Car reviews

With just two confirmed examples left in the world, we drive the only Jensen Continental Tourer in South Africa... To many, the pre-Second World War era was a golden age of motoring design. Fuel consumption and aerodynamics weren’t priorities. The exuberance of car design back then resulted in ...

It looks the part and is fitted with a torque-rich six-cylinder turbodiesel. Could this be a winning recipe for the Mercedes-Benz GLE? Mercedes-Benz’s imposing new GLE has an unquestionable presence. We first noted it when we tested the GLE in entry-level 300d guise early in 2020. From its sheer ...

Audi’s latest A6 finally arrives on local shores and steps right into a daunting dual role... Having touched down in South Africa more than two years after Audi peeled back the covers in Geneva (remember motor shows?), the latest-generation A6 has more weight resting on its sleekly shaped shoulders ...

With feet firmly planted in Porsche’s motorsport past and its nose cresting the final apex of the 991.2’s impressive track record, the GT3 RS is as much timebomb as it is time capsule... For most, the passing of a single second is inconsequential but, in the microcosm of the millisecond-increments ...

They’re four-doors posing as two-doors but which is the better impersonator? We test the BMW M235i xDrive Gran Coupé Steptronic and the BMW M850i xDrive Gran Coupé Steptronic... To many motoring enthusiasts, the act of attaching the coupé suffix to anything with more than ...

CAPE TOWN, Western Cape – "Change is easy. Improvement is far more difficult." Google this quote and you’ll find these eight words were spoken by Austrian-German engineer and founder of Porsche, Dr Ferdinand Porsche. However difficult improvement may be, the Stuttgart-based automaker ...

JOHANNESBURG, Gauteng - A 2 000 km road trip provides a wonderful opportunity to learn more about a given vehicle. That's exactly what we did with the updated Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. What's new? The most significant change is the drivetrain. The update of the 2,8-litre, four-cylinder turbodiesel ...

Is the subtle stealth of Audi’s S6 or the GT53’s showmanship the key to finding the perfect performance-comfort balance, that holy grail of motoring? The adage, there’s more than one way to skin a cat, may elicit a chorus of howls from animal lovers, but sage folks know that said ...

HARTBEESPOORT, North West – GWM has taken a leap into a far more demanding sector of the South African bakkie market with the launch of its new 16-strong P-Series range. Does this Chinese bakkie have what it takes to trouble the big players? CAR magazine contributor Stuart Johnston finds out... ...