Remember our story on Infiniti’s variable compression engine? You had to know a piston from a conrod to grasp the cleverness of it all and even if you did, this video clarifies a few minor details. And since we normally post videos relating to a senior citizen crashing a two-tone Jetta into some nightclub...

Making its debut at the Festival of Motoring at Kyalami, British marque JLR formally introduced the F-Type SVR to the South African public. JLR has been able to squeeze the supercharged engine from the Range Rover SVR into the F-Type thus making the most powerful F-Type to ever legally...

Datsun claims to have put reliability, economy and styling in the same sentence with the launch of the Datsun GO Plus (or Go+) which brings appealing running costs, large disc brakes upfront, power steering, powerful headlights and an array of new features. “The Datsun Go Plus will create its own unique sub-segment...

Great news for South African Dakar fans is that Toyota Gazoo Racing today unveiled its revolutionary new Toyota Hilux Evo Dakar challenger at Kyalami. The team also confirmed that multiple Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah and navigator Matthieu Baumel will join South African Giniel de Villiers and Germany’s Dirk von Zitzewitz and...

For 2017 the Mazda3 range gets further technology updates, handling-enhancing systems and a new flagship model in the Mazda3 Astina Plus. Mazda’s model range has proliferated to include the Astina Plus. This car is available as a 4-door (sedan) and 5-door (hatch) at the identical price if R407 900. Astina...

Already boasting the most expansive range of bakkies in South Africa, Ford has extended the Ranger family to 36 models by adding a derivative Ford thinks the industry wants, but just hasn’t asked for. Neither Isuzu, Toyota nor VW have an automatic model in this segment so this begs the...

A revised exterior design for all upcoming Bentley models is what John Paul Gregory, the new head of exterior design, will be aiming to achieve when he takes on his new role. Bentley’s range of coupes, GT models, sedans and the recent Bentayga SUV share many elegantly evolved design...

Volvo Trucks must pay its marketing team well. Remember Jean Claude Van Damme doing the splits between two moving Volvo trucks? Now the team is back in the record books with its 2400hp truck dubbed Iron Knight. The new 500-metre record now reads: 13.71 seconds at an average speed of...

The current KIA Rio has aged exceptionally well; it’s still among our top recommendations in its segment thanks to its blend of style, build quality and well thought out interior proportions. Now a new KIA Rio is on the way and is set to be a humdinger. The planned...