Archive for October, 2008

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The ZACS team report back on all the happenings, unveilings and news on the second day of the Johannesburg International Motor Show.

Stands were visited, and here’s what they saw:

• Cadillac Provoque
• Chevrolet Beat
• Chevrolet Trax
• Chevrolet Orlando
• Chevrolet Camaro
• Chevrolet Corvette Z06
• Honda Civic Type-R
• Honda Jazz
• Honda Accord Tourer
• Fiat Linea
• Land Rover Defender SVX
• Range Rover Autobiography
• Ford Fiesta
• Ford Focus
• Ford Ranger
• Mazda 2
• Mazda 6
• GWM Peri
• GWM Hover Limo
• Toyota Yaris TS
• Subaru 
• Hyundai i10
• Hyundai i20
• Kia Soul
• Kia pro_cee’d
• Tata Indica Vista
• Proton Satria Neo turbo
• Bentley Speed
• Maserati
• Lotus
• Ferrari

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The ZA Car Show crew report back on day 1 of the Johannesburg International Motorshow. Media unveilings, world exclusives and more – they saw some fantastic new models that’ll be making their way to South Africa in the next year.

Some of the cars we looked at include the following:

• Mercedes Benz SL65 Black Series
• Mercedes Benz ML63 AMG
• Mercedes Benz Viano V6
• Mercedes Benz BlueTec
• Mitsubishi Pajero Sport
• Mitsubishi Pajero 
• Mitsubishi Evo X Prototype
• Chrysler Voyager
• Chrysler 300C SRT-8
• Dodge Caliber
• Jeep Wrangler
• Jeep Compass
• Jeep Patriot
• BMW 7-series
• BMW X6 ActiveHybrid
• BMW M3
• Renault Logan
• Renault Sandero
• Renault Koleos
• Renault Laguna Coupé Concept
• Renault Twingo
• Audi Q5
• Audi TT-S
• Audi RS6
• Audi S3 Sportback
• Volkswagen Scirocco
• Volkswagen Passat CC
• Volkswagen Up Concept
• Volkswagen Citi Wolf
• Koenigsegg CCXR 
• Lexus LS600hL
• Lexus IS250 Sport
• Alfa Romeo MiTo
• Nissan GTR
• Nissan Nuvu Concept
• Nissan NP200
• Daihatsu Materia DRD

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Episode 12 of ZA Car Show with Christo van Gemert, Patrick Gearing Trevor Tuck and Trevor van de Ven covers some interesting news on the environmental front, from new hybrids, podcars and electric Porsches. We are also first to drive the new Ford Fiesta and play a sports car challenge. 

Episode 12 the ZACS team covers:

• New Cars: Toyota Prius 
• Podcars 
• The RUF electric [Porsche] 911 
• Electric cars and the silly things that manufacturers are having to build because electric cars are too quiet
• New Cars MINI E – electric car 
• Fiat’s new downloadable fuel economy tool: For Fiat drivers with Blue&Me only, sorry. 
• New Cars: Ford’s Focus RS Christo has pictures of the car in the flesh which we cannot share unfortunately 
• Smart2Go city commute concept – ready for South Africa or not? 
• New Car Drive: 2009 Ford Fiesta launch in South Africa 
• ZACS challenge: Pick a sports car for under R500 000, sounds like a lot of money, trust ZACS there is not much to choose from. The results, again, are surprising.
• And finally the answer the Episode 11′s challenge on rotary engines

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Episode 11

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In episode11 of ZA Car Show, the team of Christo van Gemert, Patrick Gearing, Trevor Tuck and Trevor van de Ven  (the hollow man) tackle another challenge, this time its executive family sedans for under R300 000.   The team also goes over some new car news for SA a lot of other chats about everything mooring related. 

Renault launches the Renault Koleos in South Africa, the only car to talk all about the interior without actually showing any images of the interior

Alfa reveals the 149 – a successor to the legendary 147

Mazda announces plans to develop a Renesis rotary engine that runs on hydrogen   

Listener challenge: What was the first production car in the world with a Wankel engine?  

ZACS Challenge: Family sedans for under R300 000 – once again, the results are surprising

Visiting the licensing departments in South Africa reveal a couple of other surprises

And more…

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