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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…

Audi brings electric vehicle fast-charging to South Africa

Audi is betting the house on a future of electric vehicles (EVs). In the South African context, it has compelled the German luxury vehicle…

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…

The 2022 new Ford Ranger is a bakkie for the future

Ford’s has a huge presence in the global bakkie business. Is it telling that the world’s best-selling vehicle is still a Ford, the American…

Peugeot’s double-cab bakkie lands in South Africa

Most South Africans associate Peugeot with stylish city cars and crossovers. But the French brand is now adding a heavy-duty utility option to its…

Land Rover introduces Defender with V8 engine to South Africa: Price and details

Land Rover has announced a V8 version of their Defender SUV is now available in South Africa, with each model costing over R2 million…

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…

GS3 Emzoom R Style review

GS3 Emzoom. It is another of the new Chinese models that continue to add diversity of choice for local buyers. In a market where…

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Dakar is the world’s most demanding off-road race. And if you sell vehicles with an all-terrain marketing subtext, a Dakar win is invaluable. Occupying…

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)

Jeep had a terrible 2024. The iconic all-terrain vehicle brand and crucial profit source for Stellantis saw sales ebb, dealers annoyed, and shifts reduced…

Afeela is Honda’s luxury EV – with Sony tech

Afeela is the latest technology joint venture between legacy Japanese brands, Honda and Sony. As the Japanese car industry tries to reinterpret its context…

Territory 1.8T Titanium 2025 review

Territory 1.8T Titanium proves how much a Ford nameplate can change. Possibly no other model range has altered its positioning so much in South…

New York congestion charge and city cars

The New York congestion charge is now real. Having finally followed the example of London, Stockholm and Singapore by initiating a congestion charge for…

Renault got design right in 2024

People think being a car designer is glamorous, but it’s not. You can work for years, even decades, without ever having one of your…

Nio Firefly brings Galaxy design to compact EVs

Nio might only be a decade old, but like most Chinese car companies, it is boundlessly ambitious. As European, Korean and Japanese brands struggle…

Quartermaster is unquestionably cool – and capable

Ineos has done what Land Rover could not, reviving its original Defender’s spirit. The independently financed British brand has created the fantasy off-road exploration…