlier this year, Shabiba has experimented with some social bookmarking & subscription syndication (RSS) features on their website, but the use of those has been unstable and badly implemented, it’s however pleasant to know that some print & publishing media are willing to  embrace novel technologies & reader-centered philosophies to reading & delivering the news.

Twitter use in Oman is almost entirely personal, and the potential of corporate twitter remains untapped. Perhaps the only company that is on twitter is Abala Cafe, but their use of the service has been infrequent and inconsistent and hasn’t been able to realize twitter’s real-time features for promotional & interactive purposes the way the facebook model has worked for them. Whether Al-Shabiba intends to have online presence on twitter in that way is unclear, but it seems that they will certainly allow for people to tweet their stories easier.

Thanks to Developar for the sneak peek, Follow him on twitter @developar, and Omanternity at @Omanternity

Mohsin Haider Darwish LLC (or usually, MHD) has grabbed dealership rights for a new Chinese auto brand in Oman, which they still haven’t launched yet, but we visit their showroom to give you a sneak peek of what to expect on the roads soon.

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