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Johannesburg is known for its daily fast-paced rat race, but GAVIN MYERS had never experienced a mad dash like this through his home town before. It was quite a novel way for Ford to prove the qualities of its new Transit and Tourneo Custom models.
The Nissan NP200 seemed a bit lacking when we tested it in 1,6 8V petrol form last year. But, that’s not the case at all with the diesel model, discovers GAVIN MYERS.
Volkswagen’s Amarok has recently benefited from the addition of an eight-speed automatic transmission, GAVIN MYERS takes it for a spin to see how it gets on.
Not really the traditional market for the panel van, South Africa is nonetheless seeing a slow and steady influx of these models. We assess the bakkie-challenging potential of the Peugeot Partner.
Remember the Nissan Navara Tough City TV ads from a couple of years ago? “Keeping it rugged” was a central theme – the Navara the main character. GAVIN MYERS tests the theory.
It’s been the country’s best-selling bakkie – and one of its best-selling vehicles – for over 40 years, consistently. GAVIN MYERS sets out in the 3,0 D-4D 4x4 Raider to find out why.
The Land Cruiser is a serious piece of kit. It can go just about anywhere and carry just about anything. GAVIN MYERS discovers that it’s also got a bit of a sense of humour
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