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Prepare to meet the definition of the words legend, antique and expensive. I haven’t been so excited about a test car in months and it’s been equally long since I witnessed such diverse and lively reactions to a vehicle, in this case a Mercedes-Benz G350 BlueTEC.
Many moons ago, I wrote that some things never change. It may be the only constant in the universe but some leopards just don’t fancy changing their spots. This is a good thing. Especially since it applies to the same car I described back then – the Honda Accord.
Seasoned readers will know what’s coming – yup, another confession. The first car I ever owned and the car I owned the longest, was a C-Class. When I despondently handed over the keys last year it had covered 233,000km and was still as tight as a drum.
The boomerang puppy
Nissans usually make a good impression on yours truly. Even models with just one exhaust pipe and no wings are usually well packaged and good to drive. The Micra was the exception, chiefly because I never tested the previous version and partly because I didn’t like its looks.
Testing a hybrid automobile isn’t a very pleasurable experience for a motoring journalist and/or petrol-head. I would imagine it feels like a food critic having to evaluate an instant diet meal because the media alleges that we’re getting too fat and we’re running out of milk.
Mercedes-Benz South Africa CV
“Public transport is crucial to the regeneration of any city and, with our long-standing business relationship between the City of Windhoek and M & Z Motors, we are delighted that this association has now reached new dimensions of co-operation and service, and will benefit the people of Namibia as a whole,” says Verena Grüttemeyer, Dealer Principal, M & Z Motors & Commercial Vehicles.
Mercedes-Benz South Africa CV
Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicles celebrates their UNIMOG’s Southern African re-introduction with the sale of a U4000 unit to the City of Windhoek’s Fire Department. Namibia’s M + Z Motors Commercial Vehicles dealership based in Windhoek last sold a UNIMOG U120 way back in 1983 to the Namibia Water Corporation Ltd., marking this, their latest sale, as a watershed moment in the history of this one-of-kind all-terrain workhorse.