FRENCH cars have always been a little different but generally in a quirky manner that hasn’t appealed to the broadest possible target market. Today though, things have changed because some of the quirkiness in modern Peugeots may have gone but the brand is still endowed with distinctive design…

JAPANESE carmaker Toyota is recalling 1,75 million vehicles worldwide over faulty brake installations and fuel component issues. The latest brake defect is found in some models of Toyota’s Crown Majesta, as well as the Noah and Voxy models produced between June 2007 and 2012. Toyota said it was…

EVEN if they vigorously deny it, I still believe many women quietly like to preen themselves over what car they drive which could just be why you don’t see too many Toyota Avanzas floating around the school car park. I do a regular walk — yes, I do…

THE Zoom-Zoom moniker has been one of the advertising world’s most enduring tag lines and given the free-thinking spirit that has prevailed at Mazda in Japan, its application has been apt. In South Africa though, and perhaps in many other regions of Africa, the zoom has not translated…

I GUESS you could call it one of the great ironies of my motoring career that three of the more muscular and desirable vehicles I’ve had the pleasure of driving should have been provided in Zimbabwe. On one occasion, I did what few others have done and drove…

THE 2014 Zimbabwe Motor Show (ZMS) was remarkable for a number of reasons, not least the incredible commitment shown by the formal trade in the face of ongoing adversity. There can’t be a soul who isn’t aware of the difficulties engendered by an economy that’s been in hibernation…

AFTER a feast of cricket, Harare residents can now feast their eyes on the latest and greatest in the automotive world at the Zimbabwe Motor Show. This year’s extravaganza is again at Old Georgian’s Sports Club in Groombridge which hopefully will be basking in warm spring sunshine, the…

DURING the recent Ford “Go Further” function in Johannesburg, our hosts offered usjournos virtually unfettered access to their senior management representing South Africa and Africa as a whole. Normally, company representatives from this echelon only appear on stage at major motor shows to deliver a pre-prepared address which…

THE most time-consuming part of the car- manufacturing process is not the construction process itself but the finishing process which encompasses bodywork protection and top-coating which we commonly refer to as “paintwork.” That coat of paint and the base to which it is applied may well be seen…

ANYONE who has a need, on a regular basis, to carry up to seven passengers and their luggage and on the next day, to carry loads of bags or goods and chattels will find the Ford Tourneo Custom in Trend (as tested)or Ambiente trim, to be an amazingly…