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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Car resale values: SA's heroes and zeros

We take a look at a cross-section of trade-in values after one year of ownership. These were the winners and losers:

Motoring Industry News
Jesse Adams|Published

Driven: AMG-powered Vantage has a personality of its own

All-new baby Aston is bristling with all the latest tech, but it's more comfy grand tourer than aggro corner slicer.

Motoring
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: Pricey BMW M4 CS is an instant classic

BMW?s engineers have gone out of their way to create a car worthy of the badge, a guaranteed future classic.

Motoring
Jesse Adams|Published

Here's why Honda’s Jazz Sport misses the mark

As any supermarket shopper can attest to these days, packaging can be quite a misleading thing.

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: V6 Amarok speaks softly, carries a big stick

Prod the pedal from a standstill and it launches off the line with a huff of exhaust and a shriek of turbo whine.

Motoring
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: VW's new Polo moves the game forward

With strides in tech and quality the new Polo moves the compact hatch game forward in a big way. Let's take a spin.

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

6 lodges to visit at Shamwari Game Reserve

A list of lodges available at Shamwari Game Reserve.

Lifestyle
Jesse Adams|Published

See the Big 6 at this Eastern Cape private reserve

There is lots to see and do at Shamwari.

Lifestyle
Jesse Adams|Published

One-off specials: 5 factory-built hotrods

We don't know how these one-off specials snuck past the bean counters, but we?re sure glad they did.

Motoring Industry News
Jesse Adams|Published

Advanced new lights can project images onto the road

Merc's new Digital Light headlights don't just shape-shift, they can also project images onto the road.

Motoring Industry News
Jesse Adams|Published

New Civic Type R tested: To hell with decorum

Love it or hate it, you have to admire the audacious attitude Honda?s new Civic Type R brings to the hot hatch party.

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

Cross Turismo previews Porsche's future, but which part?

New concept looks nearly identical to the Sport Turismo but its mechanicals are quite similar to the Mission E sedan.

Motoring Launches
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: McLaren 720S rocks our quarter-mile chart

Full throttle will take your breath away and you?ll have to fight hard against the G-forces pulling your hands from the wheel.

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

Take that GT2 RS, Ferrari unleashes 530kW 488 Pista

If Porsche drew a line in the sand last year with its seriously potent GT2 RS, Ferrari has well and truly crossed it.

Motoring Launches
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: Opel's new Crossland X is a classy compact

The Crossland sets a high benchmark in its segment for cabin quality and layout, but is the range-topper worth the price?

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

Launch drive: Why the new Toyota Yaris disappoints

Toyota has reassessed its angle of attack on the B-sized hatch segment, but the odds don't seem to be in its favour.

Motoring Launches
Jesse Adams|Published

Let’s hear it for old-style gizmos

Here are five cool classic car features fitted to cars of days gone by that would still work well on new cars today.

Motoring Industry News
Jesse Adams|Published

We drive Jaguar's SA-bound E-Pace 'cub'

Jaguar is set to rival Q3 and XC40 with new compact SUV, due in SA soon. Let's see what it's made of:

Motoring Launches
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: Ford's revamped Kuga has a premium feel

Kuga is probably SA?s best-known SUV for all the wrong reasons; we drive the new Kuga with which Ford hopes to start afresh.

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: Audi TT RS has giant-killing performance

Power is up from 250kW and 450Nm to 294kW and 480Nm, weight is down by 70 kilograms. Do the maths.

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

New Mercedes G-Class is 'plusher and tougher'

To the delight of the hardest core bushwackers, almost every offroading criteria has been improved.

Motoring Launches
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: AWD Volvo S90 excels in cool climes

Volvo S90 is still an unconventional choice in the executive sedan leagues, but we?re scratching our heads as to why.

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

Tested: Meet Jaguar's hard-revving F-Type ‘lite’

Two-litre F-Type makes sense in concept, but price edges too close to beefier V6 model to consider it a budget offering.

Motoring Reviews
Jesse Adams|Published

South African teams gear up for Dakar 2018

Teams are in the final stages of preparation for the 2018 Dakar Rally, which is set to start in Peru on January 6.

Motoring Motorsport
Jesse Adams|Published

Take a peek inside the all-new Mercedes G-Class

Mercedes has offered up some pics of the luxury offroader?s interior ahead of its reveal in Detroit next month.

Motoring Launches
Jesse Adams|Published