The Opel ADAM ROCKS is second latest model to join the boutique ADAM offering – the latest is the ADAM S we’ll be testing in a few weeks’ time. But gimmicky naming aside (they are getting you to inadvertently proclaim your love for the ADAM), we’d like to know if … Read more
It’s 10:30 in the AM, Sandton and surrounding areas are their usual congestive chaos. I await the street light’s imminent change to green in silence – the norm for modern cars equipped with stop/start technology. But the silence continues as I pull away, and then reach the next intersection… and … Read more
Picture – if you’ll humour me for a moment – a bear in a 3-piece suit. A fine suit of woven cotton and silk, soft to the touch, and tailored to a tee. It’s absurd, the notion of something so debonair swathing something that could be so brutal, so vicious, … Read more
“Never judge a book by its cover,” my mother always taught me as a child, and like all mothers usually are, she was right to do so. I should have remembered this simple lesson as I cast my gaze upon the silver Ford Focus sedan parked at my office this … Read more
The Suzuki Vitara is late to the compact crossover party, albeit fashionably so with its Range Rover Evoque-aping styling and customisable interior décor. But being fashionable won’t be enough. The Suzuki Vitara is going to need depth, ability and personality if it wants to challenge the popularity-princesses of the compact … Read more
The Opel ADAM S is the range-topping ADAM we’ve been waiting for, in the absence of any OPC derivative both locally and abroad. The wait is now over and Opel’s feistiest boutique hatch has arrived, complete with 3 colour options (Saturday White Fever & Shiny Rock with a Red Roof … Read more
The Mercedes-Benz E500 Cabriolet is the CLK that never was. That’s right, this was supposed to be badged as a CLK, and was hijacked by the E Class badge mid-way through development. So despite wearing an E badge, featuring E-Class styling, and utilising E-Class engines, the Mercedes-Benz E Class Cabriolet … Read more
