Editorial June 2023
June 2023 Halfway through the year and things in the country could be looking worse, I suppose. Loadshedding is wrecking my kit. My amps mainly stay on all the time - OK - in current [...]
Toyota Vitz Makes its debut
It's NOT a Celerio. It is an extension of the Suzuki Toyota JV relationship ala Starlet/Baleno flavour. So expect a lot of similarities between the two. The Vitz replaces the Agya and let me get [...]
Isuzu DMax Extended Cab 3.0l LSE
Enter the new DMax. In my hands for a day or so, so this is a quick overview of this 3 litre turbo diesel that produces 140kW and 450Nm - which is almost exactly what [...]
Hyundai Palisade Facelift Launch
Big SUVs. They’re very nice things to be in generally because they’re big. But they also generally come with a big price tag and that’s often a stumbling point between the realisations of aspiration vs [...]
Dual CS329 Automatic Turntable
VITAL STATS Model CS 329 Drive Belt, 33/45 rpm speed settings Wow and flutter < ±0,12 % (DIN WTD) Pickup AudioTechnica AT91 Outputs RCA Phono/Line (switchable) Platter Aluminium, 297 mm diameter, 667g Bearing Hardened steel [...]
Editorial May 2023
May 2023 'sup?! Yes. We are adding some motoring to our site - the shock and horror has been deafening. Still, we are nothing if not thick skinned and with the idea of cost consolidations [...]
Are we losing our motoring industry? EVs are coming and fast…
Things in Motor Manufacturing World SA are beginning to shift and move rapidly now. I'm worried though that the facts will not change. By way of example. I am driving my last daily ICE vehicle. [...]
Honda Civic RS
The Honda Civic is one of those cars that you actually need to drive to understand. The Civic RS has no right to claim the RS badging that [...]
Toyota GR86
I drove this little beast for about 2 days. It wasn't long enough. Rate this car yourself! Hairdressers. They get a bad rap and an association with the Mazda MX 5 that [...]
Editorial April 2023
April 2023 It is no Fool's Joke. I couldn't help but wonder to myself as I engaged in an ever diminishing spiral of infinitely decaying customer (lack of) service with Samsung recently how it is [...]
GMI BD-A1500 4k Bluray Player
VITAL STATS Model GMI Audio DAC Engines Mediatek MTK8581 Soc, Quad-core ARM Cortex A53 CPU Cluster, ARM Mali-T860 MP2 GPU Audio DAC DSD64/128, Multi channel DSD64, 192 kHz/24-bit PCM and down Inputs Ethernet, USB 2.0 [...]
GMI BD-A1500 4k Bluray Player Unboxing
This is a new kid on the block. Very new. So new in fact that this is our first encounter with the brand. It's very exciting and we'll be sure to fill you in on [...]