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Hyundai’s radical new Tucson coming to SA

Hyundai has revealed its fourth-generation Tucson and it is certainly a striking new design venture for the brand. The largest Korean car company is…

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…

AMG goes ‘affordable’ with new Mercedes A35

Mercedes-Benz has added a new nomenclature to its A-Class range, which should be of significant interest to keen drivers who are followers of the…

Updated F-Type brings Jaguar’s best to South Africa

Jaguar has introduced the updated version of its iconic F-Type sportscar to the South African market, following from the international reveal in December last…

Mazda re-enters the hot hatch game

Mazda is finally re-engaging with the hot hatch business. The Japanese brand has been absent in hot hatch segment since 2013, when it retired…

Shadowline upgrade for the BMW X7

The X7 is the largest luxury vehicle that BMW produces and to elevate its appeal, there is a new limited edition version. This large…

Land Rover Defender returns to South Africa

Land Rover has finally launched its Defender 2.0 in South Africa – good news for local fans of the off-road brand. Although it is…

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Slate promises to revolutionize the pickup truck market with its new single cab BEV. With backing from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the Michigan company has…

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Red Bull is the standard for performance marketing. The Austro-Thai energy drinks company is a dominant presence in power sports, including its winning F1…

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

Gravity. Immutable but never misunderstood. And there’s no misunderstanding the product mission with Lucid’s three-row luxury SUV either: it’s literally a moment of Gravity…

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

EV transition headlines are dominated by news of greater range, bigger batteries and more powerful chargers. But are the stats with each EV battery…

Tires and tariffs

Tires aren’t semiconductors, but they’re a vital automotive safety component. Your vehicle can run with a slight semiconductor failure and reduced features, but it…

Also is Rivian’s e-bike and tiny EV future

Also is the latest development for Rivian, with the EV brand spinning-off its in-house micromobility lab into a new company. Supported by $105m of…

Ranger 3.0 V6 Platinum double cab review

Ranger 3.0 V6 platinum. It’s Ford luxury-grade double cab in South Africa, and the only trim level if you want a V6 diesel engine….

G63 AMG is a better build with Grabber AT3s

G63 AMG. In a world of aerodynamic design needs, spacious cabin architectures and air-suspension ride quality, this is Mercedes-Benz’s very successful outlier SUV. Proud…

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…