Andrew Leopold

  • Video: Can Tesla’s P90D be controlled by the mind?

    Colour us skeptical since there are numerous ways this can be faked but our inner child wants to believe that if it can be done, Tesla’s P90D would pack the sort of brain power required by Touch Titans’ Mind Control. Time to cleanse your thoughts and avoid a colossal accident from miscommunication....
  • Vantage S offers manual box for keenest drivers

    Aston (paired with sluggish automatic gearboxes) has been the bane of most reviews and now you can completely avoid that combination by opting for a manual version of Aston’s refreshed V12 Vantage S. The 7-speed automatic version sticks around as a no-cost option but it’s the manual – at...
  • Video: NSX production will make you weep

    More heartache for local fans of Honda’s NSX as this video reveals the manufacturing methods and secrets, plus some sexy rolling shots. With the exchange rate, Honda South Africa was facing an impossible retail price over R5 million but let’s just say there aren’t any cars (sans hybrid) that would keep...
  • SA production of Everest will expand range, create jobs

    Ford Motor Company has recently invested a massive R2.5-billion into South Africa on a mission to expand operations at their Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria. The operation is aimed squarely at the production of the all-new Ford Everest, along with the new Ford Ranger that was launched at the...
  • Review: New Volkswagen Caddy (2016) 2.0 TDI

    Got a group of friends who need to be transported around? A large family? Or, if you just want to lug some old boxes here and there in relative comfort, without going the relatively expensive SUV route, the 2016 Volkswagen Caddy Trendline seems like the logical fit when it...
  • M3 chases down GT4 and Aventador on ‘Ring

    Since the Nurburgring recently lifted speed restrictions, it is our duty to bring you another on-track battle and we’ve found a goodie. This F80 M3 ‘Ring Taxi (the ones that thrills paying customers all day long) times it well to get behind a Lamborghini Aventador and Porsche Cayman GT4. Despite conceding  power...
  • PSA launches Project Blitz. Includes electric cars

    Seven hybrids and four electric vehicles will spearhead PSA’s (Peugeot/Citroen) Push to Pass growth strategy which we presume follows on from PSA’s Back In The Race campaign. Excuse us, there has been a few… Speaking to the media this week, PSA outlined its growth strategy for the next five years,...
  • Fastest Bentley credits exceptional W12 engine

    Bentley’s venerable W12 6.0-litre turbo is one of motoring’s current delights and with new impetus steering Bentley South Africa in the right direction, pardon us for being a noticeably more excited by the brand’s latest offerings. The latest Continental GT Speed has the title of being Bentley’s fastest production...
  • Thrust vs Electricity in Tesla’s latest stunt

    The classic car vs plane has been taken to its broadest extremes but getting Qantas to agree to a race between one of its 737 Boeings and your Tesla P90D will have required some pullings of strings. The Tesla with its sub 3-second 0-100km/h time gets the jump as...