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Tragic day for Tesla Motors as three employees die in small plane crash

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Tesla Motors is a company that’s quite close to our hearts. Not least because they’re leading the way in ensuring that electric cars are fun, fast, and quite attractive, but mostly because the founder is a South African: Elon Musk. Anyway, he would have been woken up with pretty awful news this morning, as three of his mid level engineers were killed in a small aircraft accident yesterday. As Musk says: “Tesla is a small, tightly-knit company, and this is a tragic day for us.”

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Driven: Mazda 3 Individual

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

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Premium Hot Hatches are pretty damn popular in South Africa. You’ve got Volkswagen, Opel, Mazda, Ford, BMW, Renault, Citroen and everyone else I’ve forgotten vying for your attention by fitting bigger wheels, bigger engines and bigger chin-spoilers to their pleb-hatches and then charging R100 000 more.

Although that’s sort of how it used to be. Nowadays, the top of the line hatch in a manufacturer’s line-up is generally quite special. The Volkswagen GTI for instance has grown up so much it now feels like it’s punching two classes above its weight. The Astra OPC looks ferocious and Renault can sell you car with a trick front diff for unlimited front-end traction and a Spaniard’s signature on the dash board. Mazda’s top-line offering is a bit different, however.

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