BMW M140i

We recently discovered that buying a new vehicle equipped with a four-cylinder engine is by no means a guarantee that it will be cheap (check out our list of the 8 most expensive four-cylinder vehicles in SA for confirmation). But what if you want six cylinders … and want to pay as little as possible?Well, ...

Practical performance cars: it's a concept that is, by its very nature, a compromise that’s often not terribly well executed. A car usually leans towards either performance or practicality, and rarely to both. However, two recently facelifted vehicles may just strike an appealing balance.Yes, the Audi ...

BMW has just revealed details for its facelifted 1 Series. The update consists of some interior revisions as well as five new alloy wheel designs and two new exterior colours. The engine lines will remain the same but, some markets will have the added option of xDrive for the higher-end models.The exterior ...

No, we're not talking about hatchbacks that have never seen a carwash. We're talking about hatchbacks that emit the most CO2 per kilometre.We've had a forage through the statistics to pick out the eight hatches with the highest CO2 emissions figures. And, somewhat surprisingly, the list contains more ...

In the April issue of CAR magazine, we put the BMW M140i Sport Steptronic up against the Audi S3 Sedan Quattro S tronic in an interesting comparative test (grab a copy to read the verdict). But we also set resident race ace Deon Joubert loose on Killarney in each of these practical performance cars. ...