Make the Journey Your Destination
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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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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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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