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4 months ago | January 5, 2024

Whirlwind year for Mercedes in SA

2024 will be a whirlwind year for Mercedes-Benz South Africa, with at least a dozen new products planned for the local ...

Xiaomi reveals 495kW electric car with big ambitions

Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi unveiled its first electric car this week, with its boss declaring ambitions ...

New BMWs coming to South Africa in 2024

2024 is going to be a busy year for BMW South Africa, which has confirmed four all-new products for the local market as ...

4 months ago | December 21, 2023

Top biggest problems with hybrid cars

A quarter century ago, Toyota unveiled a revolutionary vehicle: the Prius. The Prius was the first of a new category of ...

Can hydrogen power really save the internal combustion engine?

The good news is that there is a way – hydrogen. While it’s not widely used in practice, hydrogen can be burned in ...

Ford Ranger Wildtrak X made for adventure

It’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves after spending the good part of a year with our long-term Ford Ranger XL, ...

Daihatsu suspends international sales

Japanese car brand Daihatsu is suspending shipments of all car models currently in production both at home in Japan and ...

5 months ago | December 15, 2023

Mercedes-AMG SL 63 most potent roadster ever

It has been almost 20 years since Mercedes unleashed its SL 63 AMG, a 450kW, V12-powered sledgehammer that became the ...

Ducati Diavel for Bentley: Classy addition to your dream garage

The Ducati and Bentley brands might not seem like obvious candidates for a collaboration, but the result is a somewhat ...

Ford Ranger Tremor coming in 2024

If you want to walk on the wild side like you’re in a Wildtrak X, but you don’t want to part with more than a million ...

Fiat revives Algeria’s embattled car industry

Italian carmaker Fiat on Monday inaugurated its first assembly and manufacturing plant in Algeria, in a move that is ...

5 months ago | December 8, 2023

Spicy addition to the range mode

Rounding up a two-day media event jam-packed with exciting reveals from Jaecoo and Omoda, and a first impressions drive ...

Ford Puma revives the spirit of Fiesta

For a while now people have been saying that Ford South Africa has become almost exclusively a Ranger, Everest and ...

New Renault 5 E-Tech teased ahead of Geneva show debut

Kicking off a new teaser campaign ahead of that, Renault has released new information and preview images ahead of its ...

Toyota drops more details on SA-bound Hilux

The Toyota Hilux is taking its first step towards electrification with a new 48-volt mild hybrid model. Set to reach ...

5 months ago | December 1, 2023

Suzuki Jimny 5-door impresses in Botswana

After spending what was a memorable weekend in an exclusive pre-launch road trip to the Jimny Gathering in Clarens in ...

Isuzu D-Max X-Rider making a comeback

The Isuzu D-Max X-Rider first started out as a special edition back in back in 2016, but due to high demand it quickly ...

Petrol-powered VW Amarok under consideration for SA

When it comes to one-tonne bakkies, South Africa is very much a diesel-powered country. It’s just one of those things, ...

Omoda C5 GT arrives with perkier engine

As previewed earlier in the month, the Chery-owned Omoda brand has now officially launched its somewhat spicier C5 GT ...

5 months ago | November 24, 2023

Hyundai Tucson facelift revealed

Thanks to the pandemic it can sometimes feel like we’re living in an automotive time warp. The current Hyundai Tucson ...