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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…

Review: T-Roc 2.0TSI 4Motion R-Line

For decades, the Volkswagen Golf defined desirable hatchback motoring. From its humble roots as a continuation of the people’s car theme for Volkswagen to…

Toyota’s new cars for 2023

Toyota is entrenched as South Africa’s most popular vehicle brand. The Japanese company appears unassailable in its position, with its total sales nearly double…

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Lucid is the EV enthusiast’s car company. The California luxury EV brand has been particularly bold in its execution, creating dramatic tri-motor powered EVs…

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Golf 8.5 and VW’s MQB Evo mechanical engineering. It won’t mean much to anyone who isn’t an automotive technical strategist, but it’s what made…

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs

Tariffs shadow the global automotive market – pervasive, present, but often not spoken of. The unintended consequences can be enormous when tariffs are escalated…

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…

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…