Make the Journey Your Destination
Chinese auto giant Chery has celebrated its local return with the introduction of the smallest model in its new range, the delectably styled Tiggo 4 Pro. We took it on an extended trip to Ficksburg, the unofficial cherry capital of the world, in the Eastern Free State for our own Chery
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The highly anticipated Land Cruiser 300 is now locally available. To celebrate the 70year legacy of this Toyota icon, we took the luxurious new ZX model to the super exclusive Cheetah Plains Reserve to meet its future past – an electrified Cruiser 79 game-viewer and an original 75 … Sitting high in the sumptuous driver’s seat
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The local introduction of the palatial new Palisade coincided with probably the most spectacular West Coast flower season in recent years, so we set course for Kamieskroon and the Namaqua National Park to admire the blooming splendour from the comfort of the new seven-seat Hyundai flagship. Contrary to what you may
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After a long gestation period, the latest revamped and now locally produced Nissan Navara has finally been released, and when afforded a quick opportunity to sample it, we took it to the Matroosberg Private Nature Reserve for a good workout up the difficult, snow covered 4×4 trail. While no less competent,
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The Stellenbosch Wine Route is celebrating its golden anniversary this year. To commemorate this milestone, we visited Delheim, where the founding fathers of the route gave substance to their dream, in the latest MercedesAMG GLS 63 4Matic+ and a 50-year-old MercedesBenz 300 SEL 6.3. “Every story has a beginning and an end,” wrote R.C. Richter
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Did you know that South Africa also has a Great Wall? Yes, we do … on the border with Mozambique near Kosi Bay, and we visited it (well, sort of) in the new Great Wall Motors (GWM) P Series bakkie. It was an eventful trip, and The Great Wall of Mzansi proved
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Over a century ago the first all-wheel-drive passenger car in the world – a Daimler – was used extensively in Namibia (then called German South-West Africa) and became known as the “Dernburg-Wagen”. We retraced the tracks of this 4x4 pioneer with the latest geländewagen from Daimler AG, the Mercedes-Benz GLB. I
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We have a winner! Congratulations goes to Mia Dijkstra, winner of our bespoke road trip to Frontier Country competition, in association with Isuzu South Africa! Mia’s entry, which included a selection of enjoyable road trip tunes suited to the various regions in the Eastern Cape, which really caught our attention! So,
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The French manufacturer Peugeot has used the lion logo on its vehicles for over a century. With a new version of the logo recently introduced, featuring a lion’s head again, we took the latest Peugeot cub to the Swartland to become acquainted with its legendary Cape equivalent, as depicted on
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Sappi, established in South Africa 85 years ago and now the biggest manufacturer of dissolved pulp in the world, recently received the first-ever sustainable forest management certificate for its local forestry operations. To find out more, we journeyed to the Sappi plantations in Karkloof, KwaZuluNatal … in the new Subaru Forester,
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