One-Day Test: BMW M6

Tip-toeing in the rain with a BMW M6

This BMW M6 might be newly updated, but it feels as if I have driven nearly every derivative before that. Over the last three years, I have been able to drive a … Read More

One-week test: Ford B-MAX

As a precursor to the new Ford B-MAX being launched in South Africa, we were provided with a test unit for a whole week. Its not often that I am given the chance to test a car for more than … Read More

One-day Test: Audi Q3 TFSI

Audi’s super junior SUV has always been a bit of dark spot on the lineup for me. Its one of those cars where I never really understood why you would want to buy one relative to the rest of the … Read More

One-day test: Audi S6

Audi’s S range of cars have sort of been over shadowed by the more extreme RS versions. It use to be that the S was the pinnacle of performance for that particular car but we have found ourselves in a … Read More

One-Day Test: BMW M4 Convertible

One of the most mysterious cars that BMW makes is the M4 Convertible. Its not because I don’t understand how they managed to get the roof to fit so well without it creeping like your gran’s sofa that is covered … Read More

One-day Test: Nissan Leaf

Electric cars are thought to not be the most practical of vehicle choices in South Africa. Things are far away and electric cars have a limited range and they are also quite expensive. And that is really the end of … Read More

One-day test: Volkswagen Golf GTI 2.0 DSG Performance Pack

For years, Volkswagen’s Golf GTI has been the gold standard by which other hot hatches are measured. Since its inception it has managed to merge everyday usability with performance and engaging driving like few others, and for that reason, the … Read More

One-day test: 2015 BMW 650i Convertible

The Grand Tourer segment is one of those car categories that could very much be at risk of dying out in the future. It’s like those 1970s American muscle cars, with their big-bore 7,2-litre V8s, that didn’t realise fuel prices … Read More

One-Day Test: BMW 220d Active Tourer

We think that BMW is pretty astute at making cars. After all, it has without falter produced one of the world’s best performance cars in the form of the M3 for years, not to mention the long track record of … Read More

One-day Test: Citroën New C1

Small cars were not always the tight rope walking premium yet compact things that they are today. Not so long ago the desire to drive a small car was mistaken for the financial inability to drive a bigger car, which … Read More