road test
2011 Audi S5 Coupe Quattro
I have a saying… If it’s not Quattro buy a VW, which brought me to this test drive, the 2011 Audi S5 Coupe Quattro. At first glance the S5 seems tame, composed, elegant. But you will, upon closer inspection, notice the tell tale evidence of the raw power and muscle underneath that “Armani Suit”. 19″ […]
2012 Renault Clio 3
I recently heard an interesting statistic, from a radio advert, that Renault powers 8 cars in the Formula 1 championship in 2012. This was motivation enough for me to go and test drive a Renault, maybe not the RS Sport, but something more reasonably priced. So I decided to book a test drive with McCarthy […]
2012 Nissan Juke 1.6 Dig-T Tekna
The Nissan Juke, is it a SUV or a car? Well Nissanputs it in its passenger car category, but it’s more of a cross between the two. In fact it is classified by many as a “crossover “. I would say that it will fall into the same class as the Suzuki SX4. When launched […]
2012 Mazda 3 1.6L Dynamic
When I think of Mazda I instinctively think of the old 1980’s 323 hatchback. I relate to that car because my uncle owned one, back in the day, and it was a brilliant car, it went everywhere with no problems. Over the years there have been vast advancements in the products that Mazda has to […]
2012 BMW 118i
The BMW 1 Series has recently just gone into its second generation and due to some attractive finance deals by BMW Finance, I decided to take one out for a test drive. Roland Ragavan from Auto Umhlanga set us up with the new 118i, which came in a very interesting colour. The 118i sports a […]
2012 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Distinctive 1.4 TB
The Giulietta has been on my test drive radar ever since it was launched, I’ve just recently had the opportunity to drive it, but has it lived up to my expectations? Well let’s see… We last saw the Giulietta in South Africa back in 1985, and over the years it has become a collectors item amongst Alfa […]
2012 Hyundai Accent
For a while now there has been a gap in the market for a midsized sedan that offers the space to be a family car and the power and style to have fun with it as well. There are options out there that offered this, like the VW Polo sedan 1.6 and TDi, but it […]
2012 Kia Rio
The third generation Kia Rio has come a long way from what it was when first launched in South Africa; it was by far one of the ugliest cars out there. Although they were priced well at the time, you still had to be a real moron to buy one, considering other options out there of course. But […]
2011 Chevrolet Spark
I was recently given the opportunity to drive the new Chevrolet Spark, which was a courtesy car given to my brother while his car was in the panel shop. The variant that I drove was the 1.2l L. Which I must say was more than sufficient to power the little car. The super compacts available […]
2011 Opel Corsa 1.4 Essentia
The compact hatch segment of the new vehicle car market is now firmly the leading segment in terms of sales and Opel is no stranger to this segment. But there is a dark side looming to the compact hatch segment which is the price vs. features race. There is a lot of competition from manufactures […]
