If you didn’t know it yet, I’m a complete sucker for weird car colour combos. You can shove your whites and blacks, I like pearlescent yellow and maroon metallic. So this grey Toyota RAV4 press car with its half-orange interior started off on a good foot… but how did it do after that?
AWD
Tested: 2019 Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription
Are you in the market for an SUV? Statistically, you certainly should be. Realistically, if size and price aren’t of great concern to you, I highly recommend you narrow in on the big seven-seater Volvo XC90.
Road Trip: 2019 Renault Duster 4WD Dynamique
The comfort zone
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.
Padtoets: 2018 Volvo XC40 D4 AWD
Die nuwe klein SUV koning
Volvo het nie net in 2017 die Europese Motor van die Jaar toekenning gewen nie, maar ook nou ‘n voertuig gemaak wat as “cool” beskryf kan word. Volvo se nuwe XC40 is nie net visueel treffend en een van die mees tegnologies gevorderde voertuie op die mark nie, maar ook nou meer ‘generasie’ vriendelik vir enige ouderdoms groep met verskeie kleurskemas en binneruim styleringspakkette. Waar anders dan om die jeugdigheid van die nuwe XC40 uit te beeld as by ‘n Matriek- (Graad 12) afskeid?
Tested: 2018 Jaguar E-Pace P300 AWD R-Dynamic HSE
The wrong speedo
Have you ever brought a knife to a gunfight? A speedo to a beach party? If you can imagine the buttocks-clenching feeling of such faux-pas, you have a good idea what state I was in while testing the newest compact SUV from Jaguar. You see, we didn’t just saunter through town with the E-Pace, we took it deep into the dirty Karoo.
Comparison: Volvo S90 D5 AWD vs. itself
Almost ten months ago we tested this big Swedish sedan – now we took it for another spin
Padtoets: Volvo V90 Cross Country D5 AWD
Volvo, altyd innoverend
Volvo het pas die motorwêreld omgekeer met die nuus van hul nuwe “Paradigma verskuiwing”. Hierdie behels dat suster-vervaardiger, Polestar, nou vervaardig sal word in China vanaf 2019. Die verskuiwing bring egter nuwe ideologiëe saam.
Tested: Volvo S90 D5 AWD Inscription Geartronic
Imposing. That’s the word a neighbour finally settled on after an extensive inspection of our latest test car. “It’s a big car but they’ve hidden the sedan’s bulk quite well.” Other words that pop up during our lengthy look at this car are “graceful”, “stylish” and “modern”. This is the new Volvo flagship sedan, the S90.
Padtoets: Toyota RAV4 GX AWD
Toyota se verbeterde RAV4 sit ‘n trotse tradisie voort
Die bekendstelling van Toyota se oorspronklike RAV4 so twee dekades gelede het in die jare daarná selfs dié vervaardiger se stoutste verwagtinge oortref. En sonder twyfel gaan die nuutste en vierde generasie RAV met sy vyf verskillende modelle ‘n nuwe hoofstuk byvoeg tot hierdie suksesverhaal en sal sy mededingers in die gewilde SUV-marksegment hulle sokkies moet optrek.
Tested: Volvo XC90 AWD D5 Inscription
The great anticipation
I’ve been so looking forward to testing the latest offering from Volvo. There’s been massive hype around the launch and I was privileged enough to get an early insight into this rather impressive SUV during August of this year, but it’s always even better to be able to poke around, fiddle with new knobs and dials and really get to grips with a new vehicle during a test week.