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New Corsa Bakkie looks like the cat woman
I read a comment from a writer from a local CAR magazine saying that the new Corsa Bakkie’s interesting looks grew on him. Honestly, I’m a bit bored of this type of chivalry in the SA motor reviewing industry. Let’s be honest, and I’m a huge Corsa Bakkie fan, that it’s the ugliest small bakkie [...]
The Opel Astra… no great shakes?
The reality that has always haunted Opel is the delay behind key rival, VW. Clearly, way behind on the market-share front, they need to pull something unique out the bag to compete. The new Opel Astra has cool stuff like on-board computer and cruise control as standard features. And the overall appearance seems to be [...]
Paranoia killed the supercar
You may be thinking, “Mmm, cute little car. Looks like a fancy Smart.” Well, it is, but it isn’t. You see, unfortunately for Aston Martin, they are British. And the British are grumpy, paranoid and very, very anal. So much so that they think forcing a supercar manufacturer to manufacture more cars, is saving the [...]
Welcome
Welcome to our new blog on cars. For now we will be blogging on new cars on the market and what we think of them (or that we don’t think much of them at all). In the future we will be post “Quick Reviews”, which will be times where we managed to spend an hour [...]