Is the Fiat 500X ridiculously good looking? Derek Zoolander seems to think so in this clever advert which piggybacks on the movie Zoolander 2 launching next month in the US. The advert brings back the famous ‘Blue Steel’ look (or could it be ‘Magnum’, they were so hard to...

When Lamborghini builds a car to celebrate the 100th birthday of Ferrucio Lamborghini, those with the wherewithal don’t wait to find out what it will look like or the performance figures. They order one because they know it will be spectacularly fast and complete their collection.   The Lamborghini...

KIA hit all the right notes at the Detroit Motor Show with the butch Telluride concept which will compete in the large SUV segment synonymous with the American market. Another market that favours large SUVs is South Africa, meaning the KIA Telluride has a fair chance of coming here...

Dakar coverage on DSTV is thin but Toyota’s  own intrepid videographers managed to capture the essence of Part 1 leading up to the rest day. Interviews with team principle Glyn Hall are insightful and as the race returns to lower V8-assisting altitudes Gazoo Racing is confident of moving up the...

If you’re too late in putting your name next to a BMW M4 GTS worry not because BMW has just announced that a Competition Package will be made available for the latest BMW M3 and BMW M4. Based on what we’ve seen with the M5 and M6 Competition Spec...

Audiophiles of the motor world were in for a treat at CES in Las Vegas last week when Monster (the audio company, not the energy drink) and Bentley’s coach-building division, Mulliner, displayed their latest collaborative project; in the form of a unique Bentley Continental known as the Monster by...

The McLaren P1 is the second super car to be hit with a recall issue in two months. The first was the Ferrari 488 for a fuel line issue but in McLaren’s case the fault isn’t related to any of the complex hybrid gubbins – a relief for the...

These days you can’t do anything in secrecy. Just ask Apple who thought that registering a few domain names wouldn’t set off any alarm bells. Now the internet has jumped to the conclusion that Apple is in the throes of building a car. Domain names such as apple.car, apple.cars,...

“How do you want the McLaren F1 to sound on start-up?” “Brr, Ra, Wham” – or something to that effect. A unique sequence of cylinder activation and witchcraft trickery with the rpm, and the rest is history. Well not really but it’s a bloody good start to a story which...