First Drive – Volvo XC40 Lands in SA

It’s not every day a car brand launches into a new territory, particularly when that brand is Volvo – the Swedish brand known as much for playing it safe as they are for safety itself.  And yet at the launch event for the new Volvo XC40 in Fourways, I found … Read more

Porsche Panamera Takes 2018 SA COTY Crown

The 2018 WesBank South African Car of the Year has been crowned – and it’s bound to stir some controversy.  At a gala evening in Midrand last night, the Porsche Panamera was crowned the 2018 South African Car of the Year – giving Porsche their fourth title within the last … Read more

Revealed: The Polestar 1 Performance Hybrid

After we gave you your first look at the new Polestar 1 – the first model from Polestar after establishing themselves as a standalone performance electric brand – today the Swedish based firm has unveiled the Polestar 1 in full.   Based upon the SPA modular architecture that underpins the … Read more

First look: The Polestar 1 pieced together

This is the Polestar 1 Concept before you’re supposed to see it… sort of.  Ahead of its full reveal tomorrow, Polestar – the newly separated standalone electrified performance brand once responsible for all things Volvo and fast – has been releasing small pieces of the puzzle that is the first … Read more

Review – Volvo V90 Cross Country T6 AWD Inscription

I grew up with a father who loved the idea of a Volvo station wagon.  Growing up in the mid 90s, I can only imagine the one he lusted after was the 850 T-5R estate, in Cream Yellow as they called it.  My late father never did own that Volvo … Read more

Volvo S60 Polestar updated with 30% more downforce

The Volvo S60 might be aging, but that hasn’t made the range topping performance model, the Volvo S60 Polestar, any less popular among the diehard fans.  Thus far, we’ve seen two batches brought into SA, including the latest 4-cylinder powered models, with all of them being snapped up before they … Read more

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