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Special editions are no longer the preserve of elite supercars. In South Africa the bakkie segment is guilty of concocting its own bling elements or matte paintwork – sometimes at the same time – used to reinvigorate sales particularly at the end of a product lifecycle. Taking the bait...
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For roughly two months Ford’s Ranger Raptor cornered a new bakkie niche in South Africa all to itself. But so competitive is the motor industry that this unrivalled market capture was always going to catch the eye of watchful marketers. We just didn’t think Isuzu would be first to...
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We drive the new 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor in South Africa. Not some aftermarket kit, is it? Nope. Built locally in Pretoria on an assembly line that runs parallel to the new-gen Ranger, Ford’s 2019 Ranger Raptor isn’t merely one of the dressed-up Wildtrak’s you see affixed with different...
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It’s been over a year since we homed an Isuzu as part of our garage. That car, also a KB. The contents of my current house largely attributed to the space behind the double cab section and its 1000kg payload. Now there’s the 2018 Isuzu X-Rider version which unlike the limited...
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Probably better that this stranded truck driver wasn’t looking when another 18-wheeler stormed by mere millimeters from causing a gruesome death....
Special editions are no longer the preserve of elite supercars. In South Africa the bakkie segment is guilty of concocting its own bling elements or matte paintwork – sometimes at the same time – used to reinvigorate sales particularly at the end of a product lifecycle. Taking the bait...
For roughly two months Ford’s Ranger Raptor cornered a new bakkie niche in South Africa all to itself. But so competitive is the motor industry that this unrivalled market capture was always going to catch the eye of watchful marketers. We just didn’t think Isuzu would be first to...
We drive the new 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor in South Africa. Not some aftermarket kit, is it? Nope. Built locally in Pretoria on an assembly line that runs parallel to the new-gen Ranger, Ford’s 2019 Ranger Raptor isn’t merely one of the dressed-up Wildtrak’s you see affixed with different...
It’s been over a year since we homed an Isuzu as part of our garage. That car, also a KB. The contents of my current house largely attributed to the space behind the double cab section and its 1000kg payload. Now there’s the 2018 Isuzu X-Rider version which unlike the limited...
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