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Special editions are no longer the preserve of elite supercars. In South Africa the bakkie segment is guilty of concocting its own bling elements or matte paintwork – sometimes at the same time – used to reinvigorate sales particularly at the end of a product lifecycle. Taking the bait...
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For roughly two months Ford’s Ranger Raptor cornered a new bakkie niche in South Africa all to itself. But so competitive is the motor industry that this unrivalled market capture was always going to catch the eye of watchful marketers. We just didn’t think Isuzu would be first to...
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We drive the new 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor in South Africa. Not some aftermarket kit, is it? Nope. Built locally in Pretoria on an assembly line that runs parallel to the new-gen Ranger, Ford’s 2019 Ranger Raptor isn’t merely one of the dressed-up Wildtrak’s you see affixed with different...
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It’s been over a year since we homed an Isuzu as part of our garage. That car, also a KB. The contents of my current house largely attributed to the space behind the double cab section and its 1000kg payload. Now there’s the 2018 Isuzu X-Rider version which unlike the limited...
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We expected a limited edition Hilux to follow in the sand tracks of Toyota’s first win at Dakar and our speculative predictions were half correct. Now we’re at the exciting point where we can confirm that the GR-Sport Hilux , which we first saw at the Brazilian Motor Show...
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The QnA session turned from smoke to fire as the unmentionable question disregarded all political correctness and went directly to what has become the standard retort to all X-Class articles. “What percentage of the X250d is a Navara?” Journalists around the room chuckled into their smartphones as those on...
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A passenger-car bottleneck at Ford South Africa has developed. Some of 2018’s stock (Focus, Fiesta ST, Mustang) hasn’t been disgorged on our shores because Ford is busy satisfying their main markets ahead of our little daub on the spreadsheet. Not that those will affect the outcome in the bigger...
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What’s in a Name? The Indian company isn’t averse to a little superstition. Their vehicle names all end in “O” based on the success of their first two vehicles, Scorpio and Bolero. Interestingly, the real name of Mahindra is actually Mahindra & Mahindra, named after Mahindra brothers. So technically...
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Ford has finally lifted the covers from their highly-anticipated Ranger Raptor bakkie. The Raptor will be produced in Thailand and Pretoria and is expected to go on sale in 2019. The Raptor boasts some interesting dimensions – 1873mm in height, 2180mm in width and 5398mm in length. Ground clearance...
Special editions are no longer the preserve of elite supercars. In South Africa the bakkie segment is guilty of concocting its own bling elements or matte paintwork – sometimes at the same time – used to reinvigorate sales particularly at the end of a product lifecycle. Taking the bait...
For roughly two months Ford’s Ranger Raptor cornered a new bakkie niche in South Africa all to itself. But so competitive is the motor industry that this unrivalled market capture was always going to catch the eye of watchful marketers. We just didn’t think Isuzu would be first to...
We drive the new 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor in South Africa. Not some aftermarket kit, is it? Nope. Built locally in Pretoria on an assembly line that runs parallel to the new-gen Ranger, Ford’s 2019 Ranger Raptor isn’t merely one of the dressed-up Wildtrak’s you see affixed with different...
It’s been over a year since we homed an Isuzu as part of our garage. That car, also a KB. The contents of my current house largely attributed to the space behind the double cab section and its 1000kg payload. Now there’s the 2018 Isuzu X-Rider version which unlike the limited...
We expected a limited edition Hilux to follow in the sand tracks of Toyota’s first win at Dakar and our speculative predictions were half correct. Now we’re at the exciting point where we can confirm that the GR-Sport Hilux , which we first saw at the Brazilian Motor Show...
The QnA session turned from smoke to fire as the unmentionable question disregarded all political correctness and went directly to what has become the standard retort to all X-Class articles. “What percentage of the X250d is a Navara?” Journalists around the room chuckled into their smartphones as those on...
A passenger-car bottleneck at Ford South Africa has developed. Some of 2018’s stock (Focus, Fiesta ST, Mustang) hasn’t been disgorged on our shores because Ford is busy satisfying their main markets ahead of our little daub on the spreadsheet. Not that those will affect the outcome in the bigger...
What’s in a Name? The Indian company isn’t averse to a little superstition. Their vehicle names all end in “O” based on the success of their first two vehicles, Scorpio and Bolero. Interestingly, the real name of Mahindra is actually Mahindra & Mahindra, named after Mahindra brothers. So technically...
Ford has finally lifted the covers from their highly-anticipated Ranger Raptor bakkie. The Raptor will be produced in Thailand and Pretoria and is expected to go on sale in 2019. The Raptor boasts some interesting dimensions – 1873mm in height, 2180mm in width and 5398mm in length. Ground clearance...
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