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Met sy aanwysing as die een van die top drie mooiste motors op die Paryse Motorskou in 2012, en een van die finaliste vir die prys vir die beste ontwerpte motor vir die jaar vir 2013, is dit geen wonder dat Renault se bemarkingspan oortuig is dat sy nuwe Clio 4 ook ‘n wenner in Suid-Afrika en Namibië gaan wees nie. Dit was die boodskap met die onlangse bekendstelling van die nuwe Clio 4 aan die pers.
Ontmoet mens die huidige dinamiese en charismatiese hoofuitvoerende beampte van die Toyota maatskappy, Akio Toyoda, is dit byna vanselfsprekend dat die familienaam êrens ‘n aansluiting moet hê met die produk self. En dit is dan ook inderdaad so.
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.
Iewers, diep in jou, is daar die heimlike begeerte om Afrika in te vaar en die slegste paaie en sandduine aan te durf met vertroue. Jy is skrikkerig om dit alleen aan te pak en soek nog vier maats om die avontuur te deel en mekaar moed in te praat.
Today I bring you news of a very, very important car. Obviously it’s important enough for the manufacturer to launch this new model in our market but more importantly, it slots into our market’s most popular segment, around R120,000. So everyone, please say hello to the new Honda Brio.
The Honda CR-V enjoys quite a strong following in our neck of the woods, primarily due to its versatility, comfort, quality and incredible reliability. As the fourth generation ties its laces in the starting block, you may even find first or second generation cars still motoring around your neighbourhood.
Mercedes-Benz is one of the most innovative automotive brands on the planet, never mind the oldest, so it’s rather surprising that they have a monster lurking in their pricelist. A rugged, uncompromising, almost backwards machine called (insert sounds of thunder) Der Geländewagen.
I’ve bought quite a few cars over the years and my shortlists usually included some or other derivative of a car which I believe to be a sensible and beautifully engineered hatchback. It’s never been the most affordable and I’m yet to own one so my admiration of the Audi A3 lives on.
Of all the months in a year, October surely has the worst reputation. The seasons are in an awkward change, car sales slump, scholars and students are panicking, the Christmas holidays are too far away yet big supermarkets already annoy us with merry decorations.