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New, enhanced Audi A6 arrives in SA

The Audi A6 is a model range of great significance to the brand’s local business. In the late 1990s it was the first-generation A6,…

Why You Should Buy Your Car Second Hand [Sponsored]

Times are tough right now, but if you’re lucky enough to be in the market for a vehicle, it may be best to look…

Freestyling with the latest Ford Figo

Ford has added some crossover appeal to its affordable car range, broadening its Figo range with two new Freestyle derivatives Although the Ford Figo…

Toyota improves Hilux design and engine tech

South Africa’s most popular vehicle is due for some meaningful upgrades as the Toyota Hilux reloads. Year after year, South Africans buy more Toyota…

BMW’s new 4 Series design is potentially divisive

BMW has revealed its highly controversial second-generation 4 Series. By far the most dramatic design in BMW’s 2020 product portfolio, the new 4 Series…

Isuzu’s MU-X SUV gets upgraded safety features, design tweaks

Isuzu’s bakkies are celebrated icons in South Africa, but the brand’s SUVs are not quite as popular. Since launching locally two years ago, Isuzu’s…

The new BMW 5 Series is now a high-performance hybrid

BMW has revealed the latest version of its seventh-generation 5 Series luxury sedan. For many the 5 Series remains BMW’s best car, blending driving…

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…