Make the Journey Your Destination
Just an hour out of Cape Town lies the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, an area recognised as one of the greatest biodiversity hotspots in the world. But this piece of paradise harbours a dark secret. Ferdi de Vos visited this grand area of land in the new Opel Grandland X to unravel some
Read More
The Swedish connection to beer in South Africa, a young, successful craft beer operation close to Brandvlei Dam, and a road that was submerged for 43 years. Follow Ferdi de Vos as he links all of this together in a new Volvo XC40. By the time you read this it may
Read More
Sand, sea, and a SAC BMW is touting its first-ever X2 as a Sports Activity Coupé; a style leader in the compact crossover/SUV market. But is it really a X-model? We took it on a 4 000 km long road trip to the soft sand of Pelican Point in Walvis Bay, Namibia, to
Read More
Velar: an unusual name for a vehicle with an even more curious history. It was first used by British Leyland nearly fifty years ago during the final stages of development of the vehicle that eventually was to become the iconic Range Rover. Instead of plastic cladding, camouflage panels, and tape, these
Read More
A small Panda Cross taking on the mighty Namib? Crazy. But not to Ferdi de Vos who recently took the small two-cylinder Fiat on an epic road trip to the magnificently beautiful Kanaan Desert Retreat in Namibia. Ideally, one should not negotiate desolate, dusty Namibian dirt roads at the dead of night.
Read More
In order to put the new Pajero Sport to a test worthy of a 12 time Dakar Rally winner, Ferdi de Vos journeyed 2,400 km from Parys in the Free State to D’Kar in Botswana; and back, finding some remarkable hidden gems along the way … Mitsubishi introduced its Fortuner-rivalling Pajero Sport SUV
Read More
It was the ultimate American road trip: from Chicago to Los Angeles on the 4,000 km long Route 66 in a Ford Mustang. Colin Windell recreates the iconic trip using the latest Roush Stage 3 derivative to get his kicks on our local R66. At a mile marker shy of 250 kilometres, it may not
Read More
With the eagerly awaited Mercedes-Benz X-Class revealed in Cape Town last month, Ferdi de Vos had an exclusive first drive in the highly anticipated pickup, and gathered its unique locally assembled forebears for a wistful bakkie-trip through six decades … click here to read more online
Read More
To celebrate the illustrious 70-year history of the Cavallino Rampante, Ferdi de Vos took the Ferrari F12tdf, a very special limited-edition model from the Italian supercar-builder, for a tour of the petite France of South Africa to preview the Bastille Festival. Click here to read more online...
Read More
Volvo’s V90 Cross Country Tames the Karoo Normally, Scandinavians visiting the African continent for a couturier safari stand out from the crowd like a red bakkie in the middle of the Bushveld. So, you can imagine my concern when I found out that I was expected to introduce a pristine Swedish model
Read More