Car Reviews

Review: Land Rover Defender 90 D300X

D300X is the new Defender without steel wheels and all the luxury time. Is this the smarter Land Rover for brand enthusiasts without kids?…

Review: Mazda CX-5 DE Akera

CX-5 DE Akera shows how far Mazda has come, in the local market. We tested the Mazda premium turbodiesel SUV. If you want a…

Review: VW’s Taigo 1.0 TSI R-Line

Taigo is the sixth VW SUV or crossover to join the German brand local product portfolio. It has been a remarkably astute reconfiguring of…

Review: Lexus ES 300h hybrid

Lexus is a remarkable brand. When Toyota wished to conquer the burgeoning American luxury sedan market in the late 1980s, it knew that German…

Review: VW Polo 1.0TSI Life

VW’s Polo is South Africa’s most popular passenger car. The nameplate has an immense local legacy, with two generations offered on sale simultaneously. A…

Review: BMW’s 220i Coupe M Sport

BMW’s 220i coupe M Sport is not the priority car in any fantasy garage. But it could be one of the more intriguing mild…

Review: Toyota Hilux 2.8 GD6 4X4 Legend RS

There was a time when a sand beige Hilux 2.8 GD6 4X4 Legend RS in your driveway, would bring odd association. Were you a…

Road test: Jaguar’s I-Pace electric SUV

German luxury car brands are making a lot of marketing noise about their electric vehicles, but since 2019, the most compelling battery vehicle choice…

Road test: Toyota’s GR Yaris hot hatch

Toyota South Africa doesn’t need any business tutoring. With a quarter of the local market, it dominates most vehicle segments. Best known for an…

Road test: Renault Kiger 1.0 Turbo Intens

The Renault Sandero was a great local success. It proved excellently-suited to local driving conditions with the mix of potholed roads and gravel. Replacing…

Road Test: Audi RS6 Avant

South Africa is a strong-demand market for high-performance SUVs. With many venues having at least 10% journey with gravel roads or driveways, it makes…

Road test: Ford Ranger XLT Double Cab FX4 4×4

The Ford Ranger is a car that is in constant battle with the Toyota Hilux for the title of South Africa’s most popular bakkie. It…

Road test: Jaguar E-Pace D200 HSE

Jaguar obsesses about design. The British car company has built some of the most elegant vehicles in history and transitioned this design legacy, with…

Road test: Mercedes-Benz GLB 220d

Mercedes-Benz markets the most diverse portfolio of crossovers and SUVs. Among this abundance of three- and five-door gravel travel vehicles, it is easy to…

Road Test: Mercedes-Benz G400d

The Mercedes-Benz G400d looks like nothing else on the road. And that is intentional. All other luxury SUVs have sweeping lines and aerodynamically shaped…

Road Test: Mazda CX-30 2.0 Dynamic

As the compact passenger car market continues to favour crossovers to hatchbacks, competition has increased, with some unhappy consequences. In an effort to create…

Road Test: Volvo XC40 T3 Geartronic

For a very long time, car model cycles were nearly a decade. But nowadays, the average is closer to half that. For Volvo’s XC40,…

Road test: Audi A4 40 TFSI

The market for German compact luxury cars with a boot is disappearing. You might have been privileged enough to ride in a first- or…

Road test: The Ford Ranger Sport Pack upgrade

It might be one of South Africa’s most popular vehicles, but what is the best Ranger you can buy? The XL grade sits in…

Road test: The Volkswagen Caravelle 6.1

Most wealthy South African households prefer a luxury SUV as the family car. But if you want all the space, to pacify those sibling…

Testing Land Rover’s new Defender 110

For the African adventurists at heart, driving a Defender was always seen as a very necessary rite of passage. Iconic in design, if troublingly…

Watch: we test-drive the Ford Focus RS

Between the six-speed gearbox, 2.3 litre turbo engine and ridiculous acceleration, there’s quite a lot to like about the Ford Focus RS. It’s certainly…

The Mitsubishi Triton first impressions: a double daring double cab

Anyone who read my review of the Ford Ranger WildTrak knows that I’ve always had a bit of a thing for big, off-road capable…

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Review: Hyundai Staria R2.2 multicab

GR Corolla to continue Toyota’s hot hatch legacy in SA

Review: Tiguan Allspace 1.4 TSI 110 kW R-Line