Videos

A Formula One tribute with a difference. Join McLaren’s heroes from 1975 to 2016 and savour the V12 and V10 engines that dominated at a time when drivers had manual gearshifts and overtaking didn’t rely on DRS or fuel strategies. The video includes a brief clip from Kyalami…see if you...

There’s a problem when Top Gear’s short youtube skits are funnier than the main production…and we’re not even going to mention the hugely underrated Extra Gear. Here Ken Block auditions for a spot on the team but there’s another tame racing who stands in his way. We know Ken Block...

With the first Bentley Bentayga docking at South African shores this week and invitations for the first customer launch sealed and delivered, we take a look at how the company’s Mulliner division pays homage to the Roque Bentayga (located in Gran Canaria islands) which inspired the car’s name. Most...

Can this smaller 3.0-litre V6 twin turbo gain the same status as Merc’s 4.0-litre V8 AMG? Set to power a raft of junior AMG models like the GLE 450, SLC 450 and the C 450, the 300kW ballpark figure sounds more grizzly than BMW’s straight six N55 and will probably perform...

Now that Krispy Kreme has arrived in SA, we too can celebrate national donut day, but not quite like Nissan. Watch this 370Z wheelspin through 2880 pounds of sprinkles – no wonder the presenter is wearing eye protection....

Aerial shots revealthe enormity of Tesla’s new gigafactory, set to begin business in two months’ time. “We are excited to announce that the Gigafactory Grand Opening event will take place on the evening of Friday, July 29, at our facility outside Reno, Nevada“, Tesla wrote. The 5-billion dollar facility built in...

Owners of the latest hybrid Honda NSX will certainly not want to see flames out the exhaust pipe but on the older model this simple (removable) modification pulls a crowd and surprisingly the bumper hasn’t melted into a gloopy mess. Flamethrower systems usually consist of a spark plug mounted in the exhaust...

Are we angry that the owner of this BMW E30 M3 divested the car’s original 2.3-litre 4-cylinder engine and shoehorned a 5.0-litre V10 of M5 pedigree into its place? We’ll leave that up to you but it’s the only way of pushing past a Jaguar F Type R from a rolling...

For those who wondered why Top Gear needed such a large team to do what previously was achieved by three, Extra Gear is the most credible answer. This spin-off show hosted by Chris Harris and Rory Reid brings 30 minutes of previously unseen footage, interviews and exclusive film. Extra Gear can...