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First impressions are vital but can often be misleading. Actually I was supposed to tell you about the new Honda CRZ Hybrid today but a slight mishap landed me in the driver’s seat of the equally hybrid Honda Insight. And my initial impressions were rather mixed…
Die nuwe Toyota Verso-reeks het nou ‘n nuweling wat van ry nou lekker-ry maak. Hierdie lekker-ry is te danke aan die nuwe palwisselratkas wat nou in die reeks beskikbaar is. Maar wat is hierdie palwisselratkas? Die CVT, of op Engels, continuously variable transmission, is in wese ‘n outomatiese kas waar die enjinspoed konstant bly op die punt waar hy die meeste wringkrag vrystel en beste verrigting teen die laagste brandstofverbruik lewer.
In a few minutes it will be 10h10 on the 10th of the 10th 2010. Or ’10, if you like. As I failed to arrange a wedding, birth, divorce or other memorable event for this significant date it will have to mark the creation of my Suzuki SX4 CVT review.
I could swear that I’ve already tested a Nissan Qashqai not too dissimilar from the one that’s grinning at me from my driveway. Didn’t I already tell you that the little cross-over with its lively engine is wonderful to drive?
Suzuki is bekend dat hulle klein maar goeie 4×4 voertuie maak. Die Jimny, Vitara en Grand Vitara is staatmakers – ook in Suid-Afrika. Suzuki SA het verlede week die nuwe opgekikkerde SX4 met ‘n paar klein, maar belangrike, veranderings in Suid-Afrika bekend gestel.
Four point five litres per hundred kilometres; that was the average consumption of the new Toyota Prius I recently drove for two days on its official launch. The third generation Prius will shortly be available from selected Toyota dealerships to maintain and build on its ecological and economical image. Especially the second model (2003) made the Prius into a runaway success, so much so that in April 2008 it smashed the one million sales mark since its first incarnation arrived in 1997.