Off Beat

Now we don’t normally include spy pictures but evidence of a new Alfa Romeo out testing on the roads is a motoring rarity that lifts the spirits of its small but fanatical fanbase. This is the new Alfa Stelvio, named after the famous mountain pass that links Italy to...

South African actress Charlize Theron will play the villain in the eighth installment of Fast and the Furious.  Fast 8 will be her second car movie over a short space; you may remember her role in Mad Max – lately the actress seems drawn to movies founded on meagre storylines and...

Porsche Cayenne Turbo and Range Rover Sport SVR will soon find their space in the growing Super SUV segment crowded by the arrival of a Jeep Cherokee Hellcat. This was confirmed by Jeep CEO Mike Manley, although he was unable to shed light on too many other details concerning the car’s...

Aston (paired with sluggish automatic gearboxes) has been the bane of most reviews and now you can completely avoid that combination by opting for a manual version of Aston’s refreshed V12 Vantage S. The 7-speed automatic version sticks around as a no-cost option but it’s the manual – at...

Bentley’s venerable W12 6.0-litre turbo is one of motoring’s current delights and with new impetus steering Bentley South Africa in the right direction, pardon us for being a noticeably more excited by the brand’s latest offerings. The latest Continental GT Speed has the title of being Bentley’s fastest production...

Although South Africa is only now getting to grips with the current Volvo S60 Polestar which made its local debut towards the end of 2015, a new 270kW version has been confirmed with 32 models headed our way. With such a limited number of models coming in Q3 of...

Prepare to see manufactures resume their blind quest to build the fastest (insert type) car around the Nurburgring once more as speed restrictions, put in place last year, have been lifted. And while it has been a period of calm where manufactures quietly go about their business and performance...

You get gullwing doors, suicide doors, sliding doors, doors that vanish into the sill (BMW Z1) and conventional doors… and Hyundai has come up with another type, the sliding gullwing door. The Korean automaker has filed for a patent for a door design which would combine both effects and benefits...

Mazda has been cribbing Porsche’s Targa design with the newly-launched MX-5 RF – the latest to get its shot at public fame at the New York Motor Show. The retractable Hardtop version of Mazda’s infectious rear-wheel drive sportscar retains a lot of that modest recipe but eschews the fabric...