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Welcome to this week’s contradiction on wheels: the decidedly extravagant Range Rover powered by a sensible turbo-diesel engine. Half the appeal of a flashy R-R Sport was always its thundering beast of an engine so does this mean the Sport badge should be ripped off its backside?
By wyse van spreke het ek die lewenslig in ‘n ou, groen 1937 Ford V8 die lig gesien. Op daardie stadium het die skoolkinders op Kamieskroon hom al die bynaam “Genade” gegee. Maar loop het hy geloop – al het dit soms ‘n tyd geneem om aan die gang te kom! En toe trou ek ook met ‘n vrou wat uit die Ford tradisie kom.
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.
My records allege that I already tested the 5-door Turbo-diesel Honda Civic over two years ago but that didn’t stop me from grabbing the key and taking it home for a week. Nothing much seems to have changed and the four-year-old still looks like an extraterrestrial Mom’s taxi.
I think I may be in trouble here; after a business emergency prompted my premature exit from the recent Nissan X-Trail launch I completely forgot to write a report on the face-lifted car. In all fairness, I never drove the new X-Trail until my press demonstrator arrived last week.
I’m assuming that some of you have just returned from a long, hot and tiresome holiday trip ready to trade in the spouse’s ageing wheels. In your absence, most dealerships have steam-cleaned the driveway, topped up the coffee machine and are waiting (some, anxiously) for your visit.
Ons beurt om die Honda Accord stasiewa te toets, nadat hy al ‘n jaar op die mark is, was nou een van die aangenaamste verrassings in ‘n lang tyd. Stasiewaens verkoop nie eintlik regtig goed in Namibië of Suid-Afrika nie; anders as in Duitsland waar BMW, Mercedes en Audi volop is en hulle op die Autobahn amper harder gery word as Porsches.
The key I currently have in my pocket will grant access to a Peugeot 207 of sorts with, umm… This manufacturer is rather stingy with their badges so that’s all I know for now. I’m unsure what engine it has but can report about the presence of five doors and a solid roof so it’s neither the GTi nor the flip-top CC.
I’m safely presuming that Nissan entertained some sort of competition to invent thee most unpronounceable name for one of their new niche market vehicles, the Qashqai. How do you pronounce it? Umm, cash-kay, I think. What does it mean? No idea, perhaps “bless you” in Japanese.
The Dodge Journey should actually be a huge success, not just in its native states of unity. Just like us, most people misinterpreted the SUV or 4×4 and their capabilities, defending their purchases of unwieldy beasts with reasons like safety and space.