2019 Articles

Audi says it has built a 2,0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine churning out a whopping 450 kW for use in the DTM. For the 2019 season, the Ingolstadt-based firm’s Class 1 race cars in the touring car series will use the new turbocharged four-pot, dropping the old naturally aspirated 4,0-litre ...

JOHANNESBURG – The second-generation Ertiga is introduced into a "different world" than its predecessor, Suzuki says. Fair enough, considering the automotive landscape has changed somewhat since the first iteration of the seven-seater was launched back in 2010.  Locally, for example, the ...

A Beijing court has ordered the Jiangling Motor Corporation to halt manufacturing and sales of its Range Rover Evoque clone, with Jaguar Land Rover triumphing in the long-running legal case against the Chinese automaker. According to Autocar, the Beijing Chaoyang District Court has determined Jiangling ...

In February 2019, Toyota shot down rumours the Toyota GT86 would be killed off at the end of the current model’s lifecycle. And now a senior official at the Japanese firm has all-but confirmed the second-generation sportscar will again be developed alongside a Subaru-badged model. Speaking to ...

The head of Volkswagen says he is “really impressed” with the platform that will underpin the next-generation Amarok and Ford Ranger. Back in January 2019, VW and Ford announced the first “formal agreements in a broad alliance” that will include the Blue Oval brand engineering ...

Hyundai has taken the wraps off its new Tucson N Line in Europe, lending an SUV the “N Line” badge (plus the accompanying “dynamic styling and attitude”) for the first time. The new trim level (first teased back in February) includes exterior and interior elements “inspired” ...

It was always going to happen, wasn’t it? Yes, the Volkswagen Amarok V6 has lined up against the Mercedes-Benz X350d for a drag race, thanks to the folks over at Turkish publication 4x4 Dünyası. Filmed on a new section of road not yet open to the public, the drag race sees the two V6-powered ...

Volvo Cars says it plans to install “in-car cameras and other sensors” to monitor the driver and allow the vehicle to intervene if a “clearly intoxicated or distracted driver” does not respond to warning signals. The announcement is the latest step in the Swedish brand’s ...

That’s right, folks ... there’s another coupé-styled SUV on the market. The new Porsche Cayenne Coupé has been revealed, conceived to take on the likes of the BMW X6 and the Mercedes-Benz GLC Coupé. Expected to arrive in South Africa in November 2019, the Cayenne Coupé ...