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After being left underwhelmed by Tata’s pricier premium offerings, we hop into the entry-level Tiago hatchback to find a solid, stylish and fuel-efficient budget contender that knows its role
BUDGET CARS

Tata Tiago review: Why the budget hatchback is Tata’s true SA comeback hero

After being left underwhelmed by Tata’s pricier premium offerings, we hop into the entry-level Tiago hatchback to find a solid, stylish and fuel-efficient budget contender that…

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
3 min read
Cool driving experience: The locally built Polo GTI, one of the few remaining affordable performance cars, comes in far cheaper than its Golf sibling.
GOLF 8 GTI

Polo GTI: Last of the compact hot hatches

The Polo GTI is an absolute hoot to drive and offers excellent value for the price

  • Jordan Schmidt
3 min read
The Isuzu mu-X has an attractive exterior and, although the engine lacks oomph, there is very little not to like about this well-equipped and solidly built SUV
CARS

Entry-level by price, not application

We test Isuzu’s mu-X bottom-of-the-range family SUV — and it comes out tops

  • Deon van der Walt
3 min read
New legislation seeks to close regulatory gaps to protect consumers and promote a competitive digital finance system. Photo: Nadine Hutton/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BANKSERV

Inflation: Youth use credit to supplement salaries

A report has found that young people have taken on more credit in the first quarter of 2023 compared with last year

  • Anathi Madubela
4 min read
The190E brought compact to the Merc brand
AUDI

A class act from Mercedes-Benz

The latest W206 C-Class model is a a driver’s car with dynamic handling

  • Lerato Matebese
7 min read
AIRPORTS

The Portfolio: John Phalane’s art ‘gives me a sense of being myself’

Emanating from years spent behind the wheel, the artist’s style is part memory, part imagination

  • John Phalane
2 min read
(John McCann/M&G)
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

‘Gear up for electric cars’

South Africa is behind others on e-mobility policy. But it’s not too late

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
The Fiat Multipla is just the worst of all
CARS

Top five ugliest cars ever to have hoodwinked South Africans

There is an overflow of garbage on our city streets. We’re not talking about plastic this time, but rather unsightly, wheezing, wheeled monuments to our bad decision-making. The…

  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
‘My first wife’: Pride of place in Ahmed Rashid Abdoola’s home is the Peurgeot 404. The other cars hang out in the yard. (Delwyn Verasamy)
CARS

Me and my car: ‘I picked up a French number in ’82’

Ahmed Rashid Abdoola’s love for cars is unquestionable. His front yard is filled with cars that need to be repaired — but there is one that’s in perfect condition, a 1978 Peugeot…

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
2 min read
Hey there, good-looking: The latest model of the Nissan Micra is slick and sleek. (Waldo van der Waal)
CARS

New Nissan Micra is a small wonder

Like the princess and the frog, the model has been transformed — not only in looks, but in its smart features and kick-in turbo charge

  • Paul Botes
3 min read
Grant Field, chief executive, FedGroup; Justin Spratt, head of business development: Africa and the Middle East, Uber; and Collin Govender, group executive shared services, Altron. (Photo: Lebo Mashiloane)
4IR

Uber reshapes urban mobility in sub-Saharan Africa

Fewer vehicles in cities will allow for more green spaces

  • Alon Lits
6 min read
One can easily get carried away and reach 160km/h without noticing if one doesn’t monitor the speedometer in the Land Rover Velar SVAutobiography Dynamic Edition.
CARS

Landy’s Velar roars in plush luxury

Cruising at 160km/h while getting a hot stone massage. Really

  • Jacques Coetzee 1
3 min read
It’s electric cars where many of the manufacturers are looking to make their biggest plea.
CARS

Festival of Motoring gives peak into SA’s future

The 4th annual Festival of Motoring is a window into what our vehicle landscape may look like in the near future

  • Luke Feltham
3 min read
The Singh and the new BMW X5 M, on their way to seeing what the car do
BMW

​X5 Maniac

The BMW X5 M is big but unbelievably fast, and it corners and brakes like a vehicle half its size

  • The Singh
9 min read
CARS

California to be electric car capital

Officials in California have unveiled plans to turn the San Francisco Bay area into one of the world’s leading centres for electric vehicles.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
CARS

A dud, but politically in vogue

Electric cars have failed so spectacularly in the past is because they are rubbish.

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
CARS

Hybrids made sexy

The new Lexus hybrids are like double-thick chocolate milkshakes without the calories or guilt, writes Sukasha Singh.

  • Sukasha Singh
6 min read
CARS

Gauteng’s new number plates delayed till 2009

The introduction of new secure number plates for Gauteng has been delayed until early 2009.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
AEROPLANES

What a ride: Female daredevil (82) honoured

An auto racing pioneer, Betty Skelton Erde (82) once was the fastest woman on Earth.

  • Tamara Lush
4 min read
CARS

Ford downsizes to beat car-industry crisis

Ford is hoping to persuade its American customers of the charms of modestly sized European vehicles such as the Fiesta, the Focus and the Transit van.

  • Andrew Clark
3 min read