• Expect a long waiting list for Merc’s hybrid R50

    Small 4-cylinder turbo engine mated to advanced hybrid systems could yield over 900kW for the R50 to become the fastest production Mercedes ever. Fresh from the release of the ‘Beast Of The Green Hell’ Mercedes-AMG GT-R, the ladies and gentlemen at AMG are out for blood yet again, although this...
  • Model X platform might solve public transport

    Elon Musk has a bold new plan for the future of public transport. A Tesla Minibus could arrive by 2017 on the Model X platform. The Tesla Model X platform might have more than one use. Engaged in a conversation over Twitter, Elon admitted that an electric cargo van...
  • Mercedes considers separate eco brand like BMW’s.

    Mercedes could be plotting to develop its own eco brand much like BMW has pulled off with the sensational i-division. Speaking to the media Ola Källenius, member of the board of management of Daimler AG, partly revealed the company’s ambitions. “What we’re going to do in terms of the...
  • Next BMW i8 will take lessons from Formula E

    Hardly seems like the BMW i8 needs an update, so advanced is its carbon fibre construction, aerodynamic shape and hybrid powertrain. For now there’s nothing that competes but BMW still isn’t taking any chances and recently announced a few worthy upgrades to the 2017 i8 model. The revised powertrain...
  • Tesla coming to South Africa with new Model 3

    California: Last night Elon Musk pulled the covers off the long-awaited Tesla Model 3 and went on to confirm new markets to carry out the the brand’s expansion… Tesla is coming to South Africa, but probably not before 2018. The Model 3 is Tesla’s fourth model. It follows the Roadster,...
  • Drag king new Impreza STI could be hybrid turbo

    A much bigger and more upmarket Subaru Impreza is about to make its grand entrance at the New York Motor Show and these are the first images. The first of many Subarus to be pegged on the Global Platform, the new car will take on rivals like the Ford...
  • Porsche close to naming battery supplier for Mission E

    If there’s one memory we take from being at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show it is that Porsche’s Mission E succinctly summed up the show’s underlying message about efficiency and performance while others nibbled at imaginative technologies. And unlike other hollow concept cars dotted around the halls, you got...
  • Tesla rivals mainstream sedans with Model 3

    Model S, Model X and soon the Model 3; A planned reveal for Tesla’s BMW 3 Series, Audi A4 and Opel Ampera-e  competitor could be as early as 31st March at an intimate event in Los Angeles.  Elon Musk tweeted that online orders in the US would start from...