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I take the powerful Chinese SUV, the Haval H6C for a drive around the peninsula and walk away with some interesting thoughts… I’ve never driven a Chinese car before. I’ve driven a few posing as Europeans but never an actual Chinese car so when Haval confidently called me to...
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It’s called the “Halo effect”, and according to proponents of this phenomenon, attractive men and woman get treated differently in our societies. They get treated better. Similarly, the difference can be experienced when driving an old beat up rust bucket, vs driving something like this, the incredibly attractive VW...
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I drive the Polo Gti for a few days and realise that VW probably doesn’t make any bad cars, in fact, this one is so good, It makes me wonder what the point of a Golf GTi is. Over the years the Polo has grown and grown in size,...
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By now we’ve all lost track of how often fuel prices have been on the rise, and motorists are now, more than ever having to look for frugal alternatives that are also practical and spacious. Well look no further than the diesel-sipping Qashqai, it’s a keeper! Qashqai, Fords Ecosport...
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The Tiguan is one of my favourite SUVs, especially in R Design form and it’s basically a GTI with more space and all-wheel drive. The Allspace tries to pull a similar trick. By feeling like a compact car, that seats 7. But what’s It like to drive for a...
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It must be hard for manufacturers to compete with one another. Everyone is doing things better, cheaper and faster. In the meantime, Mazda has quietly been working at improving and upgrading its cars and over the last few years a total revamp of most of its model line...
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The Mazda 2 competes in a market already highly contested by the likes of the Hyundai i20, VW Polo, Renault Clio and Ford Fiesta. The Mazda 2 differentiates itself by being loaded with features that would ordinarily be optional extras. The 2 is modelled off the SkyActive platform, which...
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The new Volvo XC60 is Volvo’s middle brother in their SUV range, slotting in between the XC40 and XC90. The South African market gets to choose between four powertrain options, namely D4, D5, T5 and T6. Trim levels ranges from the entry-level spec, the Momentum, R-Design and the car...
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When the Kwid was launched I’d been a motoring journalist for a while and it was finally time for me to get my first test car. Excited, and eager I went to a location to get some shots of the Kwid and promptly let the wind catch the door...