Car reviews

CAPE TOWN, Western Cape – When I heard the Toyota Agya was making its way to South Africa, I was honestly pretty excited. It’s a little car I’ve wanted to drive since the TRD S variant, available to certain Asian markets, was revealed earlier this year. As an self-confessed Kei car ...

STELLENBOSCH, Western Cape – BMW’s radical reboot of its 4 Series Coupé has certainly managed to divide opinions with its bold front-end styling, but there’s more to the latest two-door addition to the Bavarian marque’s line-up. We got behind the wheel of the BMW 420d Coupé ...

CAPE TOWN, Western Cape – After a three-year wait, the Volkswagen T-Roc is finally available in South Africa. The compact lifestyle-minded crossover enters a segment that is hotly contested by the likes of the Hyundai Kona, Mazda CX-3 and Toyota C-HR. Much like these rivals, the T-Roc presents ...

A new platform, face and innards serve the Land Rover Discovery Sport well but it can’t stay away from the carbs... Take a guess at the average weight of a premium-midsize SUV equipped with a four-pot diesel. Less than two tonnes, surely? Well, we recorded 1 858 kg for a heavily optioned ...

Volkswagen is the compact-crossover brand of the moment but these rivals are here to assert their presence. We test the Kia Seltos, Mazda CX-3 and Toyota C-HR... If you live in an urban area, you’d likely have noticed a T-Cross around each corner, parallel parked on every street and occupying ...

CAPE TOWN, Western Cape – Unless you’ve been hiding under a particularly large rock for the best part of the past decade, you’ll be well aware SUVs are very much Big Business. These days, high-riding options stretch from dinky budget crossovers to luxurious barges on wheels and pseudo-sportscars ...

It’s one of the prettiest bakkies ever built so we simply had to track down and drive the only Peugeot 202 Camionette in South Africa... During the last two decades, we’ve witnessed a complete turnaround in the bakkie segment. Never before has there been such a variety in this sector; many ...

Has Mercedes-Benz done enough with the refreshed GLC for it to remain competitive in a segment bustling with first-rate opposition? We test the GLC220d... Our last experience with the midsize SUV offering from Mercedes-Benz had many CAR team members scratching their heads. In our May 2019 SUV Shootout, ...

Now facelifted, the Suzuki Ignis is as characterful as ever. However, there’s polishing to be done. Suzuki has a knack for building likeable, practical small cars that are fun to drive with some boasting added quirkiness in terms of exterior and interior design. Case in point: the S-Presso (tested ...