Archive for October, 2009
Mitsubishi Outlander goes fighting
October 30th, 2009 
Christo I’ve always been quite fond of the Mitsubishi Outlander, thanks mostly to its purposeful stance and sleek design that belies the immense practicality of what is essentially not such a small SUV. This week sees the Outlander get a refreshing make-over, with numerous updated features and a significant change in exterior design aesthetics. It’s still [...]
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Drive Magazine November 2009
October 29th, 2009 Russell Open publication – Free publishing – More swc It’s our third issue, November 2009, and we’re kicking off with some seriously exciting stuff. To begin with, check out our first installment of the useful, and fun, Petrolhead’s Guide to the FIFA 2010 SWC in SA, right here. We had a great time putting this first [...]
Out with the orange in with the blue
October 29th, 2009 Steve Well it had to happen sooner or later, our bright orange ABS Fireblade has gone back but it has been replaced with another one. This time a non-ABS version in a much more understated dark blue and silver colour scheme. It’s not as bright and in your face as our Repsol replica, which I must [...]
Stanford builds robotic TTS, aims to compete next year
October 29th, 2009 Russell All right, so this is impressive. We just don’t like the thinking they’re leading us down… driverless cars? Even more poignantly, driverless racecars?? No no no no no, that can’t and won’t ever be right. Rather just junk cars and develop teleportation or something! Apparently, this latest intelligent car from the Stanford robotics team in [...]
MY10 Land Rover Disco 4 launches in the Western Cape
October 28th, 2009 Russell Land Rover’s new Discovery, imaginatively named Discovery 4, looks a little like a facelift. It’s got updated light clusters front and rear, new bumpers, and various little nips-and-tucks. But it isn’t. In fact, it’s a whole new car, and the gents at HQ have honed, fine-tuned, and meticulously recrafted the car based on customer feedback. [...]
Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept
October 25th, 2009 Christo With Subaru’s new Legacy just launched in South Africa, it’s perhaps fitting to turn our eyes to the Tokyo International Motor Show, where Subaru’s striking Hybrid Tourer Concept is one of the more eye-catching designs on display. It’s a dramatic, slightly retro design featuring a swept-back windscreen, height-adjustable dashboard and elongated gullwing-doors, all tapering into [...]
MINI turns 50 and goes green
October 23rd, 2009 Christo I’m off to Clarens this weekend to celebrate MINI’s 50th birthday and the launch of the new Mayfair and Camden special editions. While you’ll have to wait for the November issue of Drive to read all about MINI’s magical 50 years, we do have some fresh news on the latest MINI derivative to hit the [...]
MY10 Range Rover Sports unleashed in SA
October 23rd, 2009 Russell Day two of the Land Rover launch, these guys and gals have got a lot of news of late! In the past 90 days they’ve updated three of their model lines, apparently the first time in the company’s 60-plus years that model updates have happened so swiftly! This new Rangie Sport is, if anything, an [...]
Italian Charm – Alfa Mito
October 23rd, 2009 Steve We have been driving our powder blue Alfa Mito car this week and having a lot of fun with it. Our test car although a base model is reasonably well equipped with its Alfa D.N.A. system being the big selling point. What you get is 3 driving modes each of which changes the engine response, [...]
Kyle's F1 Blog
October 19th, 2009 Kyle Stone Button is the new world champion, a title that if nothing else confirms him as the luckiest man alive. I know I am not alone in thinking that Button does not deserve to be world champion and the reasons for this are numerous. I do admit that as a South African I am no great [...]
