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After what has been a fantastic year for Toyota South Africa, the Japanese manufacturer has had to halt production at the Durban plant due to flooding. According to Andrew Kirby, Toyota CEO, the plant has suffered significant damage but Kirby confirmed that no workers were injured in the floods. “Production,...
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Entries for the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb are now officially open and as usual, it’s looking to be the premier event on the calendar once more. Last year 144 entries set off on the twisting course. With limited entries available the “by invitation only” event has the cream of the...
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That headline alone could make purists purse their lips and frown their brows. But the fact of the matter is that not all of us are aspiring race car drivers who want to learn to swap cogs and blip the throttle in the fastest possible time. The media hasn’t...
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After a road trip in a 2 seater sports car, I would immediately be swapping that out for the much more sedate S90 R-Design. A let down some would say but after a cross-country cruise in what is effectively a 2 seater jetpack, it was nice to settle into...
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They say motorsport improves the breed, and no one knows this better than Suzuki. With multiple world titles behind the Japanese brand, we wanted to find out if any of this trickled down to the pint-sized Suzuki Ignis. But truth be told, we were just looking for an excuse...
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Last week the Duster EDC arrived on test and although no serious road trips were taken this week the main aim of the week was to see what the dependable Dusters new gearbox was like to live with. EDC Automatic gearbox The 6 speed EDC gearbox, sporting dual clutches...
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By now the news is out, Porsche just broke the Lamborghini’s record with a shattering time of 6:47.3 That’s almost five seconds faster than the Sant’Agata attempt. The handful of road legal vehicles have bested this time and the Porsche, lest we forget, is a full production model, unlike...
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We continue our look at this years COTY top ten finalists in this, part 2 of the WesBank COTY check-in. Audi Q5 Despite glaring similarities between this and the old model, the Q5 is in-fact mostly new. Fitting in snugly between the other Audi Q models it provides a...
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Hot off the press, the Wesbank COTY nominees have been announced. We check-in with all of them in no particular order in our three-part series and note the pros and cons of each car based on our experiences of these vehicles. Land Rover Discovery The Disco 5, or All...
After what has been a fantastic year for Toyota South Africa, the Japanese manufacturer has had to halt production at the Durban plant due to flooding. According to Andrew Kirby, Toyota CEO, the plant has suffered significant damage but Kirby confirmed that no workers were injured in the floods. “Production,...
Entries for the Jaguar Simola Hillclimb are now officially open and as usual, it’s looking to be the premier event on the calendar once more. Last year 144 entries set off on the twisting course. With limited entries available the “by invitation only” event has the cream of the...
That headline alone could make purists purse their lips and frown their brows. But the fact of the matter is that not all of us are aspiring race car drivers who want to learn to swap cogs and blip the throttle in the fastest possible time. The media hasn’t...
After a road trip in a 2 seater sports car, I would immediately be swapping that out for the much more sedate S90 R-Design. A let down some would say but after a cross-country cruise in what is effectively a 2 seater jetpack, it was nice to settle into...
They say motorsport improves the breed, and no one knows this better than Suzuki. With multiple world titles behind the Japanese brand, we wanted to find out if any of this trickled down to the pint-sized Suzuki Ignis. But truth be told, we were just looking for an excuse...
Last week the Duster EDC arrived on test and although no serious road trips were taken this week the main aim of the week was to see what the dependable Dusters new gearbox was like to live with. EDC Automatic gearbox The 6 speed EDC gearbox, sporting dual clutches...
By now the news is out, Porsche just broke the Lamborghini’s record with a shattering time of 6:47.3 That’s almost five seconds faster than the Sant’Agata attempt. The handful of road legal vehicles have bested this time and the Porsche, lest we forget, is a full production model, unlike...
We continue our look at this years COTY top ten finalists in this, part 2 of the WesBank COTY check-in. Audi Q5 Despite glaring similarities between this and the old model, the Q5 is in-fact mostly new. Fitting in snugly between the other Audi Q models it provides a...
Hot off the press, the Wesbank COTY nominees have been announced. We check-in with all of them in no particular order in our three-part series and note the pros and cons of each car based on our experiences of these vehicles. Land Rover Discovery The Disco 5, or All...