Namibia's content-driven motoring portal
So you live out in the sticks but the roads never deteriorate enough to warrant a wonky 4×4. Perhaps you already have such a vehicle and long for a decent station wagon. Maybe the one you fancy is a butch estate which can also deal with a nasty middelmannetjie. This car could be Audi’s new A4 Allroad.
Kort op die hakke van ‘n toetsrit met GWM se H5 vysitplek SUV, wat ‘n uiters gunstige indruk gemaak het, het ‘n toetsrit oor dieselfde roete met die Steed 5 dubbelkajuit 2.0 liter VGT gevolg. En in hierdie geval het die Steed 5 bakkie selfs nog ‘n beter indruk gemaak as sy eersgenoemde neef uit dieselfde stal, alhoewel hulle verskillende klante lok.
Honda veered off in a new direction a few years ago which saw the demise of Formula One, NSX and other high-revving monsters in favour of smooth, friendly, green products. Yawn. Like many people I miss the old VTEC screamers but have to admit that their new cars are incredibly refined, especially the CR-V.
Recently we’ve had a few discussions at work as to the nature and purpose of a few vehicles. Especially snazzy SUV’s have been in the crosshairs, the Mommy 4×4’s which won’t (and don’t) make it very far off road. Just as our debate was about to boil over, Suzuki’s revitalised Grand Vitara entered stage left.
Nissan van Suid-Afrika het so-pas ‘n baie netjiese skuif gemaak. Die prys van die uitstekende Pathfinder, waaroor ons voorheen al met soveel lof geskryf het, het met nagenoeg N$100 000 geval om hierdie begeerlike en taai 4×4 nou binne die begroting van soveel meer mense te kan plaas.
With a lineage that goes back to the first civilian 4×4 vehicle, the Jeep Wrangler is a true American icon which retains the essence of its ancestor’s shape since 1941. Jeep kept the dinosaur’s amazing off-road abilities, only adding a few modern conveniences over the years.
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.
Whenever we learn of a new car, its brag sheet is usually a sea of improvements and additions over the outgoing model. In most cases, daring new shapes hide bigger dimensions and more powerful engines. Although peppered with improvements, the new Honda CR-V is no bigger or meaner than before.
In die relatiewe kort tydperk wat Hyundai op die plaaslike mark beskikbaar is, het hierdie Koreaanse vervaardiger, by wyse van spreke, die stryd as een van die topverkopers in die land amper stormenderhand oorwin.
Volkswagen van Suid-Afrika het so-pas sy nuwe Amarok dubbelkajuit, met ‘n nuwe 8-gang outomatiese ratkas, in die Namibwoestyn aan motorjoernaliste bekendgestel. Dit was letterlik en figuurlik ‘n WARM geleentheid met temperature wat by 55 grade Celsius gaan draai het; verder is die nuwe Volkswagen bakkie, met sy outomatiese ratkas en permanente vierwielaandrywing,‘n warm opponent in hierdie marksegment waar hy sommige van sy mededingers ore gaan aansit.