Ray Leathern thought all four-seater convertibles were flawed. Turns out he just hadn’t driven the right one. Now that I’ve had my go in the BMW 6-Series Convertible I’m thinking [...]
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: GWM H5
Chinese cars are not normally our bag on SACarFan, we like to assume that most of our 50 000 plus monthly readers are actually car fans and therefore not interested [...]
First Drive: Lexus IS 350
The power crazed Lexus IS-F saloon was the car Yukihiko Yaguchi said he always wanted to build for Lexus. A Toyota engineer for 30 years and self-confessed samurai swordsman, Mr [...]
First Drive: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupé
Ray Leathern has a self-confessed dislike for commuting, citing boredom and time wasting as the bane of his existence. Thankfully for our man Ray, the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupé is to [...]
Road Test: Renault Clio RS Gordini
Studies the world over tell an interesting story when it comes to road safety. You might imagine the constant evolution of our roads is a good thing, a safe thing, [...]
First Drive: MINI Cooper Coupé
Ray Leathern has driven the new MINI Coupé and reckons it’s the MINI-est MINI you can buy and, that if you squint long enough, it comes closest to capturing the spirit [...]
Road Test: Honda Accord Tourer 2.4 i-VTEC
For several years now the Honda Accord Tourer, viewed from the frame of other cars windscreens, has always looked so appealing and futuristic; and being a Honda, it will not [...]
First Drive: 2012 Kia Rio Hatchback
The new Kia Rio wades into battle with its new corporate, tiger design and flashy lapels, but Ray Leathern wonders if it’s going to need a little more substance to [...]
Road Test: Lexus CT200h F-Sport
Hell’s Angels, Vietnam, hippies, the space race, the cold war, America’s civil rights movement and… the Lexus CT200h. Ray Leathern draws them all together in favour of philanthropists, your mother [...]
First Drive: Chevrolet Sonic Hatchback
The new Chevrolet Sonic is GM’s very first offering to run off the line of its new, front wheel drive, global BFI, ‘Gamma’ platform. That may sound like gibberish, but [...]
