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Available in Trendline and Comfortline spec, the refreshed Golf 7.5 range comes with three different engines, the 81kW 1.0TSI, the 92kW 1.4TSI and the 169kW GTI 2.0TSI. Aesthetically, Golf 7.5 gets a new front end with chrome detailing, but it seems the differences will mostly be noticed only by...
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So you have R229 000 burning a hole in your pocket. You want a brand new car, it has to be manual and have a normally aspirated engine, good fuel economy, be fun to drive when you want it to be, but more importantly be modern(ish) and highly...
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Ahh, the R8 V10. The everyday supercar, and one of the easiest supercars to drive fast. It also happens to produce (once the exhaust flaps are opened) a spine tingling sound from its normally aspirated V10 engine. Best we enjoy that wailing V10 before the emissions police shuts the...
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When a new car arrives in my driveway, the first 50 to 100 kilometres are usually set aside to acclimatise to the car and get comfortable. Once those boxes are ticked, I head to my favourite set of twisty roads, so I can gauge the dynamism and go...
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Race on Sunday, sell on Monday Michelin has worked with Formula E to develop the tread pattern on Pilot Sport 4 and this is not just sales talk. When looking at the actual tread pattern and the “land and sea” or ratio between rubber and no rubber on...
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A month ago VW opened the order books for the Tiguan TSI 162kW R line. With the waiting list sitting at three months, we managed to get behind the wheel of one for a week of adventure, shopping and launch control. Sit down, shut-up, and drink your chocolate milk,...
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Fortuner has long been the SUV king of the hill, but can the original SUV claim its thrown back? We do a comparison and live with both of these for a week. And while I did take the trailblazer off-road, this comparison is more a test to see what these...
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With passenger car sales up by 0.9% in an ailing market, and Renault’s volume up 13.4%, the French manufacturers compact passenger cars haven’t been doing too badly. Add to that the high demand for the entry level Kwid and it makes sense that Renault would add another car to...
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I’ve always thought the Toyota 86 is a car that I could own, personally . A car I could drive to the office daily and on the way home have fun with, at relatively safe speeds. Thanks to the “over tyred” nature of most modern cars, really handling dynamics...
Available in Trendline and Comfortline spec, the refreshed Golf 7.5 range comes with three different engines, the 81kW 1.0TSI, the 92kW 1.4TSI and the 169kW GTI 2.0TSI. Aesthetically, Golf 7.5 gets a new front end with chrome detailing, but it seems the differences will mostly be noticed only by...
So you have R229 000 burning a hole in your pocket. You want a brand new car, it has to be manual and have a normally aspirated engine, good fuel economy, be fun to drive when you want it to be, but more importantly be modern(ish) and highly...
Ahh, the R8 V10. The everyday supercar, and one of the easiest supercars to drive fast. It also happens to produce (once the exhaust flaps are opened) a spine tingling sound from its normally aspirated V10 engine. Best we enjoy that wailing V10 before the emissions police shuts the...
When a new car arrives in my driveway, the first 50 to 100 kilometres are usually set aside to acclimatise to the car and get comfortable. Once those boxes are ticked, I head to my favourite set of twisty roads, so I can gauge the dynamism and go...
Race on Sunday, sell on Monday Michelin has worked with Formula E to develop the tread pattern on Pilot Sport 4 and this is not just sales talk. When looking at the actual tread pattern and the “land and sea” or ratio between rubber and no rubber on...
A month ago VW opened the order books for the Tiguan TSI 162kW R line. With the waiting list sitting at three months, we managed to get behind the wheel of one for a week of adventure, shopping and launch control. Sit down, shut-up, and drink your chocolate milk,...
Fortuner has long been the SUV king of the hill, but can the original SUV claim its thrown back? We do a comparison and live with both of these for a week. And while I did take the trailblazer off-road, this comparison is more a test to see what these...
With passenger car sales up by 0.9% in an ailing market, and Renault’s volume up 13.4%, the French manufacturers compact passenger cars haven’t been doing too badly. Add to that the high demand for the entry level Kwid and it makes sense that Renault would add another car to...
I’ve always thought the Toyota 86 is a car that I could own, personally . A car I could drive to the office daily and on the way home have fun with, at relatively safe speeds. Thanks to the “over tyred” nature of most modern cars, really handling dynamics...