I DON’T think I will attract too many dissenting voices in stating that Toyota passenger cars are not known for their style-led design, but rather for solid virtues, attributes which actually suit most real-world owners. (more…)

I SPENT the last week away in the USA at the most amazing motoring event I have ever attended. This has meant no test car to report on, so for this week, sit back and take in my abbreviated recollections of an unprecedented gathering of fans at a…

Does a weight-loss programme make them more desirable? IT was not so long ago that I owned a Suzuki Swift, but in Sport form with 1.6 litre normally aspirated engine, so it was with a sense of anticipation that I spent a whole two weeks with two derivatives…

AUTOWORLD Zimbabwe (Autoworld), the exclusive distributor of Isuzu vehicles in the country, last night launched the brand's latest-generation Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), the Isuzu mu-X. (more…)

IT is hard to believe that Nissan’s Micra has now evolved through five generations and it’s even harder to credit that the newest derivative tested here really is a Micra. It has grown up beyond recognition and if Nissan will excuse my saying so, it has shed most…

IN my ten years of residence in South Africa, I have driven any number of Volkswagens from the diminutive up! to the elegant Arteon, but never a Touareg.  The irony is that I went to the pre-production launch of the first generation of this model in Spain some…

PRODUCT life cycles have definitely shortened in the last two decades or so, doubtless as a result of reduced engineering development times occasioned by CAD and also by changing buying trends which have seen consumers moving more towards wanting “the latest gear” even if the economics of such…

IF it weren’t for the fact that the latest Figo has an archetypal Ford grille squeezed between its headlights, it would be hard to separate it from the hordes of small Oriental hatchbacks that all look so similar, almost any badge could be stuck on the rump and…

IT may come as something of a surprise to learn that XC60 has been Volvo’s best-selling model around the globe but having spent a week with the latest derivative powered by the company’s ubiquitous 2.0 turbo diesel, it’s very easy to see why. This model’s station in life…