Road Tests

The world is a funny place. Why should we be punished like we are through the likes of exchange rates? Is our currency really worth so little – surely not? Pretty sure you often ponder that too and this test is perfect evidence why there is something fundamentally wrong...

Now that GWM is pooling their resources to entrench a renowned range of single and double cab bakkies, the brand is feeling justifiably confident about its chances of making serious inroads into one of the largest volume segments of new cars. And as the economy tumbles with uncertainty and new car...

Johannesburg’s weather got its act together during the road review of the 2016 Audi TTS. After weeks of scorching temperatures, desperate prays for rain were answered and chaos on the roads ensued. Muddy torrents carried a litany of sharp debris down the road and deep puddles gave us the...

With the bakkie wars heating up, we’ve decided to go for another drive in the current king of the segment, the 2016 Ford Ranger, to find out if it will be able to maintain its top spot  as Toyota rolls out its all-new Hilux. Built at the Silverton plant...

We can now reveal that Mazda 2 was SA Car Fan’s 2016 Car of the Year, so it stands to reason that the slightly larger Mazda CX-3 would effuse these same qualities.  Mazda’s first small SUV in the segment dominated by Ford EcoSport and Nissan Juke is yet further...

The German juggernaut reclaims its spot as the number one best-selling premium brand in the country with an updated and refreshed line-up. For 2016 BMW has obviously done its homework and the new generation BMW X1 brings the littlest SUV or SAV (depending on who you ask) in the X...

There’s a lot in a name. It’s your identity, your defining feature. Thankfully KIA got it spot on with the littlest SUV, the KIA Soul. Your soul is your very essence. So you have to have a lot of confidence in your product if it’s going to boast the ‘Soul’ nameplate. KIA can’t...

The new Hyundai H1 is not a car you’d openly wish for as a mode of transport to be driven mostly alone and in the tight circumference of the city centre. One of Hyundai’s most popular models within the B2B segment and driven outside of warranty with little concern...

The sixth generation of VW’s family favourite – the Kombi, the ‘Bus’, Microbus, ‘Gus’ – is now available locally, 65 years after the first ‘Bulli’ rolled off the assembly line in Wolfsburg. Besides a broad range of engines, derivatives and transmissions, higher equipment levels, short and long-wheelbase derivatives the...