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It’s the stylish member of the sedan boy band, that is for sure but does the 2021 Volvo S90 still have what it takes to compete with the latest offerings from Germany? Svelte, Swedish and oh so stylish the Volvo range has evolved over the years to go from...
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Spreading almost as quickly as the Corona Virus is the notion that your next new car purchase will be an electric car. Had you been allowed to enter the Geneva Motor Show, you would have done extremely well to spot a petrol or diesel engine in its rawest, un-assisted...
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Remember these? About thirty years ago they were the bread and butter model for BMW and up until two years ago, the Rosslyn plant pumped out millions of them to right- and left hand drive markets. The final figure was 1,191 604 before the plant was entirely restructured at...
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There it is again, that jaundiced ‘lifestyle’ remark I loathe Never understood the merit of the word lifestyle, except as a cop-out to describe anything with faux off-road intentions. Except for this E53 AMG which I was warned by the nice lady at Mercedes-Benz had been configured in this...
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For the past fifteen years BMW’s hottest 1 Series has been powered by a 3.0-litre straight six sending power to the rear wheels. The only evolution to that format was the introduction of turbo charging from the 130i to the 135i. Looking at the new BMW M135i xDrive, it’s...
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Under the skin of the new Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4-dr there’s a lot going on as the transition from AMG GT sports car to GT family car proves to be anything but straightforward repurposing. But if you’ve gone off the whole oxymoronic genre of fast SUVs, this menacing...
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Special editions are no longer the preserve of elite supercars. In South Africa the bakkie segment is guilty of concocting its own bling elements or matte paintwork – sometimes at the same time – used to reinvigorate sales particularly at the end of a product lifecycle. Taking the bait...
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Troubled brand Citroen relaunches in South Africa after a hiatus of over a year and the Citroen C3 is part of the compact product offensive for 2020. In many ways this trendier sibling of the Peugeot 208 is the underdog in a segment of mature but often play-it-safe rivals...
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The Range Rover Sport P400e is a lot of things. Vast plushness, imperious smugness, off-road componentry sheathed in savvy autonomous electronics and with the newly launched P400e model, a carbon emission footprint smaller than a compact city car. It’s party piece however is a claimed 50 kilometres of EV...
It’s the stylish member of the sedan boy band, that is for sure but does the 2021 Volvo S90 still have what it takes to compete with the latest offerings from Germany? Svelte, Swedish and oh so stylish the Volvo range has evolved over the years to go from...
Spreading almost as quickly as the Corona Virus is the notion that your next new car purchase will be an electric car. Had you been allowed to enter the Geneva Motor Show, you would have done extremely well to spot a petrol or diesel engine in its rawest, un-assisted...
Remember these? About thirty years ago they were the bread and butter model for BMW and up until two years ago, the Rosslyn plant pumped out millions of them to right- and left hand drive markets. The final figure was 1,191 604 before the plant was entirely restructured at...
There it is again, that jaundiced ‘lifestyle’ remark I loathe Never understood the merit of the word lifestyle, except as a cop-out to describe anything with faux off-road intentions. Except for this E53 AMG which I was warned by the nice lady at Mercedes-Benz had been configured in this...
For the past fifteen years BMW’s hottest 1 Series has been powered by a 3.0-litre straight six sending power to the rear wheels. The only evolution to that format was the introduction of turbo charging from the 130i to the 135i. Looking at the new BMW M135i xDrive, it’s...
Under the skin of the new Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4-dr there’s a lot going on as the transition from AMG GT sports car to GT family car proves to be anything but straightforward repurposing. But if you’ve gone off the whole oxymoronic genre of fast SUVs, this menacing...
Special editions are no longer the preserve of elite supercars. In South Africa the bakkie segment is guilty of concocting its own bling elements or matte paintwork – sometimes at the same time – used to reinvigorate sales particularly at the end of a product lifecycle. Taking the bait...
Troubled brand Citroen relaunches in South Africa after a hiatus of over a year and the Citroen C3 is part of the compact product offensive for 2020. In many ways this trendier sibling of the Peugeot 208 is the underdog in a segment of mature but often play-it-safe rivals...
The Range Rover Sport P400e is a lot of things. Vast plushness, imperious smugness, off-road componentry sheathed in savvy autonomous electronics and with the newly launched P400e model, a carbon emission footprint smaller than a compact city car. It’s party piece however is a claimed 50 kilometres of EV...
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