Just a year after launching its lively and attractive Comet 650 Streetfighter, Korean manufacturer Hyosung Motors and Machinery has followed up with sporty, fully faired and half-naked versions of the increasingly popular machine.
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/ 14 December 2004
Luvo Gila may be only 12 years old, but as youth minister of foreign affairs he has many responsibilities. He spends his time attending functions such as the recent Africa Aerospace and Defence Show at Waterkloof Air Base, where he hobnobbed with Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota.
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/ 13 December 2004
Convertibles have never been my favourite cars. They’re often noisy, the cloth tops are sometimes a mission to get up and down, and they lack the security offered by a normal car. The recent trend towards hard-tops that fold themselves neatly away into the boot eliminated most of my objections, however, and the new Renault Megane Coupé-Cabriolet has just won my heart.
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/ 17 November 2004
At what point do you stop being considered an underdog and receive recognition as a world leader in your field? That’s a question for South African motorists to chew on following the remarkable performance of Hyundai in the enormously influential JD Power South African Initial Quality Study (IQS) released last month.
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/ 13 October 2004
If ever you want to makes lots of new friends, just drive around in a Mercedes-Benz SLK 200 K. There are faster sports cars around, but there aren’t many prettier. Gavin Foster lets his hair down in a ride that’s SLKy smooth.
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/ 13 October 2004
The new Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG is quite simply the most uncompromising sports saloon available. From the outside it advertises its attitude with the longer nose of the CLK55, 18” AMG alloy rims, a snazzy exhaust that ends up in aggressive twin tail pipes. It’s loaded to the gunwales with trickery in the suspension and brake department too, in case you think the styling is just fancy-dress.
Smith Mining Equipment has now entered the quad fray with a budget 260cc four wheeler, retailing at a very competitive R29 950.
You either love the Chrysler Crossfire’s styling or you hate it, but you can’t fail to be impressed by it. First shown as a concept car at the January 2001 Detroit Motor Show, the Crossfire is an interesting amalgam of modern technology and retro-futuristic styling, if that makes any sense at all.
BMW has given their single cylinder F650 models a facelift. Mechanically, the biggest change is to the cylinder head, which now boasts twin sparkplugs.
MG Rover has introduced a new MG model to South Africa. The MG ZT 160 1.8T, baby brother to the 2,5 litre MG ZT 190, costs R50 000 less than the R315 000 tag of the ZT 190, and gets along pretty briskly with the 118 kW and 215 Nm that its turbocharged 1,8 litre four cylinder engine dishes up.