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An Audi executive says the firm has yet to fully commit to the idea of an RS Q5, saying the company will “see what comes”. Michaela Benz, who is the product manager for the Q5 line, told Autocar that the Ingolstadt-based firm would hang fire on introducing a full-fat RS version of the SUV ...

The first images of the new Ford EcoSport Active variant have leaked online ahead of the fresh model’s official unveiling in the first week of November 2020. Ford Europe earlier announced the EcoSport would receive the Active treatment on that continent, with the reveal set for 6 November. However, ...

Fiat has pulled the covers off its facelifted Tipo range in Europe, while also adding a new Cross variant to the line-up. As with the outgoing line-up, there’s a choice of five-door hatch and four-door sedan (plus a wagon in some markets), but the line-up has now been extended with the introduction ...

You’ve probably already seen a handful of spy photographs of the facelifted Nissan Navara but the Japanese brand has finally confirmed a reveal date for the updated bakkie. A short clip looking back at the Navara’s roots and ending with a shadowy teaser image of the refreshed bakkie has ...

Curious how much you’d have to shell out for the Ferrari Portofino M in South Africa? Well, wonder no more … we have local pricing. Expected to arrive in SA in the first half of 2021, the refreshed retractable hard-top model is currently listed from R5 033 000 (hat tip to our friends over ...

A fresh report out of Germany claims the Volkswagen Group’s rumoured reshuffling of its brands will see Bentley become a “subsidiary” of Audi. According to a Reuters report, German publication Automobilwoche claims the move is part of an attempt to improve “economies of scale” ...

Land Rover South Africa says the Range Rover Sport is now available locally with a new electrified 3,0-litre straight-six petrol engine. The powertrain is offered locally in two outputs, each combining a twin-scroll turbocharger with an electric supercharger (which the British firm claims “virtually ...

Spanish publication km77 has put the latest Mitsubishi Triton through the dreaded Moose Test, with the double-cab bakkie completing the move with an "average" entrance speed. In the video below, the Triton – which is here fitted with an automatic transmission, a canopy and Dunlop Grandtrek AT20 ...

The driver of an A90-generation Toyota GR Supra has been arrested for reportedly clocking 228 km/h on the N4 in Gauteng. According to the Gauteng Traffic Police, the 47-year-old driver was nabbed on Saturday morning in a 120 km/h zone. The Supra driver was arrested and is facing charges of reckless ...