Make the Journey Your Destination
In anticipation of the 60th anniversary of Toyota South Africa Motors later this year and the legacy of the horse logo initially used as company emblem, we took the latest Fortuner – now with more horsepower – to meet the South African Lipizzaner horses at their new home near Paarl in the
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Looking over False Bay with a glass of bubbly in hand, Jim Freeman started his day in style at the Tintswalo at Boulders Villa Anyone who thinks penguins are cute has never tried to clean one after an oil spill. The little buggers wriggle like demented cats and, if you do
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The new Vitara Brezza has recently wafted into the country, and in keeping with the Way of Life credo of Suzuki, it is a nimble urban runabout with the ground clearance, ride height, and interior space of a true SUV. We took the flagship GLX auto model to Strandfontein on
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Some thirty years ago, a sequel to the original action thriller movie F/X (acronym for Special Effects) was released. Called F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion the film expanded on the plot of the first, following the exploits of an expert in the art of special effects… Now Ford has released
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The latest version of the Toyota Hilux Arctic Trucks AT35, as authorised and supported by Toyota UK, takes the tough all-terrain qualities of the Hilux to another level. Developed by extreme engineering specialists Arctic Trucks the AT35, based on the recently launched UK spec 150kW 2.8-litre Invincible X Double Cab,
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The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. During the December holiday period Ferdi de Vos traversed the vast expanses of the province and the Orange River (Gariep) running through it in a new Hyundai Creta. “I see you …!” The glaring evil eye of the Khi
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The sideshows are wonderful but, to Jim Freeman, the bush is always the main attraction, more so when travelling to eManzana (Badplaas) to visit the luxurious Nkomazi Private Game Reserve ... Most people, when travelling by road from Gauteng to the game reserves of Mpumalanga, keep heading East along the N12 or
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What started off as an idea involving a luxurious Lexus and an exclusive train trip in Namibia, had to at the last minute be amended to a speedy visit to the Green Kalahari … Luckily, the recently upgraded RX hybrid proved the perfect companion (and photographic model) to capture the beauty
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Just over three months after setting off on a mission to follow the land border of South Africa, track the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coastlines, and circumnavigate landlocked Lesotho, the Kingsley Holgate Foundation Mzansi Edge Expedition is coming to an end. We visited the intrepid explorers near the halfway point
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Tim Carr took something no-one wanted and turned it into his dream. Jim Freeman took on the Seven Passes on the Garden Route with a BMW F900XR to visit him and his piece of Eden … “This place was abandoned and overgrown. You could not drive a vehicle onto the property but
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