ZA Car Show: Episode 36

Three up, the team is without Christo van Gemert this week in a show that it filled with opinion and news. This past week we saw GM on its last legs as a solvent company, Porsche with some dodgy financials and hidden loans and number of smaller brands looking for buyers. We also take a look into the local motoring news, hold off on the review of the BMW Z4 and deliver our driving impressions on the Audi Q5 3.0 TDI, an SUV that we wanted to hate.

Those alloys will set you back R24 000. Looks good though, no?

This, like most Audis, is a great place to be

More show notes and news after the jump…

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• A good breakdown on the financial situation and how it affects the automakers [NY Times]
• Porsche took a Euro 700 million loan from VW  – we all thought Porsche was the one in a good state [The Guardian UK]
• Citroen gunning to be Europe’s 3rd biggest automaker [Autoblog]
• Driven: Audi Q5 3.0TDI
• Motorsport: Nurburgring 24 hour, Le Mans and Phakisa in South Africa – we look at them all.