All of a sudden the hot hatch genre seems to have caught alight. Volkswagen’s rejuvenated fifth-generation Golf GTI has really rekindled the love affair with this iconic machine, and Ford is doing brisk business with... Read More
Until very recently South Africans shopping at the entry-level side of the car market faced buying one of a number of “revitalised” oldies. Their trusted mechanicals, well-known badges and large service networks... Read More
Being the subject of plenty of debate, criticism and even ridicule has not stopped the BMW 1 Series from being an immediate sales success. The allure of the BMW badge on an entertaining, rear-wheel drive hatchback has... Read More
Although the elderly Tazz is not quite driving off into the sunset just yet (give it a few months), Toyota South Africa has finally entered the modern city car game with its eagerly anticipated (and long overdue) Yaris... Read More
The recent rise in popularity of the turbodiesel hatchback can very much be attributed to one single car – Volkswagen’s Golf 4 TDI. Prior to that model’s arrival on the local market, diesel hatchbacks were as... Read More
The Alfa Romeo 147 has been an underrated quasi-premium hatchback from the very first moment it arrived in South Africa. A legacy of dodgy build quality has been hard to shake, and it has consequently not made such a... Read More
Volkswagen’s GTI badge remains one of the most famous and iconic in the automotive world, but even VW itself has admitted that recent products have not done the moniker justice. As Golf 3 and 4 evolved into plusher,... Read More
