The Impreza WRX comes with a full-house complement of luxury and safety features, but the interior, like the body shell, is conservatively styled.
The aluminium-bodied Jaguar XKR is one or the very few cars I’ve driven that feels almost like a superbike when you pour on the coals.
The Ford Bantam always was and still remains a popular vehicle that drives and handles like a car, but does sterling service as a pick-up.
Honda, famous for building motorcycles that go very quickly, also knows how to make them stop, writes Gavin Foster.
Gavin Foster’s praising a car that’s too powerful, too expensive and — most tellingly — too American for most South Africans.
I came away from the launch enormously impressed with the new VW. It looks quick and feels even quicker, it handles superbly and it’s fun to drive.
It’s big, it’s brash, it’s American and you can’t afford it. Or can you? Gavin Foster comes to grips with the car environmentalists love to hate.
Gavin Foster’s list of Car of the Year finalists, in alphabetical order, and his opinions on how likely they are to win …
It’s not often that a politician proposes a change to the law that will loosen the state’s grip on ordinary people’s lives.
Who cares that the Mini brand, now owned by BMW, is no longer, strictly speaking, British?
The motorcycle I went to Pietermaritzburg to drool over and photograph was a humble little beast, even when it was new, 45 years ago.
By towing a trailer illegally you’re risking more than just a fine. If you have an accident, the legal consequences could be devastating.
The South African Guild of Motoring Journalists has announced nine finalists for the 2009 Car of the Year competition.
The sleek Honda CB1000R, conceived and born in Atessa, Italy, offers top performance and a comfortable, fun ride.
The Daihatsu Terios posed, until recently, a bit of a conundrum for South African buyers.
The Volvo C30 delivered to me for evaluation was the basic Essential version, which comes with most of the gadgets ‘n gimmicks you’d expect for your money.
So how does the Nissan NP200 compare, firstly with its predecessor, as well as with the other nominally half-tonne bakkies out there?
The Z4 Coupé is a fun car to drive, whether you settle for the three-litre version or splash out on the 3,2 M model.
The latest Fiat shares little with its predecessor of 50 years ago except, to some extent, its styling. It’s also nowhere near as cutesy-wutesy.
Suzuki Auto South Africa recently kicked off its newborn enterprise by launching two new models, writes Gavin Foster.
