Driving difference.
VW Polo Vivo
VWSA have finally launched their replacement for the Citi, although it isn’t a Citi replacement apparently. And the secret which VWSA have been trying to keep is a, well it’s a Polo. VW have done their old trick of rebranding a now older generation platform, which is no problem considering the success [...]
VW Polo GTI
The first time VW introduced a performance Polo was 1986, it was a little supercharged pocket rocket, and now all these years on not much has changed it seems. The new Polo GTI will still be supercharged, with a turbo crammed in there too of course.
Gennaro Bonafede has graduated to Bridgestone Production Car championship having raced in Engen Volkwagen cup last year. This youung 19 year old will be the the bay of the field.
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The VW Scirocco has finally gotten the motor it should always have had to begin with, that is the 155kW 2.0L TSI. This uprated engine replaces the 147kW 2.0L TSI which had been nicked from the Golf V GTI, and should be the perfect stop gap until the sure to be brilliant Scirocco R arrives.
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Play On!
So I know my thinking isn’t the most conventional, that won’t really come as a surprise to anyone, and I have an unhealthy dislike of the unsung heroes of real-world motoring, the simple daily commuter – or in other words the big volume sellers which manufacturers, especially in these difficult times of tight cash [...]
Cold-blooded
Read the magazine article right here, in Drive Magazine.
One of my very best friends is a real, well, pet person, you know? He used to just get all googly over the giant, lovable Lab which still resides at his parents house, even the typically cranky spaniel they had for many years until a tragic house [...]
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This one’s yet another unveiling at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and whilst the car is yet to be bestowed with an official name it has been given some rather stylish looks. It must be said that it is a hybrid and Drive permanent staffers are contractually obliged to detest hybrids [...]
A genuine real-world giant
Read this test in Drive Magazine.
I’ve read a lot about the VW Scirocco of course, it’s been around for a while after all. Last month Phuti compared it favourably against the new Golf 6 GTI, a car which is technically quicker with its brand-new suspension, clever electronic diff and gruntier turbo motor. [...]
Just look at this lineup. In three cars we’ve distilled down to the cream of the current hot-hatch crop for the January group test, and let us tell you, this isn’t a meeting with anticipated consequences – at least for us!
So we have with us Mazda’s latest 3 MPS, apparently churning out 190kW from its [...]
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Besides the traditional family sedan, South Africans really love their “bakkies”, especially since double-cabs became a kind of status symbol. For decades already the segment has been dominated by the Toyota Hilux, followed closely by competitors from the Isuzu KB, Nissan Harbody and Ford Ranger. In recent years, double-cabs like the Nissan Navara brought something [...]
