Car reviews

PORTIMãO, Portugal – For more than 40 years, the BMW 3 Series, with its combination of luxury and rear-wheel-driven dynamic agility, has won favour with buyers looking for something a little more dashing than its business-suited segment rivals. Now in its seventh generation (check out pricing ...

Jaguar’s smallest SUV has its claws fully extended in search of a solid segment foothold. We test the E-Pace P300 HSE R-Dynamic AWD... Amid the flurry of excitement and, ahem, buzz surrounding Jaguar Land Rover’s plans to introduce its first-ever all-electric vehicle to the South African ...

PALMA, Mallorca – Flagship models may be the most expensive (and, least cost effective) examples of their respective ranges, but many South Africans cannot resist buying them. Here’s an example: in the local range of the award-winning Volkswagen Golf, the GTI version is the bestseller. Granted, ...

GAYDON, United Kingdom – “It needs to be as good to drive as it looks.” At least that’s how Aston Martin chief engineer, Matt Becker, described the (unofficial) mission statement for the DBS Superleggera’s development programme at the firm’s headquarters in Gaydon.I’m about to find out ...

Our second taste of the Volvo XC60 (in D5 AWD form) confirms this premium midsize SUV is a strong contender for honours at 2019's Top 12 Best Buys awards...As winning streaks go, Volvo’s is an astonishing one. Following years spent languishing in the massive shadow of owners Ford, China’s Zhejiang ...

Kia lives up to its “Power to Surprise” motto with its boldest statement of intent yet... Should we even be surprised Kia eventually cracked its family-focused mould and launched a model taking aim squarely at the performance divisions of the mighty German establishment? You’d imagine ...

Long-term test (Introduction): Ford Kuga 1,5 EcoBoost Trend FWD AT The F-word. South Africans do not easily forget; a fact proven to me a few times in my first week of custodianship of the facelifted Kuga after various members of the public made humorous fire re-related quips when seeing me in the car. ...

RONDA, Spain – “It’s just an expensive (Volkswagen) Polo.” That derisive statement is often uttered by critics of the Audi A1 and now the second-generation of the Ingolstadt-based premium marque’s littlest hatchback is out, the grumblings are bound to start afresh. Unsurprisingly, the newcomer ...

CAPE TOWN – Globally, the majority of automakers have shown or are showing some sort of interest in electrification. But here in South Africa that's largely not been the case thanks to pricing and infrastructure considerations (although that appears to be slowly changing with the likes of the all-electric ...