The “NCAP” safety standards refer to the New Car Assessment Program, which is a program developed by various organizations around the world to evaluate the safety performance of vehicles. NCAP safety standards are designed to provide consumers with information about the safety performance of different vehicles and to encourage manufacturers to produce safer vehicles.   […]

First of, what is “Diesel Gate”? This is the name given to Volkswagen’s emissions scandal. Since 2009 diesel engines that have been produced by the manufacturer have been cheating emissions tests. Discovered by US officials, the diesel engines have been rigged with software, dubbed the ‘defeat device’, that detects when it’s being tested and switch […]

When looking for  a used car, or as most manufacturers like to call them, pre-owned, we often overlook the manufactures pre-owned car sites and jump straight into mainstream used car sites such as Autotrader and CarFind. Gumtree and OLX is also fast becoming our primary source for used car shopping. One of the best advantages […]

Over recent years you would have noticed the slow evolution of engines in our everyday cars starting to incorporate the use of turbo chargers. There are still manufacturers out there that have not yet embraced this concept yet, such as Toyota, Nissan and Honda. Although they might have a turbo variant somewhere in their lineup, […]

Every year the Kinsey Report is released telling us what we need to know about car parts prices. The report tells us what the actual maintenance costs will be in terms of parts pricing, as well as panel parts prices. This is a good indicator if your vehicle doesn’t come with a service/maintenance plan, so […]

There’s a car restoration project down in KZN that has started quite a stir amongst Mercedes Benz enthusiast all over. It’s the revival of an old Mercedes Benz 180 Diesel nicknamed Dassie the Diesel Rat. Born in 1956, 58 years later, Dassie was almost put to rest in a scrap yard in Johannesburg. It was discovered […]