Car Reviews in South Africa

Hot hatches have started to become a thing. Every manufacturer is pushing for a bit of the lime light, and there is no shortage of hot hatches (and small sedans) that deliver north of 200kW. About a...
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One of Audi’s goals for 2020 is to have 60+ car variations on the market. 60+ models would be a stretch but by tacking on S and RS badges the variation count climbs quite quickly. So it is wit...
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Renault, that French automaker that makes small cheap cars, has a quirky side, and oh yeah, makes championship winning F1 engines for Red Bull. That’s quite a CV, and one would think, a largely...
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BMW have made some bold moves of late, and one of the biggest and boldest has been to split it’s range of cars. We now have a lot of ranges in the BMW family. Traditionally we had odd numbers, 1...
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Renault has been known for some time for making slightly quirky cars. The French flair pulls through solidly once you get behind the wheel of one of them. Surprisingly, as we drive different variation...
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I sat recently reminiscing about the Golf. A staggering amount of them have been built, over 30 million in fact. That’s a lot of the same car. And through the years, we’ve seen some really...
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Following on the success of the V70 Cross Country in the late 90’s, there have been a few manufacturers to offer a more rugged version of their cars. One of the more memorable ones would be the ...
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Audi are gunning for the big time; they want to make sure they’re in every single corner of the market, and they plan on having 60+ different models over the next couple of years. But they&rsqu...
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This segment of the market is fast becoming one of the most crowded. Everyone wants a slice of the action when it comes to hot hatches, and we’re being spoilt for choice. The best part of all th...
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The world seems obsessed with SUVs! Everyone wants one, but sadly not everyone can afford one. Some of us work office jobs, raise kids and pay taxes, so we’re relegated to take what we can get w...
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So MINI are onto their 7th variant, the MINI Paceman JCW compact, and this comes with a fair amount of controversy. One thing is for sure, petrol heads can be a hot headed bunch of people. The die h...
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It’s a little known fact, but Toyota pioneered the compact SUV market when they initially launched the RAV 4 back in 1994. Now in it’s 4th generation, the RAV 4 finds itself competing in a...
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Korean cars have came a long way very quickly. And right now, they’re making some of the best looking cars on the road, and they’ve got quality to boot. So if you’re looking for a s...
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GWM are fast and furious with their new cars, and their release schedule. Not so long ago, we knew nothing about them, and now they’re competing in just about every segment, and when I say compe...
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Let’s face it, bakkies in South Africa are a big deal. If you like beer, biltong and the Springboks, chances are you’ve got a double cab of sorts in the driveway. So as you’d imagi...
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The Golf GTi is the stuff legends are made of. Boys dream of them until they can afford one, and never in the history of a performance hatch-back has a car become this iConic. So now in its 7th gene...
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Remember the Nissan Alemra? From the 90’s? Yup, Nissan are making one again, this time targeting at the entry level sedan market that’s seeing a whole lot of growth at the moment. It&rsq...
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More and more we’re seeing hot hatches become the go-to car for the middle class seeking performance. They’re cheaper to buy, cheaper to insure and maintain, yet traditionally have deliver...
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Audi have a long history of making sporty cars. They’ve been indelibly etched into our rally memories with ‘Quattro’. We’ve longed for performance cars that hold onto the road ...
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I saw an interesting statistic a few years back. Someone had done a survey on ice-cream. Apparently vanilla is the top selling ice-cream flavour world wide (no surprise there). Second is chocolate, an...
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BMW have a winner on their hands with the 3 Series. It’s a good looking stylish car, well rounded, excellent value, blah blah blah. You get the drift. You get the 3 Series in a range of flavors,...
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Just in case you thought there weren’t enough models in the BMW range, BMW thought they’d add another one. The 3 Series line up now has the regular 3 Series Sedan, the 3 Series Touring (wh...
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Va Va Voom, Renault's slogan in a bunch of ads a few years back. Small, nippy, and great fun to drive is what they’d have us believe about their cars, but they’re French, and you can&r...
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VW sells a lot of Polo Vivos. Since the end of the Citi Golf, the Polo Vivo has become their entry level product, and they sell a lot of them. In 2012, VW sold 34,873 Polo Vivos which happens to be ...
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10 years ago I wouldn’t have touched a Hyundai with a barge pole. But the Koreans have been hard at work, and what they’ve managed to give us now is quite brilliant. We spent some time w...
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Honda have a new car on the market that's small and nippy, and it’s aimed at the increasing important entry level segment in the market. You can get one for below R120k, and it’s calle...
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The Nissan Qashqai +2 is like, well the Nissan Qashqai with 2 extra seats. No bonus points for guessing that one. But what the 2 extra seats in the back of the Qashqai +2 do are to move the car i...
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Hot hatches have become more and more popular. People want smaller more affordable cars that are fun to drive, but there is also a class of car, smaller than a hot hatch: the superminis, and this is w...
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SUV’s have been gaining popularity over the last couple of years, and for good reason. They provide spaciousness and practicality, making them a versatile option for families and soccer moms aro...
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Unlike the BMW 3 series, BMW have chosen not to update the X5 every time there is a new moon. Which means the X5 we got to test wasn’t the new X5 we’re expecting next year. Rather, it was ...
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Lexus have some reputation building luxurious quality sedans. Lexus is the luxury division of Toyota, so combined with the luxury in their sedans, you get the legendary Toyota reliability standard. ...
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The Suzuki Grand Vitara Dune. The names gives it away just a little. You’re not likely to tag a sports car ‘Dune’ now are you? The Grand Vitara is a compact SUV with low range capabi...
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GWM South Africa are fighting hard to gain ground in the local market, and recently I tested the Steed 5, which is their double cab offering, and competes directly with the likes of Isuzu’s KB, ...
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A bakkie is a bakkie is a bakkie. Right? Or maybe not. I’ve driven quite a few bakkies over the last year or so, starting with the Amarok, and it’s amazing how different each one can be. ...
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In 2012 Audi gave us the new A3, who’s main rival is it’s own cousin the Golf, except that the A3 only has 2 doors, and is in an entirely different luxury league to the Golf. For 2013 Au...
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