Timo Scheider kept true to his statement of beating Johan Kristoffersson in equal machinery by clinching the second race of the Cape Town-based World Rallycross event. Whilst Kristoffersson won the first event on Saturday, Scheider not only won his first-ever FIA WRX race, but also kept a 40th WRX win, and a 6th World Championship, away from Kristoffersson. This will have to wait for the Hong Kong finale in November.
Franco Theron
Three things we learnt from the #JimnyGathering
“Do you perhaps know why there were so many Jimnies in Clarens, and were you part of it?” was one of the first questions I was asked as soon as we entered the Lesotho border via the iconic (and 4×4-only) Sani Pass. It filled me with great joy to explain the reason behind this (let’s call this) Jimny take-over. Primarily, since I was part of a historic event, and hopefully, the first of many.
#JimnyGathering en Safari Town Festival hou Clarens feestelik
Suzuki Suid Afrika het onlangs die Vrystaatse dorp van Clarens goed wakker gemaak, met die onthaal van die eerste #JimnyGathering, sowel as die Safari Town Festival. Die plattelandse dorp, wat grens aan die “Golden Gate” Nasional Park, sowel as die Drakensberge, was die perfekte ligging om nie net soveel moontlik Jimnies bymekaar te bring nie, maar ook om ’n nuwe Wêreld Rekord te breuk.
Padtoets: 2023 Hyundai Tucson 2.0 AWD N-Line
Een van Hyundai se beste nog
Artikel: Franco Theron
Fotograaf: Jacques Grobler
Sedert die vervaardiger se aankoms in Suider-Afrika, net meer as twee dekades gelede, het Hyundai ’n paar uitskieter modelle ontwerp, waarvan die Getz (spesifiek die 1.6 diesel), die IX35, en die die i10 (Atos) en i20 maar net ’n paar van die ikoniese modelle was.
Bekendstelling: 2023 Suzuki XL6
Suzuki Suid-Afrika het onlangs ’n geweldige besige en suksesvolle twee weke gehad; nie net in terme van verkoop syfers nie, maar ook in terme van die nuwe modelle wat dit op die mark bekendstel gestel was. Vanjaar alleen het die huidige derde beste passasier voertuigverkoper in die land al die Eeco bekend gestel, sowel as die kompakte SUV, die Fronx. Verder het die vervaardig nog opgraderings tot hul huidige modelle gebring.
Launched: Suzuki Jimny 5-door (2023)
Déjà vu for Suzuki
Suzuki certainly kept the best for last today as it publicly launched their brand new 5-door Jimny at the 2023 Festival of Motoring (Kyalami Race circuit), just like they did with their 3-door version in 2018. This follows a very busy week for the brand, which saw the reveal of two other completely new models, namely the Fronx and the XL6.
Launched: 2023 Suzuki XL6
Suzuki South Africa is currently on a roll, not just in terms of its sales figures, but also in terms of the new models it is launching into the market. This year alone, the current third best passenger vehicle seller in the country, has already seen the launch of the new Eeco, as well as the compact SUV, the Fronx, launched exactly a week ago.
Padtoets: 2023 Toyota Vitz XR
Vitz nou Toyota se intree model
Toyota het onlangs ‘n paar veranderinge aan hul model-reeks gemaak, waarvan die mees onlangse die vervanging van die Agya was. Die nuwe Vitz tree dus die mark in as Toyota se mees bekostigbare voertuig, selfs goedkoper as die Agya (maar na ons mening, veel beter).
Padtoets: 2023 Volkswagen Polo Sedan
Pure nostalgie
In die afgelope dekade, moes vele vervaardigers hul ikoniese sedan modelle van die mark haal, weens die groeiende SUV mark. Volkswagen is maar net een van hierdie. Dink aan die Passat of die CC. Beide uitmuntende voertuie, wat steeds uitstekend in die Europese markte doen, maar onttrek is uit Suider Afrika weens die beheptheid met SUVs..
Suzuki gears up for the #JimnyGathering
In 2022, Suzuki South Africa announced that it would host a Jimny gathering on the weekend surrounding Heritage Day (September 22nd to 24th, 2023).