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BMW has doubled the model line-up of its i8 with the addition of the i8 roadster. ‘Hooray’, we hear you shout followed in a softer tone by the question ‘didn’t BMW attempt such a thing in 2012?’ Yes, the six-year wait has come full circle, peppered along the way...
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Tiguan with a growth spurt? Not only that, the 2019 Tiguan Allspace carries a substantial exterior redesign with the inclusion of the 132kW TSI under the bonnet but let’s not get hung up on those details now because for all intents and purposes this is a 7-seater version to...
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Waiting for the Golf TCR that Volkswagen South Africa doggedly refuses to confirm or deny in the face of mounting rumours? Well bridging the gap and winding down the clock until the Golf Eight arrives later this year is the most powerful version of the Golf R in South...
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I should hunt around for my road test notes circa 2010 when the first-generation TT RS morphed into life. Those early scribbles would likely bear a striking resemblance to today’s written the same superlatives: grip, accessibility, value… all of them peppered across visceral acceleration. Of course things were different...
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Confession time: The exasperating, tight-belted bureaucracy shackled to Maserati’s insurance means that up until this moment I’d never driven a Maserati. Not the Ghibli, Quattroporte, GranTurismo or Levante, and as a rule we usually turn down the corporate hobnobbing aimed more at wooing clients than giving hands-on demos to...
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Hondas and us over the last twelve months have had a choppy time; recent flourishes of achingly-cool retro fusion, Nurburgring benchmarks, EV concepts, Formula One…well no need to explain that prolonged engineering agony. The message is fragmented, unsure of where the company is headed next – still committed to the...
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Curbing the SUV growth. That’s what cars like the new 2019 BMW 3 Series are measured and scrutinised against. In gigantic markets like the USA and China where vehicle size sees the largest number of L (long wheelbase) variants, the 3 Series continues to perform well. And there’s always...
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When Porsche launches a new car, especially one considered the lynchpin they push the marketing team in to overdrive. Fresh from the Los Angeles show, we intercept the first batch at the Hockenheim ring for the technical workshop while the first drive is scheduled for mid Jan. While you...
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Awards are no guarantee of success. And truthfully much of that has to do with there being too many of them. Awards for engines, awards for SUVs, awards for family cars, budget cars, design, safety. Right down to the mere process of cobbling something together be it from...
BMW has doubled the model line-up of its i8 with the addition of the i8 roadster. ‘Hooray’, we hear you shout followed in a softer tone by the question ‘didn’t BMW attempt such a thing in 2012?’ Yes, the six-year wait has come full circle, peppered along the way...
Tiguan with a growth spurt? Not only that, the 2019 Tiguan Allspace carries a substantial exterior redesign with the inclusion of the 132kW TSI under the bonnet but let’s not get hung up on those details now because for all intents and purposes this is a 7-seater version to...
Waiting for the Golf TCR that Volkswagen South Africa doggedly refuses to confirm or deny in the face of mounting rumours? Well bridging the gap and winding down the clock until the Golf Eight arrives later this year is the most powerful version of the Golf R in South...
I should hunt around for my road test notes circa 2010 when the first-generation TT RS morphed into life. Those early scribbles would likely bear a striking resemblance to today’s written the same superlatives: grip, accessibility, value… all of them peppered across visceral acceleration. Of course things were different...
Confession time: The exasperating, tight-belted bureaucracy shackled to Maserati’s insurance means that up until this moment I’d never driven a Maserati. Not the Ghibli, Quattroporte, GranTurismo or Levante, and as a rule we usually turn down the corporate hobnobbing aimed more at wooing clients than giving hands-on demos to...
Hondas and us over the last twelve months have had a choppy time; recent flourishes of achingly-cool retro fusion, Nurburgring benchmarks, EV concepts, Formula One…well no need to explain that prolonged engineering agony. The message is fragmented, unsure of where the company is headed next – still committed to the...
Curbing the SUV growth. That’s what cars like the new 2019 BMW 3 Series are measured and scrutinised against. In gigantic markets like the USA and China where vehicle size sees the largest number of L (long wheelbase) variants, the 3 Series continues to perform well. And there’s always...
When Porsche launches a new car, especially one considered the lynchpin they push the marketing team in to overdrive. Fresh from the Los Angeles show, we intercept the first batch at the Hockenheim ring for the technical workshop while the first drive is scheduled for mid Jan. While you...
Awards are no guarantee of success. And truthfully much of that has to do with there being too many of them. Awards for engines, awards for SUVs, awards for family cars, budget cars, design, safety. Right down to the mere process of cobbling something together be it from...