Carving up your favourite mountain pass, revelling in the sound of your high-end sportscar’s exhaust echoing off a craggy rock face, you feel on top of the world. But then what looks like a hotted hatchback appears in your mirror. You up the level a…
Douglas Abbot loaded his camera into the family Porsche 356 and tagged along to the first Wat Swaai Jy? Classic Car Run of 2020. An eclectic mix of cars (and owners) ranging from Minis to monstrous Chevrolets headed out east of Pretoria to Kitty Hawk…
Did you know it is World Radio Day today? We Celebrate the this with Ford and a little look at the history of car audio.
When I was a young boy, our family would frequently go camping. It was the days before TV, but Dad would make sure he brought a portable radio along and on more than one occasion our trip coincided with the running of the South African…
When Michael Schumacher took the 2000 World Drivers’ Championship aboard a Ferrari, it broke a 21-year drought for the Scuderia. Yes, you guessed it, the last title of this sort for Enzo’s team was in 1979, and our man Jody Scheckter was the ace who…
By the mid-1970s Volkswagen’s Beetle, which had been on the South African market for 25 years in various guises, was starting to look and feel a little outdated. Add to the equation the arrival of the firm’s front-wheel drive Golf and the writing was on…
Couldn’t make it to the Zwartkops Passion for Speed Festival? Never fear, in between driving a Porshce 914-6, our happy snapper Douglas Abott took a stroll around the track and pits and caught some of the brilliant action.
In the early 1980s Mercedes-Benz was on a roll with its premium offerings. Along with the successful SL range, the recently launched W126 S-Class gave the Stuttgart carmarker a firm grip on the luxury end of the automotive market. But rather than rest on its…
Les 24 Heures du Mans – or, more simply put, Le Mans – has been running since 1923 and is a sporting event the status of which is universally recognised as one of motorsport’s legendary races. Over the years there have been many tears of…
In Part 1 of our South African rally series, we delve into the details and atmosphere found in the local 1960s rally scene.