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Yesterday I was abducted by aliens and had a beer with John Lennon. Why? Because I’m quite sure that nobody in the entire country will read this review so it doesn’t matter what I type. Reviewing a Volkswagen Polo is like trying to promote water or fuel. People buy it without encouragement.
Hyundai het onlangs sy nuweling, die Hyundai Grand i10, by die indrukwekkende Waterkloof wynkelder en restaurant, wat op ‘n heuwel soos ‘n glaskasteel oor die Hottentots-Holland vallei en Valsbaai troon, bekend gestel. Die naam Grand i10 vir hierdie nuweling in die Hyundai stal kan misleidend vir die oningeligte wees omdat dit maklik gesien kan word as ‘n opgegradeerde variant van die bestaande i10 model.
Just when you thought it was safe to venture out into the hot hatchback-mad streets again, Volkswagen comes to the late night drag racing party. Their venerable GTi embodies the hot hatch rather well but who will defend the family name at the traffic lights? The Golf R, that’s who.
Dit is vanjaar sestig jaar wat koningin Elizabeth ll as Britse vorstin regeer en ons het al heelwat oor hierdie mylpaal te hore en te siene gekry; vanaf BBC televisie tot stories in Die Huisgenoot met foto’s oor hierdie merkwaardige vrou en natuurlik ook die troonopvolgers met hulle huwelike, hoogtepunte en laagtepunte.
Hi there. I can only imagine that you’re reading this text because you googled Tegel, stumbled across it by accident or are a hard-core fan of this car. You see, if our local sales charts are anything to go by, the Volkswagen Passat doesn’t exactly sell in vast quantities.
Volkswagen se Polo Vivo het in 2012 die prestasie behaal om as topverkoper van passasiersmotors in Suider-Afrika aangewys te word. Nie minder nie as 34 873 van hierdie gewilde model uit die Volkswagen stal, wat in Uitenhage vervaardig word, is gedurende 2012 verkoop.
It always fascinates me how divergent peoples’ opinions can be when it comes to cars. Take for instance a recent conversation in our office. There’s a good mix of petrolheads, disinterested owners and those dabbling in the market for a new vehicle and for the latter, everyone always has very different advice.
A gruff, off-beat sound usually accompanied by a whistling turbo charger can only mean one thing: five cylinders. With even numbers being the preferred stencil for engine manufacturing, the five-pot is just as quirky and potentially unbalanced as those little three-cylinders.
Mededinging om ‘n beduidende aandeel in die mark vir bakkies in Suid-Afrika moet beslis van die taaiste in die wêreld wees. Die land se ekonomie word veral deur primêre sektore gedryf waar die funksionaliteit van veral die 1-tonners onontbeerlik is en wat gevolglik ideale bemarkingsomstandighede skep.
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.