Make the Journey Your Destination
The Oceania 2020 edition of the International GS Trophy was one of the closest in the seven year history of the event but Team South Africa did us proud by recording their third consecutive GS Trophy win – making the country by far the most successful in the competition with their ‘threepeat’ performance. After eight
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If the popular lifeguard drama Baywatch, celebrating its 30thanniversary this year, was produced in South Africa, Camps Bay in Cape Town – with the impressive The Bay Hotel as a backdrop and an iconic Shelby Mustang on set – would have been the perfect location for it … It has been thirty years since the
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The Jianghuai Automobile Company (JAC) may be almost unknown locally but the state-owned manufacturer is a giant in the Chinese auto industry and a prolific producer of electric vehicles. However, a recent slump in domestic sales sparked renewed efforts by the company to expand internationally, and it is now represented
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While the latest Eclipse Cross might be faster than a cheetah in going from a standing start to 100 km/h, there are similarities, writes Jim Freemanafter he visited the “J-Cubs” at Kuzuko, a private reserve in the Karoo, in the new turbocharged model from Mitsubishi. There are distinct similarities between the turbo-equipped
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He is a sucker for sleeping with the doors and windows wide open when visiting a game reserve, admits Jim Freeman, even if it makes him a midnight snack for a million mosquitos. Luckily, there are no mosquitos at the five-star Kuzuko Lodge in the Karoo … Sleeping with the doors and
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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTRW1MAo2oM[/embedyt] Mercedes-Benz has taken a new route with its latest junior AMGs by equipping them with a newly-developed in-line power plant, displacing the V-engines used over the last two decades. Designated the 53 range, we decided to put one of these models to the test on the R53, from Swartruggens
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What better way to celebrate the soul of Porsche after the launch of the eighth-generation 911 than with a road trip featuring all eight generations of the timeless sports car? Well, this is exactly what Porsche did in Thailand recently. To celebrate the launch of the eighth-generation 911 and to reflect
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It was a beautiful, sunny Cape Winter’s day with nary a cloud in the indigo blue sky when we visited the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, situated on the R320, on our way to the Harbour House Hotel in Hermanus. Experiencing the valley in all its splendour made it easy to understand why
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The T-Cross, the new compact SUV from Volkswagen, is set to be launched in South Africa in September. With its bold design and dynamic appearance, practicality, versatility, as well as connectivity, the T-Cross will, from launch, be available with the VW Connect dataplug – an easy ‘Plug and Play’ retrofit car
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Ford has made its Everest seven-seat sport utility vehicle (SUV) more appealing with styling, suspension, and feature upgrades, complemented by the introduction of the new 2.0-litre bi-turbo and single turbo engines that recently debuted on the upgraded Ranger. The enhanced Everest introduces a new grille design through the layering of three
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