Archive for August, 2009
That Supercar Something
August 31st, 2009 
Russell My wife and I were having a long discussion in one of those rare quiet moments which occasionally come your way, with two kids under four. The subject? Supercars. Yes, she knew what I was like before marrying me… Anyway, we were discussing the reasons behind taking the plunge and buying yourself one of those [...]
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What a Monster
August 28th, 2009 Steve Well the Daytona has gone back and I must say I’m really missing it, mostly because of that intoxicating noise and the way it burbles when you roll off the throttle. Never mind, we now have a Kawasaki ZX6 Monster, which is a ZX6 with Monster Energy Drinks stickers on, not to be confused with [...]
Steve’s motorcycle racing blog
August 26th, 2009 Steve Well, we have reached what is commonly known as the silly season where contracts are up for renewal. So of course there are several predictions as we all guess where everyone is going. Let me stick my neck out and make a few of my speculations. Jorge Lorenzo has signed for another year at Yamaha, [...]
New Mini Coupe Concept – Help needed!
August 26th, 2009 Russell We’re hoping that you our readers can help us sort something out. This is the new Concept Mini Coupe. We can’t quite decide though… I must say I think it’s really striking. Like distilled Mini sportscar. Although it does look like you need to be five-foot dead to drive it, which puts me right out [...]
Big cat prowling the Veld
August 23rd, 2009 Russell I’m totally astounded at our twenty year old Jag XJ6 right now. This car was built by men, by a company, that has very little idea that places like this exist, that cars drive on roads like this at all… And yet the big cat prowls this lumpen, tight tarmac like the real famously slinky [...]
Immediate friends with great new Triumph Daytona.
August 21st, 2009 Russell This month we have the new Triumph 675 Daytona on test and first impressions are that it is a pretty special bike! I collected it and took it straight to Kyalami to put it through its paces. Slightly on edge since Arnold from KMSA said, as I left “Just don’t crash it”. As any track [...]
News Feature: Local Hero wows Kyalami
August 10th, 2009 Russell Sheridan Morias in World Superbike at Kyalami Sheridan Morais is as well as competing in the National Superbike championship, also running a ZX6 Kawasaki in this year’s National Supersport championship. It seemed only natural that his father and tuning guru Ricky would prepare a bike for the World Supersport round at Kyalami. There was a [...]
News Feature: SA Lambos now fully covered.
August 10th, 2009 Russell Lamborghini LP560-4 at Sandton Motor Show. The Sandton City Auto Show might not boast global recognition, but it certainly pulls the locals, and is the ideal showcase for South African dealers of exotics and sports cars. Porsche, Aston Martin, and Lamborghini all hosted stands at the event, and although modest on furniture the floor was [...]
Drive Shootout: Hybrid power takes on Petrol.
August 10th, 2009 Russell GS VERSUS GS – The clash of the Lexi! GS300 takes on GS450h in the real world! Petrol V6. This interesting, and ultimately very revealing twin test pits brother against brother, and the latest high-tech “greenery” against good old fashioned petrol combustion technology. Read the full side-by-side comparative right Here!
Drive Impression: Renault Twingo Dynamique
August 10th, 2009 Russell Size matters I don’t really have anything against small cars. Super-minis. City cars. They’re often pretty funky, and they certainly serve a purpose. Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly hip young urbanites, largely much prettier than I am, seem to rather like them too, so who’m I to say otherwise. It’s just that, well, they [...]
