Carmakers

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Donald Trump has had a resurgent year. Tesla? Not so much. The Cybertruck sales aren’t tracking initial reservation demand and full autonomous self-driving functionality…

Vivo update – a big safety gain

Polo Vivo has been South Africa’s most popular passenger car for many years. Like its progenitor, the Citi Golf, it’s a case of very…

Review: Range Rover Evoque P300e Dynamic HSE

Range Rover Evoque P300e Dynamic HSE. It is an elaborate name for an exciting luxury SUV. The Evoque has always been a future Land…

Pick-up trucks and Tesla-Trump politics

EVs have never been a core issue in American elections. The American auto industry’s Big Three make profits from large pick-up trucks and ladder-frame…

Review: Ranger Platinum 3.0 V6 4×4 auto

Platinum is an essential metal in automotive design, not just as a brand badge. A crucial part of most exhaust after-treatment systems, platinum helps…

eActros trucks to electrify local logistics

eActros is a moment for Mercedes-Benz. For decades, the brand’s trucks have been used in light, medium, and severe duty trucking logistics, connecting goods…

Supercharger network loses its leadership

Tesla and its Supercharger network is adored and revered by technologists and disrupters, with good reason. Legacy American and German car companies, the traditional…

Ranger designers rethink mixed reality

Ford’s T6 series platform has truly become the brand’s global car of the 2020s. Everest and Ranger are built on the advanced T6.1 series…

C40 or XC60 – Volvo Recharge buyer’s guide

C40 EV or XC60 T8 Recharge? Despite the differences in size, this is a more valid question for South African luxury car buyers who…

Suzuki’s remarkable South African redemption

Suzuki has a long history in South Africa, but its car business is a story of interruption. The Japanese compact car brand disengaged from…

Review: Lexus UX250h F Sport

Japanese industrial design is globally renowned. Although Chinese and Korean Smartphones and devices from Huawei and Samsung are more popular than any Japanese rival,…

Porsche powers ahead with EV-only Macan

Porsche SUVs. They’re respected but not adored. For followers of the world’s most iconic German car brand, SUVs are tolerated. A brand sacrifice to…

Tokyo showcases a comeback for Japanese car design

Tokyo is a global epicentre of futurism and design. Since the early 1980s, product design, industrial innovation and tech integration have found a willing…

Review: Amarok versus Ranger

Ford’s Ranger T6.1 and VW’s second-generation Amarok are twins. But how does one decide between these bakkies, which share similar engines, platform engineering and…

Review Honda’s HR-V 1.5 CVT

HR-V is the crossover with a legacy that’s underappreciated. When most European and Korean car brands had no concept of a crossover, Honda’s trended…

Review: Volvo XC40 P6

XC40 has made the most compelling case for EV ownership in South Africa. How? A combination of pricing and clever design. How has Volvo…

Review: Renault Duster 1.5 dCi Intens

A decade of Duster. By far the most iconic of all Renault vehicles, this compact crossover (or mini-SUV) revolutionised South Africa’s perception of Renault….

Review: Hyundai Tucson Elite 2.0 Diesel

Tucson. So often mispronounced by South Africans, but a trendy crossover/SUV all the same. This Hyundai has transformed from a generic RAV4 rival to…

Stelvio 2.0T Veloce Q4 – exclusivity and expression

Stelvio. If you truly want an exclusive mid-sized luxury SUV, Alfa Romeo arguably does it better than the Germans. But how can that be?…

GR-S MHEV is Toyota’s hybrid Hilux

Hilux hybrid. Beyond the alliteration, the engineering concept makes a lot of sense. The demand for new energy vehicles is increasing as car companies…

Production idled as VW suffers softening EV demand

Regarding EV strategy, VW has been the most progressive of Germany’s legacy car companies. Across the VW Group, enormous investments are being made to…

Review: SYNC and Ford’s Everest SUV

Everest is Ford’s most premium vehicle in the South African market. Fans of the American brand might counter that statement with Mustang, but Ford’s…

Why Honda’s Street Fighter sedan makes sense

Street Fighter is known among gamers for its legacy and iconography. Edmond Honda is one of the hugely successful gaming franchise’s most enduring characters…

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Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain

Carmakers

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain

Review: Range Rover Evoque P300e Dynamic HSE

Pick-up trucks and Tesla-Trump politics

Review: Ranger Platinum 3.0 V6 4×4 auto

eActros trucks to electrify local logistics

Supercharger network loses its leadership

Ranger designers rethink mixed reality

C40 or XC60 – Volvo Recharge buyer’s guide

Suzuki’s remarkable South African redemption

Review: Lexus UX250h F Sport

Porsche powers ahead with EV-only Macan

Tokyo showcases a comeback for Japanese car design

Review: Amarok versus Ranger

Review Honda’s HR-V 1.5 CVT

Review: Volvo XC40 P6

Review: Renault Duster 1.5 dCi Intens

Review: Hyundai Tucson Elite 2.0 Diesel

Stelvio 2.0T Veloce Q4 – exclusivity and expression

GR-S MHEV is Toyota’s hybrid Hilux

Production idled as VW suffers softening EV demand

Review: SYNC and Ford’s Everest SUV

Why Honda’s Street Fighter sedan makes sense

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