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Sedert die eerste verskyning van Toyota se Hilux bakkies in Suid-Afrika in 1969 het hierdie handelsnaam byna ikoniese status bereik; ook in Namibië. Weg was die groot en swaar Amerikaanse 6- en 8-silinder dorstige bakkies en het hierdie 1.5 liter met die kort wielbasis die meer ekonomiese alternatief in veral die landboubedryf geword.
Toyota is on the rebound after a few reliability niggles landed them on the wrong end of a witch hunt. Old foes and new competitors are clawing at market share so the Japanese giant had to think fast and aims to fight back with increased quality and quantity of products.
In Suid-Afrika en Namibië is die mark vir een ton bakkies ‘n baie belangrike en hoogs kompeterende mark. Toyota se Hilux , waarvan die bakvorm nou al van 2005 kom, is nou al reeds ‘n hele aantal jare die top verkoper in hierdie mark…
Toyota se Hilux bakkies is as ware ‘n huishoudelike naam in die plaaslike motorbedryf en sal heel moontlik in veral die plattelandse gebiede beskou word as Suid-Afrika se nasionale voertuig. Deur die jare heen het die Hilux bakkies van Toyota amper ikoon status bereik wat veral geskoei was op die byna legendariese betroubaarheid van hierdie werkesels.
Lexus South Africa recently invited us to the launch of the CT200h, the third hybrid available locally from this luxury Japanese brand. Slotting in behind the snazzy RX450h SUV and refined GS450h saloon, the CT200h is the world’s first full hybrid luxury compact car.
Verby is die dae waar jy met die koop van ‘n intreevlak motor met net die basiese tevrede moes wees. Die nuwe opgeknapte i10 stel nuwe standaarde vir klein motors teen ‘n bekostigbare prys. Die i10 spog met ‘n hele lys van standaard kenmerke wat mens onlangs net in duurder modelle aangetref het.
Welcome to Galimoto’s experimental format of reviewing cars, a shortened and sweetened version of our regular reports, embellished with a small side shot of specifications. The honours of being subjected to this new formula first go to the 2011 Subaru Forester 2.5 XS.
I’ve typed it before and I’ll type it again; I love a random pleasant surprise by having my expectations exceeded. When a dark grey Chevy Cruze dieselled its way into my life it had a rather steep hill to climb as my expectations were low to non-existent.
Please excuse my nonsensical ramblings this week; I’ve just had two of my wisdom teeth extracted. Despite being twice as stupid as before, I finally decided to compose a comparative test between two cars I drove back-to-back: the new Honda Ballade and Renault Fluence.
Met die bekendstelling van die nuwe Fluence, was die plaaslike bestuur van Renault baie eerlik om te erken dat alles die afgelope paar jaar in Suid-Afrika nie reg geloop het nie. Hulle is ook baie ernstig om dit reg te stel en om so die negatiewe persepsies wat kopers van die modelle en diens het, om te swaai.