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I’ve never driven a race car before. A confession of inexperience I can now get off my shoulders as preparations ahead of this weekend’s Volkswagen Media Challenge at Kyalami are nearing a climax. I must admit to some pre- race jitters but the new race suit has been measured by ATS...

Had it not been for Toby Venter’s own passion for motorsport and insistence that Kyalami needed to remind its loyal fans that racing still plays a major part in the entire refurbishment, the biggest motorsport event in recent memory wouldn’t have happened this year. Yet in the space of...

The old adage that lap times are no guarantee of a thrilling motorsport spectacle will prove itself again with the announcement that Volkswagen South Africa has thrown its support behind a motor racing initiative powered by the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists. Volkswagen in conjunction with the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists...

Despite a bevy of new bakkies flooding the market, it’s still easy to be fond of Volkswagen’s suave Amarok. Ride quality is class leading, the exterior design is smooth and sophisticated and the engine, despite small, returns some of the best in-gear performance we’ve ever tested. Too bad the larger...

Got a group of friends who need to be transported around? A large family? Or, if you just want to lug some old boxes here and there in relative comfort, without going the relatively expensive SUV route, the 2016 Volkswagen Caddy Trendline seems like the logical fit when it...

Volkswagen has added to the spate of special edition bakkies in South Africa with the VW Amarok Ultimate which becomes the first bakkie to offer Bi-xenon lights with LED daytime running lamps as standard. Some claim to fame where in the past an Ultimate version would allude to a macho...