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Usually we test a car for a few days – this category lists the articles where we spent MUCH more time and distance with a vehicle:
Jimny 5-deur ’n wenner
In 2018 het die nuwe vierdie-generasie Jimny die mark met ’n storm getref. ’n Vakansie verlenging was nodig na ons Desember toets met die voertuig, siende dat ons konstant besig gehou is deur aanhangers. Ons mees onlangse Desember toets met die nuwe 5-deur Jimny het ’n gevoel van Déjà vu gebring; en met goeie rede.
In our increasingly complicated and bewildering modern lifestyles, I find more and more favour in simple things. Easy stuff. There’s a wonderful wholesomeness to a device that only does what it’s supposed to, and thank Heavens we still get automobiles of such a type: like this Suzuki Swift.
I’m sure you’ve heard of the adage that one shouldn’t criticise a gift. Well, I shall try to be as diplomatic as possible while still giving you an objective opinion of this double-cab bakkie which Mahindra graciously lent us over the Festive Season.
The perfect flaw
Anonymity can be a wonderful thing. As 2019 was drawing to a close, I reflected on some of the colourful cars we tested and decided to book something mundane for the holidays. You know, some large bakkie-based SUV with seven seats and a clattering diesel engine. Have you met the Isuzu mu-X yet?
Undeniably the fastest production bakkie currently being sold in South Africa (yes, we have valid reasons to make this statement), Volkswagen just updated their stellar V6 diesel-powered steed. The manufacturer, who enjoyed one of their most successful years to date, kindly entrusted us with the new special-edition Canyon for a month.
I’m writing a book. Like every author before me, I think the world is just waiting to hear my amusing short stories entitled “The Wrong Car”. These detail the many memorable trips I’ve made with cars which were way out of their comfort zone… which happily doesn’t apply to my recent excursion to southern Namibia with this 4WD Duster.
Good news, dear reader. Everything is back to normal in one part of my automotive imagination. After years of turbo-diesel automatics, yodeling CVT’s and GreenDream gobbledygook, my overall impression of Honda has been yanked perilously close to its original state by this new 2018 Amaze 1.2 Comfort.
Deesdae is daar vele vervaardigers wat wonderlike name aan nuwe voertuie gee. Name wat maklik oor die tong rol en ook dalk ‘n wenk mag gee oor hoe wonderlik en fantasties die nuwe voertuig is. Meestal gebeur dit dat die einste voertuie sukkel te voldoen aan hierdie naam. Om dus ‘n voertuig ‘n naam soos “Amaze” te gee, verg redelik baie waagmoed van Honda. In hierdie artikel sal ons kyk of die Japannese vervaardiger in dieselfde gat geval het en hul trots moet sluk, of wel ‘n verassende pakket ontwikkel het.
Welkom aan almal, by die splinternuwe Suzuki Jimny en ‘n ellelange waglys. Waarom is die splinternuwe Jimny so popular? Wel, ons het die Jimny vir ‘n maand lank getoets, spesifiek om hierdie punt te bewys.
Om ‘n langtermyngebruik artikel oor ‘n voertuig te skryf, is ietwat anders as ons gewone “een-week” rubrieke. Anders as om net krities na ‘n voertuig te kyk, word hierdie geleende voertuig soos ‘n tydelike besitting. Een waarmee daar ‘n band gevorm kan word.