Archive for the ‘Road Tests’ Category
Drive Road Test- Suzuki Swift Sport
September 3rd, 2010 
Kyle Stone 
Small Sports Car 101 Of all the cars one thinks of when only a hundred examples will be brought into the country, a Suzuki Swift most likely won’t pop into your mind. And yet, when I strolled down to the parking lot when informed a Suzuki had arrived for me to road test, I popped [...]
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No Comments »Drive Test – BMW 535i GranTurismo
September 2nd, 2010 Russell 
The Flabbiest Five ever? . We get very spoilt, we motoring journos. You see, after having stepped out of a sporty Nissan coupe which I’d just spent a weekend down in Durban in, I wasn’t exactly looking forward to what was awaiting me. Even though what was awaiting me was a three-quarters of a million [...]
Drive Test: Renault Megane 1.4T
September 1st, 2010 Russell 
The death of Bootyliscious? . We spotted one of the racy-looking new Megane Coupes on the road down to East London recently. Very pretty, it’s got a look not dissimilar to the gorgeous Scirocco, a profile we’re getting more and more accustomed to of late with various rivals releasing similarly-proportioned models. And really striking in [...]
Drive Test – Alfa Romeo MiTo Progression
August 11th, 2010 Russell 
The Soft Touch? . It’s Alfas centenary this year, 2010. One full century that the company has been in business, not just building cars, but in fact, building a pretty epic legend. The glories of Alfa’s past very publically on track and much more privately along the back roads of the world built enough momentum [...]
Posted in Road Tests Tags: 100kW, Alfa, MiTo, Multiair, Progression, road, Romeo, test No Comments »Drive Test – Nissan Qashqai+2 2.0 Petrol Acenta
August 10th, 2010 Russell 
Still Waters. . LG, Sony, Nintendo, basically all the big names in consumer entertainment, are all crowing about one thing at this point. The 3D TV phenomenon. And while it’s pretty cool, I’m eagerly awaiting something else… 3D stills. Naturally, once the technology to capture and display 3D moving pictures is ubiquitous, the stills won’t [...]
Drive Test – BMW X1 xDrive20d
July 27th, 2010 Russell 
Crossing Over… . Sometimes people just don’t listen. Or, more specifically in this case, read, as this happened in response to an email, not a direct conversation. After battling through various challenges with BMW SA and sourcing test vehicle for Drive from the company and finally having achieved at least a limited level of response [...]
Drive Test – Audi TT RS Coupe
July 26th, 2010 Russell 
A Phoenix Rising? . When the TT RS was delivered for us to test for a week, the office crew who were in at the time took it for a quick strop or two around the block, and were chock-full of snap judgements on the vehicle when I pitched up to collect it. “It hasn’t [...]
Drive test – Mercedes E 350 Coupe
July 22nd, 2010 Christo 
SUBSTANTIAL STYLE Drive Magazine, October ’09 Christo Valentyn I am an outspoken fan of big cars, which is odd since I, as a single guy, have absolutely no need for abundant space. I’ve learnt to appreciate the current status quo dictated to us by the ‘green’ police with its mantras of fuel efficiency and low [...]
Drive Test – Toyota Hilux Legend 40 D4-D
July 22nd, 2010 Russell 
The Legend goes on. . I’m sure everyone knows this by now, but I’ll repeat it once more for the cheap seats. Despite being editor of Bakkie and Truck Action for a while, I am not a fan of South Africa’s favourite vehicle type. My wife loves ‘em, I’d rather be in a go-kart, which [...]
Drive test – Audi A4 2.0 TFSI Stop Start
July 21st, 2010 Russell 
Baby Steps . Fuel consumption, I’m sure we all know, is no constant. Those EU combined-cycle consumption figures are not only unobtainable in the real world, but also depend largely on the angle at which the driver’s right foot is attached to his leg. A heavy throttle foot can make the “greenest” petrol or even [...]
