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Launch Reports

Want to know about the latest and greatest motorised metal to hit Nam? You’re in the right place…

Launched: 2021 Suzuki Vitara Brezza

17 February 202117 February 2021 by Hanjo Stier

D’you know what the world needs now? Other than love, sweet love? Six reasons you should immediately and unequivocally buy the new Suzuki Vitara Brezza.

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Categories Launch Reports Tags Brezza, ItJustGetsBrezza, Namibia, Suzuki, Vitara, Vitara Brezza 3 Comments

First Drive: 2020 Hyundai Creta

30 November 2020 by Hanjo Stier

How do you keep the insatiable SUV market interested in your wares? By refining them, of course. Hyundai South Africa just showed us how it’s done…

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Categories Launch Reports Tags 1.4T, 1.5, Creta, DCT, Diesel, Hyundai, petrol, TGDi, Turbo 2 Comments

First Drive: Volkswagen T-Roc

28 November 2020 by Hanjo Stier

Drive to Defy. Although my co-pilot and I were tempted to visit an appliance warehouse, what Volkswagen of South Africa meant by that tagline is that their new compact crossover is meant for the defiant among us. City slickers get a T-Cross, families should grab a Tiguan while the movers and shakers may welcome this new T-Roc.

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Categories Launch Reports Tags T-Cross, T-Roc, Troc, Volkswagen, VW Leave a comment

Honda SA launch 2 cars: the New Ballade and WR-V

24 November 2020 by Nico Boshoff

Honda South Africa has just released two new models to their fleet. A new Ballade and a completely new “RV” model employing the letter W… the WR-V!

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Categories Launch Reports Tags Ballade, compact, crossover, DOHC, Honda, sedan, SUV, VTEC, WR-V, WRV 3 Comments

Launched: 2020 Mercedes-Maybach S-Class

20 November 2020 by Hanjo Stier

Absolute attention to detail – this is a key message we took away from the recent digital premiere of the brand-new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class.

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Categories Launch Reports Tags Maybach, Maybach S-Class, Mercedes, Mercedes-Maybach, S-Class, Z223 Leave a comment

First Drive: Hyundai Grand i10

29 October 2020 by Hanjo Stier

“Ask them if the new one can take a towbar? And if they fixed the intermittent wiper!” chirps my mom-in-law when she heard that I’d be driving the latest version of her Hyundai Grand i10.

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Categories Launch Reports Tags 1.2, 1L, Getz, Grand, Grand i10, hatchback, Hyundai, i10 2 Comments

Launch Report: Defender Mzansi Expedition

28 October 202026 October 2020 by Nico Boshoff

My Old Defender didn’t do that.. !

The slogan that carried my laughter, quoted many times by my co-driver Dieter Losskarn, throughout the three wonderful days we had with the Land Rover Mzansi Edge Expedition.

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Categories Launch Reports Tags 2020, Defender, Edge, Expedition, Kingsley Holgate, Land Rover, Losskarn, Mzansi, New Defender Leave a comment

Launched Online: the Maserati MC20

16 September 2020 by Hanjo Stier

NamWheels was recently invited by Maserati – for the first time ever – to the launch of their latest model. Alas, the international premiere of the MC20 was a huge online affair available for everyone. Here’s a not-so exclusive summary of what we saw.

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Categories Launch Reports Tags Bi-Turbo, Maserati, MC20, V6 1 Comment

10 things you should know about the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class

7 October 20209 September 2020 by Hanjo Stier

Mercedes-Benz just launched the latest version of their flagship sedan, the S-Class. NamWheels gives you a few pointers about this new super-saloon.

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Categories Launch Reports Tags 2020, launch, Mercedes-Benz, Report, S-Class, W223 Leave a comment

New Defender: Online Launch on 16 July

9 July 2020 by Franco Theron

The wait is finally over… time to heat up the popcorn!


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Categories Launch Reports Tags Defender, Kingsley Holgate, Land Rover Leave a comment
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