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Clarkson, Hammond and May Bringing Their New Grand Tour To SA

As the dust settles on the debut airing of the all-new, Chris Evans-led, BBC Top Gear series, the three former stars of the show are preparing to introduce their new Grand Tour show to the world, the first stop of which will be in Johannesburg, South Africa.Announcing the tour via his Twitter account, ...

Facelifted Toyota Corolla here next year

Three years after its launch Toyota has given its bestselling Corolla a slick-looking facelift for the 2017 model year.Accounting for some 20% of the Japanese automotive giant’s total global sales, the 11th-generation Corolla has been met with mixed reception with regards to its swoopy design language.Toyota ...

Mercedes-AMG to extend model portfolio, open dedicated dealerships

Mercedes-AMG aims to add 10 additional models to its already burgeoning range before the end of the year.In an interview with Automotive News, Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers stated “we’re going to expand our portfolio to 48 different models by the end of the year”, the recently revealed GLC 43, ...

New Toyota Hilux Officially Revealed [updated]

With class- (and, indeed, total) leading monthly sales of the ten-year-old seventh-generation Toyota Hilux finally beginning to strain under pressure from more modern rivals some would say the timing of the arrival of the all-new model is perfect.Revealed ahead of its South African launch in the first ...

Long-term test: Jeep Cherokee 3,2 V6 4x4 Limited

Long-term test: Jeep Cherokee 3,2 V6 4x4 Limited (Introduction)Say hi to Bovril. An odd name for a car, granted, but an apt one nonetheless. You get two kinds of people in the world: those who like Bovril, and those who don’t. Given the new nose Jeep has given its fifth-generation Cherokee, this car, ...

Long-term test: Mazda3 2,0 Astina

Long-term test: Mazda3 2,0 Astina (Introduction)It’s back. Well, not the exact same car, but a 2,0 Astina (which denotes the flagship model, only available with an automatic transmission) has returned to the CAR testfleet, and this time for a 20 000 km evaluation. The Mazda3 hatch first made a positive ...

Ford Fiesta RS rumours hot up

Ford's Fiesta ST is one of the best hot hatches around, if not the ultimate one. Its balance of grip, power and adjustability makes it one of the nicest cars, of almost any segment, to pilot. The Blue Oval is not willing to rest on its laurels, however and is seemingly busy planning a hotter, more racy ...

Long-term test: Volkswagen Cross Caddy 2,0 TDI

Long-term introduction: Volkswagen Cross Caddy 2,0 TDIIt had finally arrived! Months earlier, VW promised it would send us a vehicle that would be ideal for weekend getaways, but one which would also fulfil a pressing need in CAR’s photography department for a tracking vehicle. The artful images you ...

Long-term test: Honda Civic Tourer 1,8 Executive

Long-term Introduction: Honda Civic Tourer 1,8 ExecutiveTo go camping, you need an SUV, right? Wrong. The Honda Civic Tourer (R368 900) joined our fleet not long after an automatic version featured in the anti-SUV group test published in the Nov ’14 issue of CAR and was keen to prove a point. I picked ...

Long-term test: Toyota 86 Manual

Long-term introduction: Toyota 86 ManualThe CAR team is quite the cosmopolitan bunch and the variety of long-termers on the fleet is a reflection of individual tastes and circumstances. With two team members becoming dads in the past two months, the comfort and safety of large sedans and SUVs will most ...