TEST-DRIVES

Many of us have memories of out of town trips with family and the need to pack the back of the family vehicle with as much luggage as possible. After all, no items should be left behind! With the rise of modern pickups, like the Ford Ranger, all that has ...

The new S-Class celebrates its world première with extensive innovations in a few days at the Auto Shanghai (19 to 28 April). Among the highlights is an all-new and highly efficient engine range with a series of new technologies for electrification of the powertrain. Intelligent Drive takes another step towards ...

This Corvette C1 from 1954 is one of just a handful in South Africa. It will be on display at the Rand Show’s motoring hall, where the iconic Route 66 will come alive this year. As the countdown to the Rand Show continues, the organisers say one of the rarest ...

It was fun all the way last week in Durban as auto journalists from the seven countries of  the newly-created BMW Group Sub-Sahara Africa Region converged in batches on the South African city to have a feel of the all-new MINI Countryman. Olaolu Olusina, who was part of the fourth ...

Newly-revealed second generation MINI Countryman will soon arrive Nigeria and other markets in the sub-Saharan Africa Region of the BMW Group. For the Nigerian market, no fewer than 50 units of the completely and newly-developed car will be made available , in the first instance, within the next couple of ...

  Following silhouette presentations in some parts of the world, the all-new Kia Picanto, now in its third-generation, was formally shown to the Middle-East and Africa motoring media as part of an exciting test-drive in Tunis, Tunisia last week. The event was held ahead of the city car’s planned staggered ...

Kia Motors, the Korean auto giant, has set an all-time record by hosting its first regional event ever this year in Africa. Against its tradition of hosting such events in Korea or the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the car maker , last Tuesday, March 21, 2017, hosted top auto journalists ...

Uber has pulled its self-driving cars from the roads after an accident which left one of the vehicles on its side. Pictures posted online showed the car on its right side on an Arizona street, next to another badly damaged vehicle. The car – a Volvo SUV – was in ...

  Readers of the North American “Colliers Magazine” were the first to hear about the new Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster 60 years ago. For the Stuttgart brand gave top photographer David Douglas Duncan the opportunity to showcase a pre-series roadster for the October issue of the magazine in 1956. It was ...

Jaguar’s first electric vehicle – the Jaguar I-PACE – has hit the streets for the first time in London as the luxury car maker joined the growing league of auto companies exploring the great potential in emission-free electric vehicles (EVs). This is coming ahead  of its official unveiling later in ...