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Should you not know this, motoring journalists are usually fed a stream of cars from various manufacturer press fleets. These groups of vehicles are registered to the factory and used for launches, road tests and long-term reviews, events and other automotive occasions. One such car is this white Suzuki Swift 1.4 GLS.
Die stof het nog nie behoorlik gaan lê, en die roes is nog nie behoorlik afgeslaap ná die fenomenale ontvangs en prestasies van Hyundai se nuwe Elantra nie, of die i30 verskyn op die rakke om nog enige moontlike gapings in Hyundai se arsenaal van puik en aantreklike motors in die kompakte segment te vul.
Picture the scene. You’re at a braai and the obligatory man huddle at the fire has turned its attention to the mandatory subject of cars. It’s your turn and a few years ago you would’ve faked an illness before admitting ownership of a Hyundai Accent, but today you may proudly do so.
Dit voel soos nou-die-dag wat die Hyundai handelsmerk op die plaaslike toneel verskyn het met sy Accent en Elantra modelle. Van Windhoek tot Witbank het die Koreaanse vervaardiger kopers gelok wat waarskynlik éérs na die prys en dan daarna na die motor self gekyk het.Met die wegtrekslag het die verkope die hoogte ingeskiet en het die uitstekende diens wat die handelaars verskaf het, bygedra tot die suksesstorie.
Suzuki South Africa recently launched the new rendition of their funky B-segment contender, the Swift. Blessed with cute looks, a peppy engine and responsive chassis, I always promoted the little nugget over the sheepish masses’ choice of competing Japanese and German products.
This review may be a little pointless as (a) my boss already wrote a piece on this car, (b) I already published a launch report and (c) I was supposed to test something else; which never arrived. So after a month-long drought of test cars I was so grateful that I decided to write a sneaky review on the new Hyundai Elantra.
Who would’ve thought that one day you’d be reading about an exciting new luxury car from Hyundai, or discover that the car in question manages to turn heads and initiate fights between motoring journalists when the keys are being handed out.