Yesterday we brought you news of the brand new Audi S1 – the 170kW, all-wheel driven mini-monster from the 4 Rings. You can read all about it here. But if you want to see the S1 in a little more detail, we’ve got a few videos to help you with that, including a focus on the interior, exterior, and a video of the S1 carving up a mountain pass or two in the cape.
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Road Test: Subaru Forester 2.5 XS Premium
The roads of Johannesburg are at best loathsome – if not for the Jacuzzi-size potholes and assortment of debris strewn across them, then for the idiots that drive them, the taxi drivers and the overloaded bakkies that somehow defy the laws of physics, teetering towers of furniture and other items piled metres high on the back. But when the February torrential downpours hit, potholes go from puddles to ponds and then some, patches of dirt multiply into sand banks worthy of an appearance in oceans somewhere in the Caribbean, and although you know that somewhere beneath the swathing torrents of water rushing past lies a piece of dark grey tarmac, you’d be forgiven for thinking Joburg had been converted into a ramshackle Venice, fit only for boats. It is in these times the sure-footedness of the Subaru Forester shines, with Subaru’s Symmetrical AWD system and the unflappable ability to conquer all.
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Road Review: Mercedes-Benz B250
Last year, I tested out the Mercedes-Benz B180 and I really loved it, but at the end of the day it was still a mommy-van, an old-people’s wagon destined to be plastered with those “My Family” stickers of the kids, grand-kids, and all 17 cats. So when Mercedes-Benz South Africa … Read more
Road Review – Opel Corsa OPC Nurburgring Edition:
“Day 1 of Driving a Corsa OPC Nurburgring Edition:
My car arrived and I immediately had to race to Bryanston for the reveal of the Ferrari 458 Speciale. On my way there I encountered a regular Corsa OPC who slowed down on the highway, pulled in behind me to see my exhausts, came up next to me and flashed two thumbs up with a huge grin – you could say I felt like a boss!
I got to the Ferrari launch and was asked to move the luminous green OPC to the back parking, no one said so out loud, but I know they only asked me to do so because my OPC Nurburgring was more of an attraction than the 458 Speciale.
On my way home, a guy in a souped up Corsa OPC, a white one, took photos of me, he then chased me and tried to race me – he lost.”
-Roger
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Review: Opel Astra Sedan 1.4T Essentia Auto
For many years, big bang theorists and evolutionary believers have pondered and searched to find “the missing link”. Well for Opel, they’ve found it, or created it rather. It’s the Opel Astra sedan, back for the first time in nearly a decade! For a while, Opel were lulled into the European theme of hatchbacks, but South Africa felt neglected – after all, the Opel Astra Euro series sedans are some of the most popular old cars on our roads. But Opel has triumphantly stepped back into the saloon game without missing a beat, almost as if they’d never been gone.
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Road Review: Ford Fiesta ST
Over the years, ever since the original MK1 VW Golf GTI, there has always been an iconic hot hatch. Every new generation of spruced up hatchbacks has brought with it a new icon; or sometimes, just a new iteration of the original. In recent times, we have seen the Golf V GTI pass the mantle on to the Renault Clio RS, which was by all rights one heck of a driver’s car, but now the time has come for there to be a new king.
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Toyota 86 High Spec Road Review: Slipping and Sliding Away the Week
Upon its launch nearly a year ago, the Toyota 86 received some of the greatest media coverage of any car over the past decade, and for Toyota, the past 2 decades. We managed to set up a drive of one back then through a dealership, and you may remember how we raved about its brilliance; so now that all the hype around it had somewhat died down, we thought we’d re-visit the 86 to see if its “specialness” still remained…
