DieselDrive Magazine

In my eyes, there’s always been only one proper way to go off-roading in absolute luxury: a Range Rover. Oodles of comfort, a features list as long as the Great Wall and a pompous attitude to just going wherever you please – this is what the British marque’s badge imparts. However, a few other fancy [...]

General Motors really struck Gold with the previous shape Corsa Utility in South Africa and, despite an identity crisis, starting out in life as an Opel and later morphing into a Chevrolet, the Utility became part of the local landscape. Whether it was a sporty number with lowered suspension and mini-Lumina looks or a cement-splattered [...]

When you see a JEEP Wrangler on the road, the odds that you’ll mistake it for something else is rather small. After all, there are just so many design elements unique to the Wrangler that even the better copies that have been available from time to time cannot really compete. Just look at the squared-off [...]

Suzuki’s SX4 compact hatch has been with us for some time now and it’s found favour with many a South African household. The Jock Edition was released last year to mark Suzuki’s involvement in the locally-produced animated film Jock of the Bushveld and comes with a few highlighted extras over the standard SX4 2.0 Manual. But, [...]

Crossover: a term widely used in the motor industry these days, with everything from the new Nissan Juke to BMW’s X6 falling into the pool of vehicles which exude qualities of two or more motoring segments. A trendy hatchback with off-roader looks or an SUV mated to a sports coupe – take your pick. It’s [...]

In a world driven by fads and fashion, where aesthetics often play a more important role in purchasing decisions than needs or actual usefulness, it’s common logic that attractive cars, even if they’re not remarkable in any other way, sell better than good cars with mediocre styling. For several years, this was a problem Kia [...]

With the Toyota Prius being the brand’s ticket to environmentally-friendly hybrid motoring, purveyors of cheaper hybrid vehicles haven’t had much choice below the R300 000 mark. The Honda Jazz Hybrid and Insight have been the only real options available, apart from the impractical smart fortwo mhd models, but with their integrated electric drive systems they aren’t [...]

In recent months, much attention has been focused on Hyundai’s brilliant new Elantra, which is not only a finalist in the running for the 2012 Wesbank/ SAGMJ Car of the Year title, but also scooped the North American Car of the Year title at the beginning of the year. While the Elantra certainly deserves every [...]

When MINI first released images of its Coupe Concept back in 2009, I couldn’t stop drooling. Here was one of my favourite cars – the MINI Cooper S – with a squashed roof, two seats and an all new level of awesome. I remember plastering my computer and cellphone with photos of the car and [...]

If you’ve ever walked past a random door with a “no entry” sign stuck on it, you will probably have experienced that inexplicable magnetism that pulls your hand to the knob without you moving any muscles yourself. It’s the same magnetism that draws your feet to the beautiful lawns surrounded by signs that ask you [...]