December 25, 2024
I HAVE pontificated for many years about the ill-defined standards controlling fuel retailing in Zimbabwe. For years, pumps carried the descriptor ‘BLEND’ when the contents of the bulk tank contained nothing resembling blend. Further, motorists had no idea of the octane rating of the fuel they were paying…
I MUST disclose at the outset that I have a soft spot for Audi’s RS4 model as I spent a lot of time traversing Europe in the second generation saloon version of this compact sports express. This electric blue example carried me to and from Le Mans (originating…
SIX years ago today (December 4), I reluctantly departed the country of my birth and headed for Cape Town. When bread rolls became a luxury and electricity was as scarce as hen’s teeth, I gave way to the hassles of unsuccessfully trying to live a normal life and…
GENERAL Motors has been in the vanguard of manufacturers who have identified sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) as an area of growth potential and with good cause as their range of Chevrolet and Isuzu models is particularly suited to the vagaries of this vast region. There’s nothing particularly flash-harry about…
ONCE the initial excitement of a new car purchase has worn off, it’s quite probable that some buyers regret having been attracted by flash-harry styling or by fancy fitments which probably contribute little to the overall ownership satisfaction index. The truth is that appearances can be deceptive and…
LET me preface this review by saying that I fail, for two primary reasons, to understand South Africa’s love affair — outside of commercial use — with pick-ups or double cabbakkies, to use the colloquial term. Firstly, pick-ups, whether in single or double-cab configuration, deliver a compromised driving…
IN this installment, Top Gear goes off the beaten track so to speak, to find out what drives the conservation partnership between the Born Free Foundation and Land Rover in the wilds of Kenya in a story our man describes as “truly inspirational.” There’s an awful lot more…
MUTARE based Clemence Fero won the 2014 Zim Midas Parts Challenge competition, the biggest in the Zimbabwean motor industry. The second and third prizes went to mechanics in Kwekwe, Conerlious Chipaumire and Mutemi T.C. Zim-Midas Parts challenge is part of the Clover Leaf Motors Group, one of the…
NOT TOO many of you will recall the three Fs of motorsport. If you are one of those folk who are too young to remember the inaugural years of the Drivers’ World Championship, allow me to explain. Alfa Romeo, with a heavily modified Grand Prix contender based on…
THE more potent Subaru iterations have attracted a small but near-fanatical following over the years, a following fuelled by the brand’s global rally exploits and by unusual engineering features exemplified by a flat-four engine layout and by the application of all-wheel-drive. Ask any car fanatic what the letters…