Make the Journey Your Destination
In 1958, three brothers and two ladies embarked on a road trip of a lifetime in a standard VW Kombi. Travelling for four months, they started in Cape Town, crossed Africa and Europe, and finished in London. It was a foolhardy undertaking but their pioneering spirit, raw tenacity, (and finding a
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How do you introduce the latest incarnation of the archetypical road trip vehicle? It is a rhetorical question, of course … and it was all aboard the new T6.1 Kombi Bus for a trip from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) on the picturesque Garden Route to the exclusive Gondwana Game Reserve close to Mossel
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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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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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