Magazine Issues

Cover storiesTESTED: Mercedes-Benz X250d 4Matic Power - This is the first road test of an X-Class on local soil. We find out whether it has the talent to shake up the status quo...DRIVEN: Ferrari Portofino - The all-new California replacement makes a worthy addition to the Prancing Horse stableCONSUMER ...

Cover storiesDRIVE: Renault Mégane RS 280 Sport EDC - Will trading some hardcore ability for all-round versatility attract a broader audience of buyers to the RS?TESTED: Honda Civic Type R - Can the latest Type R back up its outlandish looks with exhilarating performance and handling?INSIGHT: The McLaren ...

“Don’t worry, everyone’s a winner.” There are few utterances that get my eyes rolling more than that little fence-sitter.Give me a bloody break. Everyone is not a winner.What that neo-liberal, crowd-pleasing claptrap fails to recognise is one of the fundamental human characteristics that has ...

Around 70 years separates two significant vehicles in this month’s issue. Both are from the same brand, and both have fulfilled the same automotive function that has cemented this brand’s reputation as a maker of well-engineered, a­ffordable people’s cars.Much, however, has changed between 1949, ...

G, T, R, and S.When it comes to cars, these four le ers have only ever meant one thing: performance.From the 1929 Alfa Romeo 6C GT that started the trend, to the cars packed into this issue, those letters have appeared in various combinations on some of the greatest performance vehicles ever made. As ...

Beige.As colours go, that’s about as nondescript as it gets. Lacking the vibrancy of white, or thebravery of brown, beige is just, well … beige.It was also the colour of my dad’s Ford Cortina single-cab bakkie, purchased in the late 1970s for reasons that, at the time, were an utter mystery to ...

The “What’s-the-pointers” will have a field day with that sliver of carbon-fibre and rubber on our cover this month. What is the point, I hear them say, of building a road car that is capable of 0-200 km/h in less than six seconds and a top speed in excess of 350 km/h? Why give it aerodynamic wizardry ...

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