Andrew Leopold

  • Jeep Trackhawk info South Africa

    Drive Review: Jeep Trackhawk is a drag racing weapon

    Mr John Force your Jeep has arrived It’s called the Trackhawk and if the driver reference went over your head then perhaps drag racing, and by proxy, the Jeep Trackhawk is not for you. Instead, you might be better off in a Porsche Cayenne Turbo. But if words like...
  • MINI John Cooper Works

    New MINI John Cooper Works Clubman and Countryman Driven

    We headed off to put MINI’s latest high-performance models through their paces on the twisty roads of Mpumalanga. The new MINI Clubman and Countryman John Cooper Works were in attendance, along with the Clubman S and Countryman S. Who is John Cooper and what did he Work on? John...
  • Hyundai Atos South Africa

    Test Drive: Hyundai Atos is a student car with good grades

    Hyundai has a new, old name Hyundai’s naming strategy is a jumbled mess at the best of times but with the Atos there’s a chance to rekindle fond memories of an established and successful small city that preceded the i10 and sold over 40,000 model in South Arica. So...
  • Test Drive: Porsche Macan Turbo is a 911 Carrera with friends

    Macan, that’s Porsche’s most popular model, isn’t it? You’re correct, but that little prize for first place is only true outside South Africa. Locally the Cayenne continues to outsell the Macan but that’s not to undermine the Macan’s importance in flowering Porsche’s profits. Most customers will gladly save R500k,...
  • BMW 530 MLE race car South Africa

    BMW’s road and track family with iconic 530 models

    Guessing this is symbolic Honestly the moment felt enveloping. The climatic finish to the 530 MLE’s journey to restoration that it fully deserved. A fortnight ago the restored BMW 530 MLE was shown to the media trundling through the same BMW factory in Pretoria, South Africa just like it...
  • Nissan GT-R 50th

    Drive Test: New GT-R 50th edition is fighting against the clock

    Lock up your Ferraris, a new GT-R is here. Caution with the word ‘new’ during any point of this review – but maybe that’s missing the point. A niche Japanese supercar, which doesn’t share an engine with any other products, could easily have faced the chop. Somehow, it hasn’t....
  • Toyota Supra 2020 Africa

    Drive Test: Toyota Supra (2020) rises above criticism

    Toyota’s 2JZ engine tends to crowbar its way into any Supra conversation with the BMW Z4 dragged in for some extra fire poking. I know the 2JZ well. In my earlier years of doing jobs like this one, I was dispatched to kick around venues like Tarlton and Wesbank...
  • BMW X5M X6M South Africa

    BMW X5 and X6 M Competition Revealed

    German manufacturer BMW has lifted the covers off the third-generation X5 M Competition SUV and X6 M Competition Coupe-SUV. Both models will be making their global debut at the 2019 LA Motor Show in November, with the first deliveries taking place in April 2020. Just like the BMW M8...
  • Range Rover Velar SVAutobiography South Africa

    Range Rover Velar Now With V8 Power

    The Range Rover Velar is undeniably one of the most beautiful SUV’s available right now. It was revealed back in 2017 and quickly became one of the brands most attractive models, but it had a fatal flaw due to the fact that it was only available in a luke-warm...