Off Beat

The world’s first all-electric supercar is here and it has over 745 kilowatts! Croatian start-up Rimac Automobili is set to unveil the production version of the Concept_One hypercar at the Geneva Motor Show. The all-electric hypercar features four permanent magnetic electric motors, one for each wheel, in the middle...

The super-SUV market is becoming larger and larger each season, and this one is no exception. Allow us to introduce Maserati’s first SUV, the new Maserati Levante. Set to be officially revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, (but spotted testing Cape Town recently) Maserati’s first SUV is set to be...

With the Lexus LC500 confirmed for production after next month’s Geneva debut, many assumed it might serve as the precursor to the next Lexus LFA – after all they share more than a hint of design similarity. The Lexus LFA was produced in 2012 and had a production run...

Soon to be available in South Africa, the first images of the new Peugeot 2008 have surfaced and reveal a host of styling updates that bear little resemblance to those of the 2016 Dakar-winning 2008… The latest Peugeot 2008 receives a modern grille framed by new LED lights while...

Having driven the Honda FCV in Tokyo last year we’ve been flying the hydrogen flag and spreading the gospel to anyone who will listen. And while the FCV is a fabulous leap in clean technology, its family sized conventional proportions don’t exactly make the technology look or feel as...

Production of the Land Rover Defender has only just gone quiet but already rumours have sparked up of a replacement. The new Land Rover Defender could make an appearance in 2019 but it will be a vastly different car compared to the original. The Sixty eight year old design could...

More Geneva goodness, this time in the shape of the Lexus LC 500h which combines that swoon-over curvature with an updated version of the firm’s trademark hybrid system. This could mean that under the bonnet, rather than the unassisted 5.0-litre V8 engine, will be a smaller V6 engine (as...

Let’s not use the word ‘complaint’ but after driving the new BMW 7 Series in South Africa, we could imagine how some owners would come away thinking that the six-cylinder turbo engines in the 730d and 740i lacked the gravitas of say a V12 in the Mercedes S65 or...

Is it already Valentines Day because lovers of all things Swedish and SUV can sense cupid’s work on the new Volvo V90, a week before its original reveal date. Thanks Internet! As the naming does suggest, Volvo V90 is based on the S90 sedan and rounder styling sees to it that the...