[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Reveals, launches and pricing galore this week, with a slew of new models set to hit the market very soon. The automotive news wheel is always turning. If you’re not constantly checking – which you should be doing, by the way – it can be easy for some headlines to slip through the…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Compact seven-seat SUV spied in powered-up AMG 45 guise. School runs will sure be speedy with this one. It hasn’t even been revealed in production form as yet, but the Mercedes-Benz GLB looks like it’s going to get a hi-po AMG 45 version, if this recently spied prototype is anything to go by.…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The $30K drive-away Renault Trafic Trader Life is a no-frills work van at an appetising price. But it’s not hard to find where its maker cut costs. Pros and Cons Pros Tax-friendly $30K drive-away price Comfortable ride and light steering Frugal diesel fuel economy Trade-friendly 30,000km service intervals Cons Only two airbags Infotainment…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] This writer has been scribbling car stuff in for 40 years; they said I must keep doing it until I get it right. In those four decades, I have come to realise certain things. For one, I’m not the hotshot driver I believed myself to be in the early days. No matter what…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] “Let it go,” says the Ford test engineer in the passenger seat, shooing my right hand away from the shifter knob. We’ve just rounded a decreasing-radius hairpin turn at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Mich., and now I’m flat-out on the gas into the half-mile straightaway in third gear. I glance down and…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] welcomia/iStock/Thinkstock The bliss of the warm sun, the grilling of all the meats, the rush of patriotic fever — yes, summer officially hits this weekend with the Memorial Day holiday. There are many reasons to celebrate, not least of which being the start of peak car-shopping season. From now until Labor Day, dealers…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The new Range Rover Evoque builds on the strengths of the best-selling original. Combining all-terrain ability with on-road composure, the Evoque’s new vehicle architecture, updated technologies and world-first features make it more comfortable, capable and connected than ever before. Having pioneered the luxury compact SUV market, with global sales of nearly 800 000…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] The vehicle that defined passenger and cargo transportation in South Africa has done it again. The latest Toyota Quantum guarantees practicality and comfort levels with reinvented power delivery, extra convenience and cargo-carrying ability, added safety features and an ultra-modern new look. The biggest departure from the previous Quantum model is undoubtedly the change…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Driving Like This Will Destroy Your Car, DIY driving hack and car repair with auto mechanic Scotty Kilmer. Car life hacks. How to drive a car to make it last as long as possible. Car destroyed by driving only short distances. Why not to drive a car only short distances all the time.…
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=14] Modern front-wheel drive hatchbacks are now considerably faster around a track than some of the supercars we used to drool over in the 1990s. The proof is their lap times around the fabled Nurburgring Nordschleife – times that just keep on dropping with every new hardcore hot hatch that bursts onto the scene.…