The 2011 Honda Insight is the Japanese manufacturer’s second hybrid model in its local passenger car line-up, after the sporty CR-Z coupe. The first-generation Honda Insight of 1999 was fun [...]
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Road Test: Volkswagen Polo GTI
The Volkswagen GTI can be credited with helping coin the term ‘hot hatch’. Fast-forward three decades since its introduction and its stake in South Africa has been diluted by the [...]
Road Test: Honda Civic i-CTDi VXi
Historically, Honda, the world’s largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, has never been too keen on diesel – smelly, noisy and slow. The Japanese manufacturer has, however, [...]
Road Test: Nissan X-Trail 2.0 dCi 4×4 LE
You would need to be quite eagle-eyed to spot the facelift for this, the second successive generation of the Nissan X-Trail. Nissan reckon they have replaced every panel on this [...]
