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Audi South Africa has doubled the local A1 compact hatch range with the addition of the new A1 Sportback. Essentially a five-door version of the already popular three-door A1 (over 2 000 examples were sold in South Africa in 2011), the new Sportback mirrors the existing range of models, but with the added practicality of [...]

The scantily clad women who grace the pages of most men’s magazine are undoubtedly nice to look at, but when you ask Joe Soap about it, the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen won’t be a well-known model or actress, but the woman he took home to introduce to his parents. She may not be [...]

Every manufacturer in the world of motoring, out of their entire range of vehicles on offer, has one specific model range that doesn’t get the attention it deserves when compared to its siblings and, sometimes, its competitors. These are cars that silently go about their business, blending in with the crowd while doing their bit [...]

When the latest generation Audi A8 was launched, reactions were fairly mixed. Adopting Audi’s latest design language, many expected the A8 to be the pinnacle of cutting-edge Audi design – flashy, to put it into a single word. Yet the new A8 was the most conservative iteration of their corporate identity yet despite boasting several [...]

I don’t know if you have seen the television advert for the Audi A7 yet, but it basically shows all these blank pieces of paper floating on the wind before gently landing in piles and making a shape. This shape is of the A7, accompanied by a voice over that states that the best ideas [...]

I’m forever being told that I must approach every new car with an open mind. I must avoid any preconceived ideas, so to say.  It was no different when we got the invite to the A1 launch. I mean, a small Audi with a small engine targeted directly at the Mini Cooper and its drivers, [...]