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Porsche Confirms Plans for Sub-Boxster
December 29, 2009 | Adam Schoeman
Autocar is reporting that during an interview with VW Group Chairman Martin Winterkorn, the first official confirmation that a sub-Boxster sports car was being evaluated. He went on to say that it would probably not arrive before … Read More
Rossi F1 Poll Results and Update
December 29, 2009 | Adam Schoeman
58.6% of RPM TV Online readers might think that Valentino Rossi should not leave MotoGP for F1, but it looks like Valentino has other ideas.
Star of the two wheeled discipline Rossi was seen testing with Ferrari … Read More
Fiat Panda in 2011, Alfa Romeo Giulietta in 2010
December 29, 2009 | Adam Schoeman
Some good news for all us small and downright beautiful car lovers – Fiat’s CEO Sergio Marchionne recently announced in a teleconference with financial analysts that Fiat will finally be launching the new Panda in 2011.
Marchionne … Read More
Update: Toyota Recall Extended to South Africa. SA Car’s Released
December 29, 2009 | Adam SchoemanA few readers might already know this but Toyota has not had the best of times over the last two weeks or so. It seems that under certain very rare conditions the accelerator pedal mechanism maybe be harder to depress, slow to return to the idle position or remain open in a partially depressed position. In other words, you could find yourself going forward long after you decided not to.
The American press has been buzzing about this for the better part of this week as rumoured pedal issues transformed into a full blown recall, culminating in Toyota including Europe and South Africa in the list of affected countries last night.
Toyota South Africa is on record saying that it is currently investigating which vehicles may be involved in the recall and will make an announcement in due course, but in the mean time here is the list of European Toyotas that are affected (built between February 2005 and February 2010)
Kia Brings the Beauty with New Sportage at Geneva
December 29, 2009 | Adam Schoeman
Peter Schreyer, design director at Kia Motors has undoubtedly been earning his weekly wage. The Cerato and Cerato Coup are both very handsome cars and the recently upgraded Sorento is light years ahead in looks when compared … Read More