mustang

  • Better than fire but Mustang scores low on safety

    It just wouldn’t be the quintessential muscle car if Ford had refined the rear suspension and given it 5-star safety.  We’re not sure while this Euro NCAP footage has only surfaced now, given that Mustang arrived at the end of 2015, but it compounds the nightmare Ford is having with...
  • Apple and Android simplified by Ford SYNC3

    Ford SYNC enables drivers to focus their attention on the road by grouping a wide array of phone and multimedia functions. Now the third-generation Ford SYNC3 has been designed to simplify user experience while simultaneously providing customers with a high definition experience through an eight-inch touchscreen. “SYNC3 brings to...
  • Ken Block prepares to tackle Pikes Peak

    When Ken Block announced that his 1965 ford Mustang had received a pair of turbi0chargers, we weren’t exactly sure why he’d need more smoke for the cameras… But it seems Ken is moving away from gymkhanas to tackle a high speed challenge of greater skill and danger – Pikes...
  • New Focus RS is our 2016 perfomance car

    I knew after the first few metres of driving new 2016 Focus RS that everything I loved about the Fiesta ST was just magnified in this. A savage beast you’d back in a pub brawl with its notchy six-speed manual gearbox and vociferous 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine. It’s a slightly...
  • Video: Ken Block sends audition tape to Top Gear

    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...
  • Drive Review: Ford Mustang EcoBoost Manual

    A Mustang in South Africa can be described as a motoring phenomenon. It will make you famous. Polish the ego. Get you girls or to the front of a queue. Nothing short of a BMW i8 garners this much fanatical rapture and it’s all a bit strange to be...
  • Drive Review: Ford Mustang (2016) 5.0 V8

    The pony arrived on our shores with much fanfare. It seems like South Africans have been yearning for this classic for decades and its finally here. The 2016 Ford Mustang has not disappointed. Parked in the driveway is a black Ford Mustang V8 5-litre. It’s certainly not a small...