New Models

Back in August 2018, Volvo South Africa added the new T3 base model – offered exclusively in manual guise – to its XC40 range. Now the local arm of the Swedish firm has quietly introduced an eight-speed automatic version of its entry-level SUV. Slotting in below the all-wheel-drive, 2,0-litre, ...

Mercedes-Benz South Africa has added the new Mercedes-AMG A35 to its online configurator, revealing local pricing for the all-wheel-drive hot hatch that serves as the new entry-point to AMG ownership. So, how much as we looking here at? Well, the A35 4Matic hatchback will start from R754 946, before ...

Back in May 2019, Renault revealed initial details of its new Mégane RS Trophy-R. Now the Boulogne-Billancourt-based firm has revealed more about the hottest of its modern hot hatches. Just 500 units of the newcomer – which already holds the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record for ...

Remember the LFT-666, the Jaguar F-Type Coupé-based sportscar Lister Motor Company unveiled in 2018? Now the British firm has revealed its "most powerful open-top supercar ever”, handing the F-Type R AWD Convertible a louder exhaust note, carbon-fibre kit and (of course) extra power. Dubbed ...

Earlier in 2019, Lexus revealed its LC Convertible concept, giving us a glimpse of how its dramatically styled LC500 sports coupé could look like in drop-top guise. The Japanese automaker has now confirmed a convertible variant will indeed go into production in the “near future”, after ...

No, your eyes don’t deceive you. BMW has indeed built a one-off double-cab bakkie based on its flagship X7 SUV. But the Munich-based firm has made it clear a production version “is not planned”, so a battle with the Mercedes-Benz X-Class is not on the cards. Officially known as the ...

The subtly facelifted Volvo XC90 (revealed back in February 2019) has quietly arrived in South Africa. And we have local pricing for the updated range, which now includes five new six-seater variants. The now-17-strong local line-up starts at R1 029 266 and runs through to the flagship four-seater ...

Toyota South Africa Motors has quietly added a new derivative to its local Hilux range, now offering the single-cab version of its bakkie in 2,7-litre petrol flavour. Before now, the single-cab Hilux was available in 2,0-litre petrol form (with 102 kW and 183 N.m) as well as 2,4-litre and 2,8-litre ...

Mercedes-Benz has finally whipped the covers off the new Mercedes-AMG A45 and CLA45, offering the pair of compact performance vehicles in both standard and “S” guises. As we’ve already reported, urge comes from Affalterbach’s “newly developed” 2,0-litre engine that ...