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6.11.2020 08:00 am
Which is quicker: Powered-up Toyota Hilux or Ford Thunder? The results are in
Road test times as close as power outputs of 150 kW vs 157 kW would suggest.
Remember the Toyota television ad where the school boys were bragging about their dads’ Hilux bakkies? It finished with one of them proudly proclaiming that his dad’s Hilux was “tougherer” than the others. With so many bakkies operating exclusively between homes, offices, schools and malls, school yard debates over whose bakkie is “fasterer” are actually more relevant than their toughness.
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Jaguar’s I-Pace charges up the time-sheets
I-Pace’s electrifying speed will convince many petrolheads to embrace the future.
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Long-term: Our Volkswagen Polo GTI impresses against the clock
Producing road test results that are better than claimed, Volkswagen’s junior hot hatch goes out and does what it does best.
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BMW M8 Competition rewrites record books
Bavarian GT slays supercars in our high performance road test.
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Brawny BMW X5 muscle meets luxury 8 Series Gran Coupe touring
Just stomp on the accelerator and life begins to pass you by in a hurry.
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BMW 330d: Still the ultimate 3 with six?
The fly in the diesel ointment though is that pesky, better priced 330i.
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N-ergised Hyundai i30 N hits hard but also misses
What we have here is Hyundai’s first attempt at a proper, mass produced, performance hot hatch. And they got it spot on, but will it sell in South Africa?
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BMW M235i wants to be thé fast but still small Gran(d) Coupe
This is a BMW M Performance car and therefore it is expected to hustle. And that it does, but does it ever feel “really” fast? No.
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Civilised and potent side of BMW M Performance arrives
M340i xDrive jumps off the line without a hint of drama and hits 100 km/h in a mere 4.64 sec, quicker than it took you to activate launch control.
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BMW X3 M Competition makes for potent aftershock
Once on boost, it starts to haul and comes back at the competition.
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Petrol-fuelled Hyundai Tucson Sport kicks hard
The extra 20 kW and 35 Nm offered by the software upgrade is real fun to have under the right foot.
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Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4-Door a supercar muncher cloaked as a sedan
This 2 200 kg full-house, full-sized, four-door machine gets to 100 km/h in a mere 3.5 sec, the quarter mile (400 m) in just 11.5 sec at over 200 km/h.
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Throwing (the Jeep Grand Cherokee Track) hawk among pigeons
Being on the Highveld and using 95 octane petrol instead of something more at home in an aeroplane always contribute when comparing the numbers we achieve at Gerotek to those manufacturers claim
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Nissan GT-R proves that it is still the real deal
It’s not just fast in a straight line, but it really can get through the twisties too.
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Ford’s pony car still running wild
They are never going to carve up the Nurburgring and drill the Germans into submission
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