Namibia's content-driven motoring portal
When last have you been to the dentist or spent some time with your mother-in-law? I’ll avoid answering both questions but can report that this past weekend, I did something I tend to avoid like the plague: drive a double-cab. Which one? A bi-turbo Volkswagen Amarok 4×2.
Met die onlangse bekenstelling van SsangYong se dubbeldoelvoertuig, die Korando, is daar in ‘n vorige artikel melding gemaak van SsangYong se nuwe en byna rewolusionêre benadering ten opsigte van die ontwerp van sy nuutste produkte.
Recent events have encouraged me to take a fresh look at soft-roaders and their capabilities which are often misunderstood, sometimes even by yours truly. The brand-new Audi Q3 I just tested will hopefully help us to dismiss some of the following myths:
Toyota se Hilux bakkies is as ware ‘n huishoudelike naam in die plaaslike motorbedryf en sal heel moontlik in veral die plattelandse gebiede beskou word as Suid-Afrika se nasionale voertuig. Deur die jare heen het die Hilux bakkies van Toyota amper ikoon status bereik wat veral geskoei was op die byna legendariese betroubaarheid van hierdie werkesels.
Die huidige Daihatsu Terios is reeds vanaf 2006 op die Namibiese en Suid-Afrikaanse mark en is gevestig as ‘n betroubare en gewilde Sportnutsvoertuig. Die nuwe langbakweergawe is beskikbaar in beide 4×4 en 4×2 weergawes, laasgenoemde met sinvolle agterwiel- aandrywing.
When the cat’s away, the mice will play. No sooner had our senior journalist boarded an Airbus bound for Germany and I took charge of the office. I rearranged all thumbtacks, drank all the coffee, put my feet on the desk and got myself invited to the launch of the new Volkswagen Amarok.