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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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Hilux GR-S meets Lion Man Cruiser | What is the link between the ‘Lion Man”, Cambridge-educated conservationist Dr Philip Stander, and Hollywood superstar and activist Leonardo DiCaprio? We found the answer while visiting the barefoot Doctor on the Skeleton Coast of Namibia, adding some GRrrowl to the occasion with the powerful new
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As the first Mahindra to proudly sport the new Twin Peaks logo from the Indian manufacturer, we gave the new XUV700 (pronounced as Seven Double ‘Oh’) carte blanche in Cape Town in celebration of 70 years of Agent 007 (Double “Oh Seven) … Bond. James Bond. Positioned close to the beachfront of Bloubergstrand
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To celebrate 75 years of Continental Tyres in South Africa, 50 years of the Isuzu KB and two decades of its D-Max successor, and to acknowledge exports of these one-tonners and all-terrain tyres to African destinations, we undertook an epic trip to the continental conjunction where four countries meet … Standing
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Just over two years ago, Toyota South Africa introduced a special Hilux derivative, the GR Sport. Offered in double-cab format with three colours only and limited to 600 units, the launch of the GR Sport followed shortly after Nasser Al Attiyah’s victory in the homegrown Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa
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