Make the Journey Your Destination
In their last ever journey together, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May take us on an unforgettable ride through the heart of Africa in The Grand Tour: One For The Road, which launches globally on Prime Video this Friday, 13 September. What starts as a seemingly idyllic road trip through
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SUBARU CROSSTREK AWD The all-new Symmetrical AWD Subaru Crosstrek has finally launched in South Africa, available in two exciting trims and an updated electric power steering, bringing a combination of cutting-edge vehicle safety, refinement, comfort, and capability. The 2023 Subaru Crosstrek features a striking exterior design that blends ruggedness with modernity. Its bold
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The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley, wrote Scottish poet Robbie Burns. Contributor Jim Freeman learned this hard lesson again when he took the recently launched new-generation SUV from Ford to Frontier Country. Don’t you just hate it when things go potentially catastrophically wrong right at the
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Visiting a rare lily spectacle with the new Raptor | With a timeline firmly under Mother Nature’s control, correspondent Ian McLaren on the eve of the local launch of the all-new Ford Ranger Raptor set course for one of the rarest sites in the botanical world … How long ahead of time do
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Kwandwe Private Game Reserve Sometimes you need a stiff drink after getting really close to the King of the Beasts, admits Jim Freeman after one of his many trips to the wilds of the Eastern Cape. You might think you know lions but, till a male in his prime has stopped five
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From The Grenadier Pub at only 16 m above sea level to the highest pub in Africa – 2 876 metres above sea level – there could be no better place to take final pre-production models of the new INEOS Grenadier than up the steep Sani Pass into Lesotho, coincidentally on Moshoeshoe's Day … The small convoy
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Suzuki has finally revealed the production-ready long-wheelbase (LWB), five-door variant of its globally popular Jimny compact off-roader at the Auto Expo 2023 in India ... and word is that this longer, more spacious version will soon be available locally alongside the existing three-door range. However, one cannot but mull over the incredulity
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Hilux reigns supreme in the desert | If the Toyota Land Cruiser is billed the King of Africa, then the Toyota Hilux must now be known as the King of the Desert, following the dominating performance of Toyota Gazoo Racing and Toyota Overdrive teams in the 2023 Dakar Rally in the
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The long-serving Mazda CX-3 compact SUV has again received some subtle upgrades but the flagship Hikari (it means “ray of light” in Japanese) version, while attractive, is now more about “chug-chug” than “zoom-zoom”, writes long-time Mazda fan Jim Freeman. “Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled
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The recently revamped T-Roc is delivering a shining performance for Volkswagen. Not only is it now the bestselling SUV in Europe; it rocked the establishment by outselling the Golf. We took the latest flagship 4Motion R-Line for an outing to gleaming Pearl Mountain … Like Paarl Rock glistening in the sun after
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