If you’re a fan of the upcoming Jeep Renegade – Jeeps smallest and most affordable 4×4 in the range – then you will definitely be a fan of this. It’s a special edition of the Renegade called the Hard Steel. And it comes with adorable matching trailer. Due to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor […]
While you might have a special connection with your local mechanic, picturing him/her has a zombie might be particularly off-putting. Never-the-less Audi reckons that what he/she might just be with their new advert, titled Mechanics. Worth watching, for the laugh alone, the new Audi zombie advert shows, hungry, crazed zombie mechanics falling over themselves to […]
New South African Land Speed Record: If you’re which illustrious manufacturer holds the record for the fastest production car land speed record, then wonder no more. Jaguar has broken the 13 year old record with a production spec F-Type R Coupé. In the hands of Dawie Olivier, National Aftersales Manager at Jaguar Land Rover and […]
Widely considered the hottest of hot-hatches, the Renault’s dedicated performance arm Renault Sport, has introduced the new Renault Sport Mégane RS 265 LUX 2.0 Turbo. With many local industry awards under its belt, including “Hot Hatch of the Year 2011†and by CAR Magazine and “2012 Best Buys – Hot Hatch†by TopCar Magazine, the […]
We’ve seen it time and time again. Guy goes to car event. Guy gets inspired at said car event. Guy leaves car event very inspired and crashes car horribly. This video is no different, except the car in question is lovely new BMW M4. We’d prefer it be an old Civic or GTi or something. […]
While all motor manufacturers are working overtime to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions across their respective model ranges, some are pushing a little further to reduce their overall carbon footprint in the manufacturing process. Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that, in conjunction with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, it has developed a new bio-based engineering plastic […]
Reuters has reported that Swedish car manufacturer Volvo is ready to start selling its vehicles online in an effort to compete with the likes of BMW. They will however have to read carefully into the uncharted digital waters especially in the United States else they find themselves in a position similar to Tesla where […]
It’s hard to believe that the VW Jetta is 34 years old in South Africa, making it one year older than me, forcing me to reflect on my age which is even more shocking. The Jetta is one of the best-selling vehicles in the group locally, with 273 000 having found new homes since 1980. […]
Not so long ago many of us were left wondering whether the Opel brand would survive the worldwide downturn, which saw parent company General Motors paring back in an effort to stay afloat. There was talk of Opel being ditched in favour of a global vision to concentrate on Chevrolet, the companies halo brand. Thankfully […]
Ford South Africa has revealed a raft of updates to its underrated Kuga. The most exciting is that it is now available with the 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine lifted from the Focus ST, making it the most powerful petrol powered mid-size SUV with power pegged at 177kW and torque peaking at 340Nm. Diesel lovers will […]
For those long in the pocket area, and short in prefrontal cortex area, your wait is over for a ridiculously fast and expensive Audi A1. Presumably you would have turned your nose up at every other reasonable S or RS badged Audi in your wait for scorching-hatchdom, but alas your wait is over as the […]
Forget classic Ferraris, forgot you 599 GTO, forget even your LaFerrari. What you see here is in our eyes one of the best looking Ferrari’s ever made. And it goes by the name Ferrari FXX-K. You might remember that FXX name, or more specifically the 2005 FXX or the 2010 599XX, the former based on […]
Opel has released the Opel Karl – named after the company’s founder – launching in European markets from mid-2015 and to sell for under ERUO 10 000. The 3.68 metre long city car will be powered by a new 1.0-litre 3-cylinder 55 kW ECOTEC petrol engine which promises to be massively frugal and efficient. Standard […]
Hyundai has added a new 1.7-litre 85 kW, 260 Nm turbodiesel derivative to the very popular Hyundai ix35 range in South Africa. “The ix35 has been one of the strongest pillars in Hyundai Automotive SA’s vehicle range, and when we were given the opportunity to bring the 1.7 Premium turbodiesel to the South African customers, […]
Citroen will launch their new DS brand with the help the most successful WRC driver, ridiculously fast in anything with four wheels and generally all round nice guy, Sebastien Loeb. Sebastien Loeb has won nine of his WRC drivers’ with Citroen and is set to reunite with co-driver Daniel Elena, together making a once-off appearance […]
Open-top hooliganism has arrived in South Africa in the form of the new BMW M4 Convertible. Hair dresser vibes meets hard-core power slides as this drop-top version of BMWs iconic M performance car replicates the performance figures of its tin-top siblings. Apart from the three-section folding roof, which can opens in 20 seconds and up […]
Toyota has introduced a limited edition of its evergreen and ever popular Fortuner SUV, called Fortuner Epic. Kerry Roodt, General Manager of Marketing Communications for Toyota SA Motors explains about the crowd-pleasing FOrtuner in general, “It’s the consummate all-rounder, suitable for use in a number of different conditions, from urban highways and rocky mountain passes […]
With successful introductions of the A 45 AMG, CLA 45 AMG and GLA 45 AMG models, Mercedes is moving swiftly along to their newest sportwagon, the Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG Shooting Brake – the fourth high-performance compact in the range. South African’s are not particularly fond of station wagons, rather opting for false send of […]
One of GWMs most popular local offerings, the Steed bakkie, has received a restructuring within the South African range, bringing it more in-line with what is demanded in our competitive home market. “The realigned Steed line-up is the result of close cooperation between GWM South Africa and Great Wall Motors in China,†says Hannes Oosthuizen, […]
Every year around this time friends and family members who claim to have the inside track into buying cars will tell you that your preferred dealer should be able to allow you buy today, license next year. The ‘bonus’ they say is, is that you get a 2015 registered car instead of a late 2014 […]
Many motor manufactures like to claim how Formula 1 technologies forged and proven on racetracks and in the garages all over the world is translated into better efficiencies, racier engines and so on and so forth. What we have though is a good old fashioned (dangerous stunt) featuring a truck and an F1 car, and […]
The much talked about, and quit frankly hideous hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai fuel cell car will launch in Japan on 1 December 2015. For those not fluent in Japanese, ‘Mirai’ means future in Japanese – and according the leviathan auto-maker, it signals the start of a new age of vehicles. As the name suggest, the Mirai […]
Watch out Nissan Juke and Ford EcoSport, you have competition and it comes in wearing a very pretty dress courtesy of KODO-Soul of Motion design. Confused? Well, that’s Mazda speak for their new design language adorning their new range. And let’s be honest, they’ve hot the design nail on the head. Anyway, more about the […]
For those who require a little more load lugging space but still want the performance of say, a Golf GTi or even a Golf R, can rejoice as Volkswagen, at the Los Angeles Auto Show, has revealed more information on what they predictably call, the new Golf R Variant. Essentially what you have here is […]