Such is the popularity of the “urban off-roader” that there is practically no market segment which sits without one. One of the few in the small city car A-segment is the Fiat Panda Cross, one of the model range’s two […]
Stelvio. Could there be a more evocative-sounding name for a vehicle? Alfa Romeo’s first SUV is, in fact, named after the famous winding road through the Alps in northern Italy. Widely known to be one of the best driver’s roads […]
In 1965, as part of the Rubber Soul album, the Beatles released a song called “Drive My Car” … with the famous lyrics “Baby you can drive my car”. Over the years, various artists have released cover versions of this […]
Nissan South Africa recently upgraded its popular X-Trail SUV, giving it numerous styling and finish upgrades, while also updating its continuously variable transmission (CVT). With a slew of impressive competitors littering the segment, are these upgrades enough to keep it […]
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROB TILL Charleen Clarke has been invited to join the World Car Awards jury! According to Prime Research’s latest media influence report, World Car Awards is the number one awards programme across the globe (a feat it has […]
One cannot help but admire the Haval brand. When parent company GWM South Africa launched the brand little over a year ago, it certainly looked promising. After all, Haval is China’s best-selling SUV brand and the GWM brand had already […]
There are just over 11 million registered vehicles in South Africa (excluding caravans and trailers) of which the majority (about 60 to 70 percent) are uninsured. According to the Automobile Association (AA), insurance is a necessity, not a luxury, that […]
Hiring a car when travelling for business or taking a self-drive holiday abroad has been so much less stressful since the ubiquity of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) devices, and particularly since smartphones included this functionality via apps. However, phones are […]
A month ago or so, you might have seen the comparative test between the Toyota Fortuner 2.4 GD-6 4×4 and the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 2.4 4×2 – in which I declared the Pajero Sport my favourite vehicle in the segment […]
Jaguar Land Rover is leading a £4.7 million (approximately R79 million) project to develop self-driving cars that can “see” at blind junctions and through obstacles. Britain’s biggest carmaker is leading a project called AutopleX to combine connected, automated and live […]
