Motoring: Style, sass and sun – the Citroën C1
What ingredients make up the ultimate city run-around? Funky looks, good fuel efficiency, ease of manoeuvrability, some convenience features, a bit of space for the shopping and maybe the ability to soak up the sun? The Citroën C1 Airscape Feel has all these attributes, but, priced at a shade under R200 000, many buyers would […]
Motoring: A little vanilla? The Hyundai i20
The Hyundai i20 competes in a very significant segment of the market (the B segment) which includes a range of options from some adventurous vehicle manufacturers and some from manufacturers that prefer to follow a safer, non-offensive path. Hyundai is one such manufacturer – the majority of the Korean manufacturer’s products are solid, unobtrusive and down-to-earth. […]
Motoring: Opel Adam’s boutique brilliance
I’m willing to bet most of our readers are familiar with the word “boutique”. For its definition – pertaining to something small, exclusive, or of speciality – it is, if we’re honest, a type of word that would fit very well in an encyclopaedia of (maybe stereotypical) gay culture. Stores, restaurants, cars … wait, cars? […]
Motoring: A splash of Suzuki?
Suzuki might seem to be a relatively small player in the South African car market, selling around 500 units a month; roughly half that of Japanese compatriot Honda. To be honest, that’s not too bad when you consider it outsells the likes of Subaru, Peugeot / Citroën, Fiat/Alfa and Volvo. The thing with Suzuki, though, […]
Motoring: One for the family – Citroën’s C4 Picasso
There we were, the boyfriend and I, peering through the panoramic windscreen of Citroën’s newest family wagon: the C4 Picasso. Off to see the typically dysfunctional family, all we needed was a little one strapped in the back and you could’ve called us Cam and Mitch. The latest C4 Picasso is certainly an MPV (multi-purpose […]
Motoring: Iconic disappointment – Jeep Cherokee 3,2
It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from or where you’re going, the name Jeep carries with it a certain mystique. From the butch Wrangler to the bold Grand Cherokee, there’s a common coolness throughout the range that everyone can relate to. The subject of this review, however, the new Cherokee, launched mid-2014, might just be […]
Motoring: A grand proposition – the Hyundai Grand i10
This is the new Hyundai i10. Except it isn’t … It’s the Grand i10: a bigger, bolder, higher-spec’d model that, in South Africa, slots in a cut above the i10 we’ve known for years, and just below the i20. Overseas, however, it is the new i10. Nonetheless, South African motoring consumers are not unaccustomed to […]
Motoring: VW Polo enhanced
The pace at which trends and technological developments sweep through the automotive world is truly astonishing. Environmental pressures, to be cleaner and more eco-friendly, have spawned numerous innovative ways of powering vehicles along. The way we do things is constantly reaching new levels of digitisation, meaning we need all our devices to work in harmony. […]
MOTORING: 4 OF THE BEST – BMW 435i COUPE
With the plethora of new models joining the vehicle market each year, you can be assured there will always be something to suit any taste or requirement. There are cars that fulfil a straightforward goal, and there are the newer breed of, well, crossbreeds that attempt to be all things to all people. Take BMW’s X6 […]
MOTORING: SHARP & SMART – AUDI A3 SEDAN TDI
Want a new, premium, mid-exec four-door saloon with four rings on the grill, but are scared off by the premium, mid-exec price tag? Well, Audi has something of a solution – the new A3 Sedan. In fact, I’d venture so far as to suggest it might be a better option than the A4. It is, […]