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Audi Introduces 2013 R8 Range In SA

Posted by Russell Bennett on Apr 8, 2013 in Launches, Road Tests

If it ain’t Broke…

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Clearly, the Audi engineers have embraced the philosophy encapsulated in this old idiom with the introduction of the new 2013 Audi R8. A car which, if we’re completely honest, has had so few flaws since its first introduction that these can be entirely overlooked the first time you drive either V8 or V10 models, in either Coupe or Spyder forms. It’s a mesmerising supercar from a mainstream manufacturer, a trick which few other brands could pull off quite so convincingly.

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New Golf GTI Cabriolet Not So New

Posted by Russell Bennett on Apr 8, 2013 in Launches, Road Tests

Clearing Old Stock?

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The new Golf GTI Cabriolet now available to SA buyers is a thing of beauty. The first time the legendary GTI moniker has graced a soft-top Golf variant, it looks both svelte and menacing at the same time, and can transform from quiet suburban runabout with a substantial fire in its belly to sun-worshipping boulevard cruiser in just 9 seconds dead, a stat almost as impressive as the 7.2s it takes to hit 100km/h from a standing start.

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Launched – Opel Astra OPC.

Posted by Russell Bennett on Feb 14, 2013 in Launches, Road Tests

The new SuperBoss? Really?

It’s been a long time coming, but at last the new Opel Astra OPC has hit SA shores to take the hot-hatch fight to the established big-hitters once more. A quick glance at the headline figures suggests this latest tarmac-shredder from Opel’s go-faster division has all the right credentials to depose even hot-hatch legends like the Megane Trophy and defunct Focus RS.

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Volvo V40 Cross Country ready for SA customers.

Posted by Russell Bennett on Feb 13, 2013 in Drive News

Available in March.

Volvo V40 Cross Country

Volvo Car Corporation paved the way for a totally new segment with the V70 Cross Country already in 1997. Now, 15 years later, the new Volvo V40 Cross Country brings the blend of capable ruggedness and expressive elegance up to a new altitude by establishing a Cross Country in the Premium C-segment.

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Golf VII shines with “free” innovations!

Posted by Russell Bennett on Feb 5, 2013 in Launches

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According to VW, those who look at the new Golf VII and go “They’ve hardly changed it”, myself included, aren’t quite getting the point. Like the 911 from sister/parent company Porsche, they reckon, the shape of the Golf is so iconic that the challenge really was to change it without seeming to change it much at all.