The more beautiful the car, the more difficult it is to design and uncontrollable the costs. Icona, the design firm responsible for the Vulcano, opted for titanium over carbon fibre and lost many years of their lives as a consequence. Built by hand is the Vulcano’s appeal but also its...

There’s a reason why the Polo and Polo Vivo continues to be South Africa’s most bought car and that’s because the company manages to reinvent an old formula to suit new demands that the competition hasn’t spotted. And while we’re still beating down Uitenhage’s door for the light commercial...

Currently in South Africa the Special Vehicles Operation division of Jaguar Land Rover is relatively unknown and with only the Range Rover Sport carrying this high-performance and ultra-luxurious baton, its presence is not always obvious. Eager to increase awareness around what SVO offers, the company has guaranteed that in...

Elon Musk has the controlling persona that would usually prevent tuning houses from interfering with one of his cars. With or without Elon’s consent, Brabus has developed an exterior kit for the Model S but has wisely chosen not to try and improve the electronics that underpin the car’s...

Now that GWM is pooling their resources to entrench a renowned range of single and double cab bakkies, the brand is feeling justifiably confident about its chances of making serious inroads into one of the largest volume segments of new cars. And as the economy tumbles with uncertainty and new car...

The corkscrew was around long before the proliferation of hybrid super cars and judging from this video the combination can be lethal. Immediate torque delivery on a spiral corner laced with gravity requires a brave approach to one of the world’s greatest corners. Just ask the driver of this McLaren...

It was the original Jaguar XF that started the latest Jaguar revolution. Developed in the Ford days but launched in 2008 under Tata control, it provided the company with the Ian McCallum designed sports sedan template that spawned the XJ and XE. No wonder then that the second incarnation...

Johannesburg’s weather got its act together during the road review of the 2016 Audi TTS. After weeks of scorching temperatures, desperate prays for rain were answered and chaos on the roads ensued. Muddy torrents carried a litany of sharp debris down the road and deep puddles gave us the...

With the bakkie wars heating up, we’ve decided to go for another drive in the current king of the segment, the 2016 Ford Ranger, to find out if it will be able to maintain its top spot  as Toyota rolls out its all-new Hilux. Built at the Silverton plant...