Ray Leathern spends a month testing a Peugeot 5008; this is his diary of the experience. Dear Diary: Rather than two front teeth, Peugeot had the good grace to loan [...]
About Ray Leathern
Ray Leathern has been test driving and critiquing cars for over five years now. He won the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ) 'Highly Recommended for Internet' prize in 2012, is a member of the SAGMJ committee, as well as being a member of SA's 2012 Car of the Year jury. Ray's passion for motoring knows no bounds. What Ray writes, we read and we suggest you do too. Follow Ray on Twitter.Author Archive | Ray Leathern
First Drive: 2012 Fiat Punto
Fiat introduced a new version of its staple B-segment Punto hatchback to South Africa this week, as well as into other right-hand drive markets around the world. Refreshingly, the European [...]
Road Test: Kia Rio 1.4 Tec
Who needs a R2.1 million Audi R8 V10, when you can have a R171 995 Kia Rio 1.4 Tec? Hell, for that money, why not make it twelve Kia Rio’s? [...]
Road Test: Jeep Compass 2.0 Limited 4×2
Ray Leathern gets behind the wheel of the new Jeep Compass to find out whether, post-bankruptcy, the all-American brand has gone soft or whether it’s just boxing-clever. In the three [...]
Peugeot South Africa: 10 Years On
2012 is the year that marks a decade of the Peugeot brand officially returning to South Africa and to mark the auspicious occasion, Peugeot will be extensively expanding its model [...]
Road Test: Jaguar XJ 3.0 Diesel Premium Luxury
I normally fearsomely resist quoting the dictionary, I don’t write high school essays anymore, but when it comes to this its hard not to. Please be upstanding for the Jaguar [...]
Road Test: TomTom Go Live Top Gear Edition
Ray Leathern notched up plenty of ‘clicks’ in a variety of cars last December and while his sense of direction is fairly keen, TomTom offered their latest Go Live Top [...]
Road Test: Audi A6 3.0T FSI Quattro S-tronic
Quick though it may be, Ray Leathern is finding it hard to make an emotional connection to the supercharged Audi A6 Quattro. I’d have thought the motor industry would’ve had [...]
The Most Boring Car Of 2011
Inspired by the most boring day in history, a day that by process of deduction assumes to have done little in the way of advancing humanity, Ray Leathern recalls his [...]
A Couple of Cheap Skates
Ray Leathern sets out to find you the best new, small car in South Africa. Buying your first new car should be a carefully orchestrated exercise in balancing value for [...]
