Posts Tagged ‘test’

Driven: Suzuki Jimny. Jack Parow says ‘maybe’

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

It’s difficult to explain how much I love the Suzuki Jimny. And it’s not my fault, I am after all, an impartial motoring journalist. But quite accidentally, or maybe on purpose, Suzuki have built a car that is incredibly endearing. Not liking the Jimny would be like not liking a Jack Russel puppy. Or a four year old girl with blonde curls. Or a that little girl’s little hamster, Smartie.

It is, for all intents and purposes, a niche car. There is no boot to speak of, but you can remove the backseats which helps. It is very narrow, and quite cramped if you’re over 6 foot tall. But I’m not, so it’s perfect.

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Driven (over there): The 2010 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT Sedan

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

“Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism dude, at least it’s an ethos”-Walter Sobchak The Big Lebowski.

I love companies with an ethos.  BMW with rear wheel drive. Coca-Cola with Stalinesque world domination. Google for having to remind themselves not to be evil. Dolce & Gabbana with making pants that only fit 14 year old street urchins (which is a nice change to companies whose clothes are made by 14 year old street urchins).  The list goes on and Subaru is firmly on it.  It’s patented and ubiquitous All Wheel Drive System is second only to quattro perhaps. With Audi bringing out the next generation of its game changing system on the RS5 soon, the new Legacy would have to be better than its last incarnation.  That’s kind of the point of making newer versions of cars isn’t it?  The brilliant (and not because I just bought one) previous gen has dedicated fan forums all over the world.

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Driven (a lot): The 2010 VW Polo 1.6 Auto

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The new Polo. It’s nice, you should buy one.

Ciro De Siena

Wrecked Aston follow up: “I was there”

Thursday, October 8th, 2009
That's Serge trying to get his mate's valuables out of the car.

That's Serge trying to get his mate's valuables out of the car.

Don’t you just love the interwebs? Yesterday we published the sad story of the wrecked Aston Martin in Sandton JHB, and today, thanks to couple hundred twitterers, we’ve got in touch with someone who was involved in the whole sorry saga.

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