Andrew Leopold

  • Extended Polestar range won’t void warranty

    Volvo has dug deep into its pockets to invest heavily into its Polestar range in order to give the relatively obscure performance arm (in South Africa) the gravitas of AMG, RS or M Division. This week Volvo revealed accessory parts for the S60, V40, V6 and XC60, but puzzling...
  • Video: Clarkson spotted filming new show. Will be ridiculous.

    We know Top Gear UK has been busy filming its new show. Last week the crew of many raced up Lesotho’s Sani Pass with a Porsche Macan, Jaguar F-Pace and Mercedes GLC… spoiler… the Porsche won and all get damaged. Former hosts, filming for Amazon, have been busy too. The trio were...
  • Road Review: Mazda CX-3 (2016) Active Auto

    We can now reveal that Mazda 2 was SA Car Fan’s 2016 Car of the Year, so it stands to reason that the slightly larger Mazda CX-3 would effuse these same qualities.  Mazda’s first small SUV in the segment dominated by Ford EcoSport and Nissan Juke is yet further...
  • Ferrari shows off new infotainment system

    Never thought we’d see the day when Ferrari would put together video material on…its infotainment system. That’s because the Italian brand has never had a system of any importance and the Chrysler systems had fallen well beyond modern standards. Shown here on the GTC4Lusso (the FF successor) the 10-inch screen has...
  • McLaren P14 hybrid to replace the 650S next year

    McLaren has confirmed that the successor to the 650S will receive numerous aerodynamic updates but that pales in comparison to the news that its engine will borrow elements of the seminal McLaren P1 – in short it will deploy a downsized evolution of the P1’s hybrid powerplant. Codenamed the P14...
  • Launch Drive: Hyundai Tucson resumes from ix35

    The Hyundai Tucson name is not unfamiliar to South Africans and was previously given to one of Hyundai’s more successful models to date. Back in 2010 the Tucson was replaced by the conventionally named Hyundai ix35 and though the latter was subsequently a new generation of the Tucson, the often mispronounced name...
  • No lag for this Audi SQ7 with electric-driven turbo

    Currently our winner in the large SUV segment, the Audi Q7 has had power upped to rival the performance offered from the supercharged Range Rover and the Bentley Bentayga. Revealed at Audi’s headquarters yesterday, the new Audi SQ7 has the highest evolution of turbo diesel the brand has ever...
  • Video: Meet the oldest ladies to drive a Lambo

    A fairly worn formula for motoring entertainment returns, one that Top Gear invented when it put a ‘senior citizen’ behind the wheel of a Monster Truck. Now Two Grannies, One Lamborghini – a name derived from a video that needs no repeating – hit the streets in a customised Murcielago… once...
  • Geneva: New Mercedes C-Class Convertible

    Mercedes has just revealed the fourth and final instalment to the C-Class collection, consisting of the sedan, estate and the coupe. Meet the new Mercedes C-Class Convertible. First impressions of the soft-top C-Class are quite impressive considering that the previous C-Class never had a drop-top derivative, resulting in Mercedes...