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Thabiso Malimela As soon as Volkswagen South Africa announced that the MK 7.5 Golf R (now with 213kW and a new Akropovic exhaust) was the Golf 7’s swansong, it didn’t take long for speculation to arise regarding the details of the new and now 8th generation Golf. For months now, we have been inundated with...
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Thabiso Malimela In South Africa, there are some unwritten rules that if not adhered to, one can be ostracized for being a heretic. Some of these range from Nelson Mandela is the next best thing after a deity to When celebrating any event, one must put together a braai. I’m almost certain that on this...
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Thabiso Malimela BMW’s 1-series has always been the outlier in the executive C-segment hatchback segment – it came with rear-driven wheels, had a relatively long bonnet and rear space always left much to be desired, both points alluding to the point of the 1-series’ rear-wheel drive configuration. So when BMW announced that their new F40...
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Thabiso Malimela You know, there’s something absolutely breath-taking about watching a car, or anything for that matter, rotating on a turntable. I mean, place anything that is as aesthetically unpleasant as a blob fish on a rotating turntable and that combination might make you utter to yourself, “Wow, that is indeed a sight to behold”...
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Thabiso Malimela The furthest technology has allowed the car to develop stops not only at engine performance and efficiency. It is rather where quality, refinement and versatility is concerned that we can say that the car as a machine has gone the furthest. And to illustrate how versatile cars are today, remember that you can...
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Thabiso Malimela It is true what they say about numbers – they don’t lie. Anyone who, even for a second, is sceptical that a watered down, cheap and revised version of the already popular Volkswagen Polo will top the sales charts without fail every month, should definitely check the statistics! With around 2000 cars sold...
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Thabiso Malimela The Volkswagen Polo is one of those cars that whenever a new model or facelifted update is revealed, everyone stops whatever they’re doing and pays attention, and I suspect it is for the same reason, the Polo is consistently the second best-selling car in each month, only shadowed by its Vivo sibling (or...
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In the battle of the hot/hyper hatchback, BMW’s choice to give the 1-series a rear-wheel drive drivetrain is one that has baffled its rivals while gathering a religious fan base. This hind-powered setup has proved to be detrimental in some areas that buyers find relevant in this segment – acceleration, grip and predictability. But in...
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Not so long ago, Kia was named the most reliable brand by customers worldwide but now they face a setback, albeit a minor one. Kia South Africa recently announced that 1266 of the new-generation Kia Rio will undergo a voluntary recall due to concerns regarding a faulty rear child lock. It is said that the...
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