By Franco Theron and Albert van Der Merwe
“Johannesburg to Cape Town (roughly 1,500km) on one tank of fuel”…
328i
The confusing badges
Deceit and trickery are around every corner. We get deceived by government, tricked by marketers and fooled into a wonderfully capitalistic lifestyle. The onus is on you to figure out if you want to put up with it or not and there’s a wealth of information (and nonsense) out there to inspire or guide you.
Tested: 2012 BMW X1 xDrive28
The embarrassing imposter
The sports utility vehicle (SUV) market has been booming internationally and on local shores, no doubt bolstered by city dwellers with a taste for the big wide outdoors. BMW cottoned onto this long ago with their X5, X3 and X1 sports activity vehicles (SAV).