Gavin Foster

The aluminium-bodied Jaguar XKR is one or the very few cars I’ve driven that feels almost like a superbike when you pour on the coals.

The Ford Bantam always was and still remains a popular vehicle that drives and handles like a car, but does sterling service as a pick-up.

Honda, famous for building motorcycles that go very quickly, also knows how to make them stop, writes Gavin Foster.

Gavin Foster’s praising a car that’s too powerful, too expensive and — most tellingly — too American for most South Africans.

I came away from the launch enormously impressed with the new VW. It looks quick and feels even quicker, it handles superbly and it’s fun to drive.

Who cares that the Mini brand, now owned by BMW, is no longer, strictly speaking, British?

The sleek Honda CB1000R, conceived and born in Atessa, Italy, offers top performance and a comfortable, fun ride.

The Daihatsu Terios posed, until recently, a bit of a conundrum for South African buyers.

Suzuki Auto South Africa recently kicked off its newborn enterprise by launching two new models, writes Gavin Foster.

"The Honda Jazz’s 1,5-litre engine feels like a buzzy little unit, but at 120km/h it’s turning over at just more than 3 500rpm, which means that you’d be doing over 210km/h before you hit the rev limiter at 6 500rpm in fifth." Gavin Foster is halfway through a six-month relationship with arguably the finest car in its class.

Proposals being punted about at the moment to make Formula One more environmentally friendly involve reducing engine size and power, and other regulations that have been put in place over the years to reduce speeds in the interests of safety can be relaxed to liven up the game a little, reports Gavin Foster.

Arilia South Africa will soon take delivery of the Italian manufacturer’s highly futuristic automatic motorcycle the Aprilia Mana for evaluation. Unlike earlier self-shifting motorcycles that faded into oblivion due to lack of interest caused by sluggish performance, the lively Mana offers riders the option of using any of three fully automatic modes.