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Mahindra is usually known for its tough and agricultural workhorses. Having grown locally by a mammoth 26% in 2018, the Indian company has, with the release of the KUV100 made a move for the compact SUV market. Unlike some of its competitors, the little KUV is crammed with safety...
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Tiguan with a growth spurt? Not only that, the 2019 Tiguan Allspace carries a substantial exterior redesign with the inclusion of the 132kW TSI under the bonnet but let’s not get hung up on those details now because for all intents and purposes this is a 7-seater version to...
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I should hunt around for my road test notes circa 2010 when the first-generation TT RS morphed into life. Those early scribbles would likely bear a striking resemblance to today’s written the same superlatives: grip, accessibility, value… all of them peppered across visceral acceleration. Of course things were different...
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Confession time: The exasperating, tight-belted bureaucracy shackled to Maserati’s insurance means that up until this moment I’d never driven a Maserati. Not the Ghibli, Quattroporte, GranTurismo or Levante, and as a rule we usually turn down the corporate hobnobbing aimed more at wooing clients than giving hands-on demos to...
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Hondas and us over the last twelve months have had a choppy time; recent flourishes of achingly-cool retro fusion, Nurburgring benchmarks, EV concepts, Formula One…well no need to explain that prolonged engineering agony. The message is fragmented, unsure of where the company is headed next – still committed to the...
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Curbing the SUV growth. That’s what cars like the new 2019 BMW 3 Series are measured and scrutinised against. In gigantic markets like the USA and China where vehicle size sees the largest number of L (long wheelbase) variants, the 3 Series continues to perform well. And there’s always...
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For under 300k you can get a Peugeot 208 GT-Line But should you? I spend a week with the feisty French hatch and take it for a long distance cruise up the West Coast. The South African market is a tough nut to crack, just ask Renault and since...
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The Jaguar F-Pace isn’t usually a car some would consider putting on track. But for Jaguar customers the Jaguar Landrover Experience in Cape Town is a place to explore the limits of the car in a safe environment. I just happened to have the new 2.0 Twin Turbo...
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The previous generation Nissan Micra, despite being reliable and well built, was not very exciting, nor was it incredibly eye-catching. The new generation, however, is completely unrecognisable when compared to its predecessor. Finally, the Micra’s stereotype of being a shopping cart looks like it has seen its end. Design...
Mahindra is usually known for its tough and agricultural workhorses. Having grown locally by a mammoth 26% in 2018, the Indian company has, with the release of the KUV100 made a move for the compact SUV market. Unlike some of its competitors, the little KUV is crammed with safety...
Tiguan with a growth spurt? Not only that, the 2019 Tiguan Allspace carries a substantial exterior redesign with the inclusion of the 132kW TSI under the bonnet but let’s not get hung up on those details now because for all intents and purposes this is a 7-seater version to...
I should hunt around for my road test notes circa 2010 when the first-generation TT RS morphed into life. Those early scribbles would likely bear a striking resemblance to today’s written the same superlatives: grip, accessibility, value… all of them peppered across visceral acceleration. Of course things were different...
Confession time: The exasperating, tight-belted bureaucracy shackled to Maserati’s insurance means that up until this moment I’d never driven a Maserati. Not the Ghibli, Quattroporte, GranTurismo or Levante, and as a rule we usually turn down the corporate hobnobbing aimed more at wooing clients than giving hands-on demos to...
Hondas and us over the last twelve months have had a choppy time; recent flourishes of achingly-cool retro fusion, Nurburgring benchmarks, EV concepts, Formula One…well no need to explain that prolonged engineering agony. The message is fragmented, unsure of where the company is headed next – still committed to the...
Curbing the SUV growth. That’s what cars like the new 2019 BMW 3 Series are measured and scrutinised against. In gigantic markets like the USA and China where vehicle size sees the largest number of L (long wheelbase) variants, the 3 Series continues to perform well. And there’s always...
For under 300k you can get a Peugeot 208 GT-Line But should you? I spend a week with the feisty French hatch and take it for a long distance cruise up the West Coast. The South African market is a tough nut to crack, just ask Renault and since...
The Jaguar F-Pace isn’t usually a car some would consider putting on track. But for Jaguar customers the Jaguar Landrover Experience in Cape Town is a place to explore the limits of the car in a safe environment. I just happened to have the new 2.0 Twin Turbo...
The previous generation Nissan Micra, despite being reliable and well built, was not very exciting, nor was it incredibly eye-catching. The new generation, however, is completely unrecognisable when compared to its predecessor. Finally, the Micra’s stereotype of being a shopping cart looks like it has seen its end. Design...
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