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Review: Mercedes-Benz EQB 350 EV

EVs pose a significant engineering challenge for car companies. They need to do what Tesla has by creating entirely new vehicle platforms dedicated to…

Review: Hyundai Staria R2.2 multicab

Staria multicab looks like a futuristic aero van. But in fact, it’s a very clever multipurpose vehicle. The double-cab bakkie is South Africa’s middle-class…

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

GR Corolla is the most exciting new Toyota in years and it will be coming to South Africa. Toyota has said that its latest…

Review: Tiguan Allspace 1.4 TSI 110 kW R-Line

Seven-seater SUVs. In North America, they are a thing. And South Africa, too. The local market’s best-selling SUV is Toyota’s Fortuner. Which has a…

Hilux improves safety with new features

Hilux. The one vehicle in absolutely no need of improvement, if you gauge the factor by which demand overwhelms supply. Toyota’s bakkie has been…

Review: Ford Everest 2.0 Sport 4×4

Everest 2.0 Sport is the contemporary option for Ford’s most loyal followers, who have families. And a sense of driving adventure, which includes wilderness…

C40 Recharge is Volvo’s debut EV for SA

C40 Recharge becomes Volvo’s first fully electric vehicle offering in the South African market. And if you value exclusivity, and battery powertrain principles for…

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

For German car companies, China’s luxury car market has devolved from secure future profits to disastrous income losses. With its powerful economy and a…

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…

Safer Swift due this Spring

Swift was the model that anchored Suzuki’s return to South Africa in 2008. At a time when Toyota had exited RunX, there was nothing…

Nvidia isn’t hype for automotive engineers

Nvidia earnings were the most anticipated financial services event of the year. As the world’s most valuable publicly traded company by market capitalization, you…

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…

EX30 Twin Motor review

EX30 is Volvo’s sub-R1m EV offering. The Swedish brand has been a pioneering EV marketeer in South African, and this crossover model range is…

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…