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Since its inception in 2010, the Polo Vivo has been the best-selling car on the market. With the discontinuing of the “Citi” (MKI Golf) models, the Vivo became known as one of the best “value-for-money” packages. It sold 193,343 units since 2010. We were recently invited by Volkswagen South Africa to attend the launch of the all-new Polo Vivo in Port Elizabeth.
The highly popular Honda Jazz brand will once again move forward with the introduction of a new Sport model. Taking the Jazz on a 180km roadtrip along the South-African east coast, we tested the abilities of the Jazz on the road, as well as the wet skid pan of Dezzi Raceway.
The Hyundai Grand i10 has always been one of my first recommendations in the compact hatchback class. Its price, specifications and ease of use make for a great combination, although I felt that the last one I tested (less than a year ago) was getting eclipsed by some of its newer competitors.
Honda recently invited us to the all-new 6th generation Honda Civic Type-R launch for flying laps on Dezzi Raceway in KZN. The aim was not to drool over the beautiful seaside, but to put the Type R to the test.
Volkswagen has been the top passenger car seller for the past seven years in South-Africa, with the manufacturer topping the sales list every month with their Polo Vivo and Polo models. In 2017 alone, it sold 22 916 units in South Africa. Every 1.57 seconds, the Uitenhage Plant produces a Polo to become someone’s new family member.
Style and sophistication. Two attributes which used to be an alien term at Land Rover but made a slow and graceful entrance in the seventies when Range Rover appeared on the scene. That first luxury SUV from the green oval brand paved the way for countless successors of which the latest one is called “Velar”.
100 years since the very first Mitsubishi (the Model A) was manufactured, the Japanese brand now celebrates a very successful century.
First launched in 1995, the Honda CR-V captured the global market as a trend-setter in the compact SUV segment. Globally, it has since been sold 9 million times in 150 countries, so this latest model has a lot to live up to.
It’s been a long time coming because a lot of time was spent ensuring Nissan’s latest bakkie can master local conditions. The company said the same thing at the press launch in Australia so one wonders just how different our conditions might be.
A few months ago, we had the privilege of testing the new Volkswagen Golf GTi 7.5. On the open roads to Graaff-Reinet, this proved to be one of the best cars that we have tested in a while and we really struggled to find any faults with it. Southern Africa is renowned for the highest percentage of GTi’s. In fact, over 350 000 GTi’s have been sold in the region ever since it started with the MK1. Now it is the turn of the Golf R and the Golf GTD to make a trip to our local showrooms and once again, Volkswagen gave us a little taste of what to expect.